I wish this was my Native American name. Actually, this was a warning I never heard until I was an adult. My parents had a very pragmatic, Darwinian approach to parenting. If I fell and hurt myself while running with scissors they figured I learned an important lesson about not being stupid. For the most part I guess it worked (note to self: get back into psychotherapy).

Running With Scissors is also a Weird Al Yankovic album. I used to be a huge fan of his, but more or less gave up on it after high school. Every Sunday night was Dr. Demento night, and I could count on at least one Weird Al song.

I also found this article where a judge ordered two lawyers to play rock, paper, scissors to settle part of the dispute. Life is strange.