Way more than 8 people. Humans today have less genetic diversity even than two chimpanzees from the same tribe. The current thinking is that we survived some near-extinction even that reduced us down on only about 10,000 people, and even that was barely enough for the species.

Actually, I couldn't understand how the motive would actually work. Settlements are not something the defendant simply decides to hand out, and they are not something that plaintiffs are forced to take.
Let's suppose that the airline decided to offer a fixed sum, divided evenly, to settle the entire thing. This…

Exactly . . . a six month sentence would be the rest of Wilson's life. That was the entire point of the ticket contrivance.

Exactly . . . a six month sentence would be the rest of Wilson's life. That was the entire point of the ticket contrivance.

I'm surprised nobody yet has addressed Wilson's "logic" in refusing to take the fall for House on the ticket plot contrivance: "It's my obligation to send you to jail for the rest of my life so you will learn a lesson about sometimes there won't be someone there to bail you out of your own mess."

I'm surprised nobody yet has addressed Wilson's "logic" in refusing to take the fall for House on the ticket plot contrivance: "It's my obligation to send you to jail for the rest of my life so you will learn a lesson about sometimes there won't be someone there to bail you out of your own mess."

Fair enough.

That reminds me of the greatest extemporary insult I ever came up with. I was having lunch with a female co-worker who told me that she would never allow her boyfriend/fiancee/husband to have a subscription to Playboy. When I asked why not, she told me that she "should be enough for him."

Re: Mad Men being popular b/c it gives a modern audience license to feel superior to the past . . . it's funny, but I've always had the opposite take on that show. I appreciate how well structured its storylines are, and Don Draper is a fascinating character, but it took me a long time to get into it because I…

one thing I really cannot stand about this show is the inconsistent relationship the Mundanes have with the supernatural. After Andy gets back and tells his story about having sex with a beautiful woman who disappeared in a ball of light "like magic," it is just assumed that he was hallucinating.