In game-theory parlance, the game is finite (comes to a definite end) and if played rationally will result in a draw (a cat's game). A related idea appears in Bryng Bryngelson & Esther Glaspey, Speech in the Classroom: Teacher's Manual to Accompany Speech Improvement Cards (1951) [combined snippets]: More @Wikipedia
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