# Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board What's the origin of "Rock, Paper, Scisso

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**Created:** [March 23, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-report-from-the-straight-dope-science-advisory-board-whats-the-origin-of-rock-paper-scisso/533448 "2010-03-23T07:07:32Z")\
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on this [Staff Report from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board  
What’s the origin of “Rock, Paper, Scissors”?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1936/whats-the-origin-of-rock-paper-scissors) mentions the Indonesian version of “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, where the writer is curious about which finger is used, well actually it is pretty straightforward, the elephant is the thumb; man is the index; and the ant is the pinky.