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Lawyers Ordered to Play RPS to Settle Dispute

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the best-two-out-of-three dept.

Rent-to-Pwn writes "After the lawyers involved couldn't settle even the most basic disputes without court intervention, a federal judge ordered the two lawyers to play one (1) game of rock, paper, scissors to settle the dispute. Being a federal case, in theory, it could become precedent for similar, unimportant decisions. Of course, there's no mention of what the two lawyers are supposed to do in case of a tie ..."

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  1. Re:Good old rock... by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a reference to a Simpsons episode:

    LISA: Look, there's only one way to settle this. Rock-paper-scissors.
    LISA'S BRAIN: Poor predictable Bart. Always takes 'rock'.
    BART'S BRAIN: Good ol' 'rock'. Nothin' beats that!
    BART: Rock!
    LISA: Paper.
    BART: D'oh!
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  2. Rock Paper Scissors by Sentri · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well son, you've gone and got yourself in for a battle.

    Heres what you gotta do:

    study up http://www.worldrps.com/ and get this http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743267516/ theofficiaroc-20

    You may want to get some fancy RPS gear, http://www.worldrps.com/index.php?option=com_wrapp er&Itemid=53, and dont bother bringing that rolex, it will slow you down

    Also, we knoe those who ignore history are doomed to repeat its mistakes, so why dont you read up on the history of the game too, could come in handy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%2C_paper%2C_scis sors

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  3. Re:Geez... what a precedent by metalog · · Score: 4, Informative

    What precedent? The game was to settle the location of a deposition, not the case itself. They where fighting over what floor it should take place since their offices are in the same building. The whole thing is ridiculous and the judge responded accordingly.

  4. Coin flipping by interiot · · Score: 4, Informative
    Well, various US states also say that a coin flip is a valid way to break a tie in elections (eg. in Washington).

    I mean, sometimes officials can state with a fair bit of certainty that 1) it very important to make a choice... you can split the baby in half, and 2) with statistical certainty, that either outcome is equally prefered. In this case, such a procedure is appropriate even in law or elections.

  5. Actually, its mostly because the issue is trivial by patio11 · · Score: 4, Informative
    The judge was sort of miffed. The issue that was decided is "Where do we have a deposition?" This is something that people who were not petulant two-year olds could agree to in a matter of seconds ("Your place or mine?"). What makes it *particularly* a waste of the judge's time is that the two firms are located in the same office building, four floors from each other. So the judge said essentially "Heck if I care, flip a bloody coin and stop wasting my time", except with rather more tact.

    This information comes from www.overlawyered.com.

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