"Symbolizing the castrating presence of the female. Maybe the author used them to fight off the phallus," Bart suggested.
"Hey, that reminds me of a game," Mike said.
"Me, too," said Celeste, and they began to play an obscene version of "Rock-paper-scissors."
"Scissors beat phallus, I win," Mike said.
"This isn't a child's game," Bart said, thinking back to the 13 total points he scored in Scrabble.
"I got stuck with all vowels."
"What?"
"Uh, I need some fresh towels," Bart said as he ducked out of the room.
"Well, I found this," Mike said, holding a pair of scissors, "and they have red stains on them."