Important parenting question

[jimmyjazz]

This might be more suited for Quack's, but I think Cactus Cafe has a broader selection of deep thinkers.

When two kids are playing "eenie meenie miney moe" to avoid some horrible task, does the one pointed at last have to do the task (they're "it") or not ("not it")?

And what does it say about two kids who continue to play the same game, presumably expecting random outcomes, but never realizing that the first move determines the last?

 

[unpaintedhuffhines]

that means they're idiots

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

Well, the outcome could be modified if one of the kids (the "eenie meenie" - er) changes up the syllable count.

ex:

Catch-a tiger by the toe

vs.

Catch a tie-ger by the toe

So, you've got that going for or against you. Also, I would say that the person who ends up with the finger pointing towards them is the "decider-er"... i.e. they get to pick "kick or receive" while the other gets to select which endzone to defend (or what weapons to use for the 1st & where to have the duel is determined by the 2nd).

Having issue with who is going to pick up their toys, you or the kids?

 

[LdyLnghrn]

Rock, Paper, Scissors would solve your problem. It's how my boys still settle stuff like this.

 

[jimmyjazz]

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[WorsterMan]

FWIW, when I was a kid, the last pointed at had to do the task.

 

[jimmyjazz]

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[falloutboy]

the smart kids always forsee the ending and add the odd-syllabled "and you are not it" to the end as necessary, thus changing the outcome in their favor.

 

[BattleshipTexas]

You should prohibit your children from any verbal mention of the term "eenie meenie miney moe" as, like Southwest Airlines was, you can be sued merely for saying the terms in public.

 

[Macanudo]

Have them flip a coin. Teach them probability young.

 

[Longhorny630]

like most of life's problems, seinfeld tackled this one

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[Beamwalker]

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