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[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Cobra

Ro-sham-bo - A game (usually to solve a dispute) where two men kick each other in the balls as hard as they can. The first person to give up loses.

The Urban Dictionary has the following account of the etymology of this word:

After: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807).

As a lieutenant general, comte de Rochambeau commanded the French expeditionary army sent to help the American Revolution during 1780 to 1782. His skillful leadership and professional wisdom were vital to the American-French allied victory at Yorktown in September 1781.
Rochambeau was so skilled at kicking the British's balls in battle, that his victories were called "Rochambeau's".

His name, in corrupted spelling, became slang for any number of contests or confrontation resolved by competitive nut-kicking.

Hey! I'll roshambo (Rochambeau) you for the last beer!
( etiquette usually dictates that the challenged gets first kick .. unless he's an idiot).

Turns out that there really was a comte de Rochambeau who helped the Americans during the Revolution, and his name has gone to everything from USN ships to playgrounds!

I'm not sure I believe this as an etymology, but somebody in Urban Dictionary-land is thinkin'!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Turns out that there really was a comte de Rochambeau who helped the Americans during the Revolution.

When he passed through Connecticut, in June, 1781, on his way from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia, he set up his camp right down the street from me. He entertained his officers at one of our local taverns. Every once in a while, somebody digs up some Revolutionary War artifact at the encampment site.

Once somebody found an old metal whistle with "Mark T. DeNucci, Sr." engraved on the whistle. Really.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

When he passed through Connecticut, in June, 1781, on his way from Newport, Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia, he set up his camp right down the street from me. (snip)Really.

Did you ever meet him?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Did you ever meet him?

Hey. I've only lived in two centuries, 20th, and 21st. In the 18th century, I was just a twinkle in my great, great, great, great, great grandfather's eye.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Hey. I've only lived in two centuries, 20th, and 21st. in the 18th century, I was just a twinkle in my great, great, great, great, great grandfather's eye.

Wow, he must've been some kind of grandfather, eh?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Wow, he must've been some kind of grandfather, eh?

Pay attention. He was a great, great, great, great, great grandfather.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Pay attention. He was a great, great, great, great, great grandfather.