From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: trag@io.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   On Dec 18 2009, 1:14 am, Merrick Baldelli  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:53:45 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
      
   > >Its probably not that they assume it _must_ be a sure-fire success so   
   > >much as they can't take the chance that it will be a major success   
   > >without them grabbing part of the pie/audience/buzz.  ("Look at how well   
   > >their Giant Robots movie did!  Why didn't you have one in the   
   > >pipeline?!")  Whereas if your flavor-of-the-month movie and theirs both   
   > >flop, you can point that out to the boss as a mitigating factor.  ("We   
   > >know that the audience wasn't ready for Furry Giant Robots 'cause Mickey   
   > >Mount Bros. Furry Giant Robot movie tanked too!")   
   >   
   >         That sound you're hearing in the background as this is being   
   > accurately described is a flock of sheep dressed in suits and ties and   
   > bleating.   
      
   I think of it more as primates constantly imitating each other.  If   
   one finds something interesting, the others come over and try to take   
   it away by any means necessary.   And they *all* fling poo, all the   
   time.  Sheep don't fling poo.   
      
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