Sometimes I wonder if people sit around in brain-storming sessions coming up with ideas like:

Editorial committee at a woman's magazine - "Hey, I have a good idea! Why don't we do an article about dieting?"

Plot committee at a movie studio - "Wait till you hear this idea! The handsome hero winds up with the beautiful girl."

Japanese auto manufacturer - "Let's give all of our new models names that sound like Spanish."

American auto manufacturer - "I think lots of chrone will make the new models sell better."

German auto manufacturer - "Who cares about looks, just be sure the new models show off our clever German engineering."

Any auto manufacturer - "Let's just produce more of the old models, but make them look new with different grills and different taillights."

Television news editorial committee - "Here's a great idea! We can do a story on small pox and show somebody getting a vaccination."

Television news editorial committee - "Let's flash 'Breaking News' on the screen at the beginning of each report."

Television news editoral committee - "I know how to keep them from changing channels! Let's hold the silliest news item until the last 30 seconds and show a teaser about it before each commercial break."

Television production committee - "Let's try to make the reality programs unbelieveable, and the sitcoms realistic."

Auto design committee - "Here is the plan. We take a pickup truck and add a passenger body in place of the bed. Then we can put big ugly wheels on it to make it look like it has four wheel drive. We can give it a macho name that makes drivers feel like Lewis and Clark. And, oh yes, don't forget a big gas tank. We can add all kinds of luxury accessories to it, paint it like an Easter egg, slap a big price on it and sell it to men who expect their wives to be happy driving a two ton vehicle to band practice."

Cable TV profit committee - "If nobody wants these channels, we can add them to the regular lineup and then raise the price. Remember, the important thing is quanity, not quality."

Internet spam committee - "I think I have a solution to our problem. Maybe if we make the ad a little more intrusive and annoying, it will work better."

Internet spam committee - "Who cares if it's an obvious scam. We only need .001% to fall for it."

Greasy snacks sales committee - "Let's try this. We can use a larger bag, blow it up with air and print 'contents may settle during shipping' on it, just in case anybody notices."

Food products packaging committee - "I have a great idea! A 14 ounce pound!"
Howard