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I took four pictures of Richard Simmons while we were both waiting to board a flight from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in the summer of 2001. Here's the scissor-paper-rock game I wrote based on those photos. The game now features my new W3C-compliant javascript that should work on any browser. Have fun! Select: SCISSOR! PAPER! ROCK! Ready!

How did I get Richard Simmons to do this? While I stood in line at the Philly airport to check in I heard someone say Richard Simmons was there. I briefly considered tracking him down to improve my Forrest Gump factor (thanks to Mark A. for that description). I decided against it and went straight to my terminal only to discover Richard Simmons and I would be flying to Los Angeles on the same plane. I asked Richard if he would take the photos I use above and he was very gracious and happy to oblige. He had absolutely no idea how to play scissor-paper-rock, however. I told him this was the perfect time to learn. He actually was very animated as I took each of the photos. You can probably detect that based on the expressions on his face. I told him it wasn't necessary to move around but he said, 'I like to get into what I'm doing.' That got a big laugh from the crowd (and from me). I was actually putting on an impromtu show for the people sitting at the terminal who were very amused by my request for the pics. I later wrote the program to play the game while on the plane as it was a 5 hour plus flight.