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Subj: Only if she's not competent, as opposed to not willing. "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:49:23 am EDT

Reply Subj: Ah. The Peter Principle at work...
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:49:22 am EDT

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> It looks like Pel is going to be stuck with the job despite not wanting it (and her belief that she can't do it).

That was the idea behind setting this up, yes.

> Mind you, it looks like the race is dead now - If I recall correctly it requires about 2000 creatures to make a population viable (genetic diversity and all that...).

We haven't yet covered what's to happen to the other Thonngarain captives and escapees.

As I recall, we established that there were about 50,000 surviving Thonnagarians on Caph. If we didn't establish it it was there in my head. If only 5% survive they're still above your breeding numbers, without having to resort to advanced genetic techniques which are probably available to a space-faring society.

Of course, the Caphans may have a different view about the ideal numbers of a Thonnagarian race.

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#325: Untold Tales of the Parodyverse: On The Return of the Junior Lair Legion (and on the Return of Caph) - Parts One to Five · The Hooded Hood will keep these coming daily IF people keep replying · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:36:45 am EDT
- Really liking this. Do more. Much more. (no text) · Dancer. · Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 04:50:56 pm EDT
  - More is done. (no text) · HH · Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 06:49:51 pm EDT
- Such thoughtful conversations... I'm glad Space Ghost was never around to teach them how to behave at a party. · Visionary · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:54:37 pm EDT
  - It's all there in the files. In fact it's probably dripping out of the filing cabinet by now. · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 07:13:29 pm EDT
- Nice stuff, however I have the CD now, so my attention is going to be elsewhere for a while. (no text) · Manga Shoggoth · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 05:18:08 pm EDT
  - Distracted by shiny things. Anyone would think you were Dancer. (no text) · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:09:30 pm EDT
- It's good to see everyone getting their moments to make progress. :) (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 05:11:51 pm EDT
  - That's one reason why this tale is so blasted long. (no text) · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:31:55 pm EDT
- Eating, eh? That can't be good. · Anime Jason · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 03:53:13 pm EDT
  - it's a party, so there's food. · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:13:07 pm EDT
- I'm not actually away from ALL computers... · Hatman · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 02:07:27 pm EDT
  - Re: I'm not actually away from ALL computers... · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 02:43:12 pm EDT
- It's Dawson's Creek- IN SPAAAACE! · killer shrike comments on Part Five · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:30:53 pm EDT
  - I'm pleased to say that I've never seen an episode of Dawson's Creek · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:34:57 pm EDT
    - Me neither · killer shrike · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:45:28 pm EDT
      - Shame · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 02:45:48 pm EDT
- I really enjoy these charactery bits. (no text) · Rhiannon · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 12:49:19 pm EDT
  - There's not a lot else in these stories but charactery bits, I'm afraid. It's really just a series of vignettes. · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:05:22 pm EDT
- I thought so far the party chapter was rather tame for Caph... · Hatman · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 11:40:34 am EDT
  - We haven't done the party chapter yet. Well, you haven't read it yet, but I've just posted it. · HH with an issue for CSFB!'s story · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:01:48 pm EDT
    - There are a few reasons I posted that story as a reply, rather than doing anything to distinguish it as an "in-continuity" story ... [Spoilers] · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 03:35:34 pm EDT
      - Re: There are a few reasons I posted that story as a reply, rather than doing anything to distinguish it as an "in-continuity" story ... [Spoilers] · Visionary · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 07:16:00 pm EDT
        
        Good analysis [Spoilers] · HH · Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 08:46:48 am EDT
      - Don't feel bad (if you do). It's not a major criticism or anything. Just a view. [Spoilers] · HH thinks it's good that a piece of work can stir up comment and controversy, as long as it doesn't crack the internet in half · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:30:59 pm EDT
    - The same argument people use to excuse the Caphans can be used to excuse Glitch · killer shrike · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:43:49 pm EDT
      - Glitch is usually written with more liberal and Earth-centric sensibilitiers though · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 02:52:07 pm EDT
- Nice Banner... · Manga Shoggoth · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 06:23:38 am EDT
  - It's almost all patchwork from other previous pictures. Only Danny is new. Glitch is by Vizh. · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 12:58:05 pm EDT
- Mmm. Untold Taley goodness in bite-sized portions. And no calories! :-) · Dancer likes the funny stuff and the romantic stuff. Do lots. · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 04:51:09 am EDT
  - Reading these stories won't make you fat but they might make you dumb. · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 12:48:19 pm EDT
- To be fair, how many years has it been since the Juniors asked me anything, let alone permission? · Visionary · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 06:00:15 pm EDT
  - They once asked you stuff? · Hh · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:09:52 pm EDT
- Coming up next: Glitch explores Caphan culture in her own way. [Spoilers] · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 03:02:24 pm EDT
  - My first thought... [Spoilers] · Hatman · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 11:42:56 am EDT
  - Okay, that's another facet of Caphan life explored. Whether we like it or not. (no text) [Spoilers] · HH bans Rhainnon from reading this one · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 06:40:15 pm EDT
  - Yes... well.... (no text) · killer shrike · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 03:40:16 pm EDT
- That brings to mind a somewhat scary thought... · Anime Jason · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 02:00:58 pm EDT
  - Hold that thought. · HH · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 06:43:23 pm EDT
    - But it's heavy! · Anime Jason · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:39:15 pm EDT
      - It's not heavy. It's your brother. · HH · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 12:56:56 pm EDT
        
