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Alt Text: A cartoon illustration of three men each carrying different items, a rock, paper, and scissors, meeting at a crossroads. Caption reads "It was the historic, first-time, meeting of Roe, Sham, and Bo."

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I first heard the term "Ro sham bo" from South Park where the game was taking turns kicking each other in the nuts and the first one to flinch loses. It wasn't until years later I saw it associated with Rock, Paper, Scissors.

[–] burgermeister@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thank you for mentioning this lol, that's the only place I've heard of Ro Sham Bo

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago