Officers who ask for “papers” aren’t interested in playing rock-paper-scissors,”, but there’s a joke:
 
“A cop pulled me over and said, ‘Papers.’ So I said, ‘Scissors, I win!’ and drove off.”
 
The joke was posted on Twitter on August 11, 2010 and has been printed on many images.
 
   
Twitter
George L. Rosario
‏@BIG_George_NYC
Heard a joke on facebook… Driving my car. Cop pulls me over says to me “papers”. I said to him scissors I win and then drove off…
5:25 AM - 11 Aug 2010
 
Twitter
Rell
‏@RellGotSnacks
One day the cop pulled me over and saip papers. I said scissors, I win, and drove off.
9:54 PM - 29 Oct 2010
 
Twitter
Supersede‏
@DJSupersede
lol RT @JustinLevine: A cop just pulled me over and said, “papers”.  I said, “scissors”. Does that mean I win?
11:59 AM - 5 Apr 2011
 
Twitter
Ernie Cappone‏
@erniecappone
A cop just pulled me over and said, “papers”. so I said “Scissors”, does that mean I win?
12:03 PM - 5 Apr 2011
 
Twitter
Corkey‏
@mrcorkey
A cop just pulled me over and saıd : “Papers” so ı saıd: “scıssors! I wın” and drove off….
12:51 PM - 13 Jun 2011
 
Twitter
Tallulah R Smith‏
@toxictteQuila
A cop just pulled me over and said: ‘papers’ so I said ‘scissors, I win’ and drove off…
1:30 PM - 13 Jun 2011
 
Facebook
Brian Joslyn‎ to Cop Block
January 3, 2015 ·
A cop pulled me over and said, “papers…”
...so I said, “scissors, I win!” and drove off.
 
Reddit—Jokes
A cop pulled me over and said “papers”
submitted August 30, 2015 by HasARelevantUsername
I said “scissors, I win!” and drove off.
   
18 August 2016, The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), “The Last Word” by Marty Smith, pg. 22:
From the website LeFunny. net: “A cop just pulled me over and said papers, so I said scissors I win, and drove off.”