...Why replace the scissors when rock is clearly the weakest link? How does applesauce beat rock or paper? More importantly, what happened to these children that would even make them assosciate applesauce with rocks or paper? How do you even make an "applesauce" gesture with just your hand? Why play rock-paper-~~scissors~~ applesauce at the swimming pool instead of the dozens of pool-specific games already available? How do you fit a three-syllable word like /ˌap.ple'sauce/ into the one/two/two-syllable cadence of /ˌrockˌpa.per.'scis.sors/? Is it an inside joke? A warning of "don't play with scissors" taken too far? Have they independently developed the game of rock-paper-scissors from first principles and simply didn't consider scissors as a mechanic? Are they in a scissor-based cult and trying not to speak their Lord's name in vain? Why at the swimming pool?

I, too, am amused by these questions. That said, this is going to haunt me.