Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A counting-out game is a simple game intended to select a person to be "it," often for the purpose of playing another game. Some counting-out games are Rock, Paper, Scissors Coin flipping Drawing straws - player with the shortest straw loses. Buzz Many such games involve counting round a circle of players to a rhyme. The player the last word lands on is out. Common rhymes are: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by his toe If he hollers, let him go Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. One potato, two potato - players may start with both fists (to resemble potatoes) in, so have to be got twice to be out. One potato, two potato Three potato, four, Five potato, six potato, Seven potato, more, One big bad spud. Ip dip Ip dip, dog shit, You are not it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.