Rock on

The more I read The Daily Telegraph today, the more I'm certain that they've been hit with "Silly Season" way too early. However, it gets worse when you realize that they were reporting on a report in the New Scientist magazine for their article on the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Do you know that most people are likely to lead with Rock, so an opponent will pick Paper (to wrap around Rock), so you should choose Scissors (to cut Paper). Of course, once this knowledge is leaked to the general public, everyone will lead off with Scissors - which means those in the know will still go with Rock - so nothing will really have changed (except I would have gotten one post closer to my blog quota for this year).
Rock, Paper, Scissors can apparently have implications for big business. The same report details Christie's and Sotherby's playing the game to secure the business of a wealthy Japanese art collector (his suggestion). After much consultation, Christie's went with the advice of one of their director's 11-year-old daughters, a regular player (of R,P,S) who said "everybody expects you to choose rock (as your opening move)". The deal was worth $25 million - which puts a completely different complexion on "sealing the deal with a handshake".