The US District Court for the Middle District of Florida today announced “a new form of alternative dispute resolution” namely, a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. The game will decide who picks the location of a deposition hearing. The location of the game itself, unless the parties can agree otherwise, will happen on the courthouse steps this Friday. Let there be justice! Here’s the decision [pdf].
I’m actually surprised that the Court didn’t feel it was important to define what a “single game of ‘rock, paper, scissors'” is. While I suppose it’s universal human knowledge that rock crushes scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock (wikipedia), I would dispute whether a “single game” includes one throw or best-of-three.
My bet if for scissors on the first throw.