> The story may have prompted Picard's scene, but not the other way around... Either way, I'm convinced that it is an old urban legend.
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> Don "The Monkey'Skeptical'man" Jackson

It may have also prompted Jack Handy to write:

"I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you're having a good idea but it's just eggs hatching."

Gri"Deeep Thoughts and Fuzzy Memories"shny