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Stargate SG-1 Fic: Paper, Scissors, Yak
Mar. 14th, 2007 06:07 pmAN:Thassalia’s Fic: "...when he and Cam did rock paper scissors to see who would to teach her baseball and who was on nail polish duty, Daniel threw scissors like always (because the game makes no sense, but everyone refuses to learn the more complicated Abydosian version)."
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grav_ity: I suddenly need to know how the Abydonians play paper, scissors, rock.
thassalia: My guess is that it's either far less metaphorical, or involves a much larger number of potential things that crush or hide other things, layered with subtleties of wind and the alignment of the stars. Dude, they don't have TV!!
uisceboo: I think it's called ‘sand, papyrus, tent, yak, evil-overlord’. In some versions, the "evil-overlord" is replaced with "mother-in-law." It takes both hands, and sometimes facial expressions and hip gyrations. };-D
Spoilers: vague for the movie.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Some things just don't translate through culture. And some things do.
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( Paper, Scissors, Yak )
Gravity_Not_Included, March 10, 2007
grav_ity: I suddenly need to know how the Abydonians play paper, scissors, rock.thassalia: My guess is that it's either far less metaphorical, or involves a much larger number of potential things that crush or hide other things, layered with subtleties of wind and the alignment of the stars. Dude, they don't have TV!!uisceboo: I think it's called ‘sand, papyrus, tent, yak, evil-overlord’. In some versions, the "evil-overlord" is replaced with "mother-in-law." It takes both hands, and sometimes facial expressions and hip gyrations. };-DSpoilers: vague for the movie.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: Some things just don't translate through culture. And some things do.
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( Paper, Scissors, Yak )
Gravity_Not_Included, March 10, 2007
