Flipping A Coin

Is it true when you flip a coin and it hits the table that the table is interference, like when George and Jerry were flipping for the apartment? And what was that game they played after called "Choose"? How do you play it?

Yes, that whole coin bit was so true!! Reminds me of when I was a kid. If the coin hit something or you catch it and flip it over on your wrist, you can call do over. Best to lay ALL the rules out before flipping!!

The game "Choose" they played afterwards is simply an odd/even game. One guy picks odd and they other takes even. Best of three or five or whatever you decide. You then show any amount of fingers on your hand you want. If I come out with three fingers, you show two, the total is five which is an odd number. I think Jerry was odd and the totals both times were odd so he won 2 out of 3. George then stretched it to best of five, won the next round (to make it 2-1 Jerry) then Jerry won the next round to take 3 of 5! Kind of like rock/paper/scissors.

Geoffrey ,Internet writes: Is it true when you flip a coin and it hits the table that the table is interference, like when George and Jerry were flipping for the apartment? And what was that game they played after called "Choose"? How do you play it?

The table is not interferemce. if it is a solid, hard, smooth surface like a table, counter, frig, you name it, if it is hard and smooth like th floor, it is NOT inter ference. no if it hits something like a pillow, or blanket, or couch.. that would be interference. just as if it would bounce upo and land on your shoe, that WOULD be interference and you would have to do it over again.

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Yes, I would also like to know what "Choose" is. I guess my elementary school never got around to that one. ;-) Also, my personal feelings about interference are that a table is definitely interference. The whole goal in "coin flipping" is to see what side the coin lands on (after it's through spinning, or jumping around, or whatever) on the FLOOR. The table gets in the way of this process. I don't think that the shape, feel, or consistency of the object makes any difference. Now, Jerry DID win the game, however, because interference is not an implied rule. It must be called first. and once something's called...well, there's not much you can do about it then. ;-)

Beddingfield ([email]) wrote:

**** Yes, I would also like to know what "Choose" is. I guess my elementary school **** never got around to that one. ;-) Also, my personal feelings about

if you listened carefully, jerry and george say this sentence whilst ehir hands are behind their backs, "one-two-threeeee...shoot!". that's what brought back the memories. a little less interesting than rock-paper-scissor, but more decisive (50:50 odds and no chance for a tie)...

**** interference are that a table is definitely interference. The whole goal in **** "coin flipping" is to see what side the coin lands on (after it's through **** spinning, or jumping around, or whatever) on the FLOOR. The table gets in the **** way of this process. I don't think that the shape, feel, or consistency of **** the object makes any difference. Now, Jerry DID win the game, however, **** because interference is not an implied rule. It must be called first. and **** once something's called...well, there's not much you can do about it then. ;-)

if george wanted interference, he should have either called it or chose to toss the coin himself. it's so typical of costanza to call interfernce after he saw the outcome of the toss. now if he had called it at the point of contact with the counter, that might have over-ridden the "call-it" argument...

jo.

Beddingfield ([email]) wrote:

**** Yes, but what are the exact rules of the game, Choose? I am guessing that it **** has something to do with whether you choose odd or even numbers? Am I **** anywhere close here? ;-)

correct. i forgot to mention that they call odds or evens before starting. then you can have anywhere from 0 to 5 fingers after the count. i usually chose odds (for no apparent reason). best when played best-of-five.

jo.

Every so often I feel either intelligent or old, when I know the answers to these references :) (yes I did have PEZ dispensors as a kid !!! )

In my neighborhood in Chicago, it was called choose, and we would say "odds - on - poe" (like 1-2-3) and proceed to throw out a hand simultaneously with either one or two fingers. In the case of two persons, one called even and one called odd, in the case of three or more people, either the odd person won or lost depending on what was called in advance.