“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he
English name is Roshambo, which appears to come from the French Rochambeau, but is not apparently related to the Count of the same name, and Wiki says it's of Chinese origin, along with a great many other interesting things.
ReplyDeleteGod, do I love the 'net for research. Not that this is what I should be researching right now, of course.
Dude. You must let me know the moment these are for sale. In geekspeak, these are "teh awesome LoL".
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of geekspeak, everytime I hear the phrase "Roshambo", I remember Deadpool kicking Captain America in the nuts really, really hard and chuckle.
I don't even know who Deadpool is. Is he one of thos X-Men that cropped up when it became a transdimensional soap opera? I like the idea of Cap'n America getting crotch'd.
ReplyDeleteBTW, it appears the shirts are already available. Check that second link.
Ah, grasshopper. "Transdimensional soap opera"'s sadly the norm.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo - Deadpool is 'the merc with a mouth', quite brilliantly written for his first 30 issues or so (lately? not so much). Imagine a motormouth ethically challenged Spider-Man with a more morbid wit, Wolvie's healing factor and lots of guns and pointy things. If there wasn't secret poignance to his clown schtick, every issue would be like Xander Harris on crystal meth within a bloody Tex Avery cartoon. As you can tell, I'm quite fond. He did, after all, crotch Captain America. I dream of a TP that will never happen, alas.
And danke! I will purchase them when funds allow. Speakin' of funny shirts: http://store.sluggy.com/detailed-isoph.html
Indri,
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, did you see the World Rock Paper Scissors Society at the end of the wiki article you provided?
Jah, I did...floored me too.
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