        I don't have a brother. · Anime Jason · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 03:54:59 pm EDT
        
        Why? What did he do to you? (no text) · HH · Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 08:45:36 am EDT
- Part Four comments [Spoilers] · killer shrike · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 12:40:26 pm EDT
  - Re: Part Four comments [Spoilers] · HH · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:01:56 pm EDT
- Why do I get the feeling that something bad's going to happen? · Rhiannon · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 12:32:15 pm EDT
  - General paranoia. · HH · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:02:40 pm EDT
    - And the fact that you're always planning something nasty. · Rhiannon · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 11:54:03 am EDT
      - Fear my next meeting with your teachers then. · HH, school governor · Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 08:43:02 am EDT
- This is really brilliant, I'm sorry I'm late (no text) · Rhiannon · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 12:14:56 pm EDT
  - Better late than never. (no text) · HH was waiting for more replies before he continued posting · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 06:37:53 pm EDT
- Sorry I'm late... · Anime Jason · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 04:29:29 pm EDT
  - I think you got in under the wire. · HH · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 05:45:26 am EDT
    - How low can you go? · Anime Jason · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:22:56 am EDT
      - Quite a way. · HH · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 06:46:46 pm EDT
- Having children is simpler when other people raise them. :) (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 03:04:48 pm EDT
  - But may lead to an unwarranted number of multi-part crossovers. (no text) · HH · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 03:10:13 pm EDT
- Oh well. It gives me something to look forward to... · Manga Shoggoth · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 12:32:24 pm EDT
  - The explosions? · HH · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 03:13:47 pm EDT
    - Nope. · Manga Shoggoth · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 05:15:57 am EDT
      - Re: Nope. · HH · Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 06:47:30 pm EDT
- Things are moving along at a brisk pace (no text) · killer shrike · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:15:21 am EDT
  - That's daily posting for you. Otherwise this stuff might seem interminable. (no text) · HH doesn't think this story would work in one large chunk. · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:52:00 am EDT
- See, I *like* the occaisional sweet and happy chapter... · Visionary · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:52:47 am EDT
  - But people always seem to suspect I'm setting things up for something appaling to happen. · HH · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:05:01 am EDT
    - ...Because you usually are? · Manga Shoggoth · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 12:29:42 pm EDT
      - I resemble that remark. · HH · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 03:14:46 pm EDT
- Ah. The Peter Principle at work... · Manga Shoggoth · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:49:22 am EDT
  - Only if she's not competent, as opposed to not willing. "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." · HH lives with this principle every day · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:49:23 am EDT
- Don't they have the old "Birds of a feather" saying on her planet? · Visionary · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 07:04:27 pm EDT
  - Their analogy has probably got to do with sex · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 07:13:52 pm EDT
- Guess it's time to sublet the apartment and move into larger lodgings (no text) · Hatman · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 03:42:17 pm EDT
  - Is that before or after the whole "execution for war crimes" thing? (no text) · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 05:00:41 pm EDT
- Setting aside the specific issues she has with her own people ... [Spoilers] · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 03:12:33 pm EDT
  - I'm not sure those issues can be set aside [Spoilers] · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 05:07:08 pm EDT
    - Your reply didn't show [Spoilers] · killer shrike · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 05:30:48 pm EDT
      - Here it is again. [Spoilers] · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 06:59:37 pm EDT
- It's interesting to look at the Caph invasion from this viewpoint. (no text) · Rhiannon · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 02:23:52 pm EDT
  - "Let us reason together." (no text) · HH will leave it to Rhiannon to Google the quote · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 03:06:43 pm EDT
- I'm both working on the board software AND replying. · Anime Jason · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 02:05:44 pm EDT
  - That explains why all the fornts have turned blue · The Hooded Hood wasn't responsible · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 03:12:55 pm EDT
    - I like blue! · Anime Jason · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 06:54:13 pm EDT
      - It's probably too powerful a colour for default on the main page, though. · HH recommends whites and greys · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 07:07:03 pm EDT
        
        I'm not loving the blue for main page text either *n/t* · Hatman · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 11:39:11 am EDT
        
        Thirded (no text) · killer shrike · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 01:34:24 pm EDT
        
        That's easily changeable later, I just did that so I can tell the link text from visited link text easily. (no text) · Anime Jason · Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 03:34:29 pm EDT
        
        Proceed. I'm fond of colour #808090 as a "used link" shade. (no text) · HH · Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 08:41:35 am EDT
        
        I have a good used link shade already. (no text) · Anime Jason · Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:36:34 am EDT
- Part Two comment: a fine conversation between two formerly disgraced alien warlords (no text) · killer shrike · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 12:47:30 pm EDT
  - It's a conversation that needed to happen on record (no text) · HH canlt decide whether these two have been sleeping together for the last nine months as well · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 12:54:30 pm EDT
    - That would make him a bit of a scoundrel, wouldn't it? · killer shrike · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 01:25:36 pm EDT
      - Only in Earth culture terms · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 01:32:41 pm EDT
        
        Think you mean "Western-European culture terms" ... · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 06:59:26 pm EDT
        
        I'm sure I'd never mean "Western European". British, perhaps. · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 07:20:55 pm EDT
        
        My own cast seems to have a similar gender imbalance. :) (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 09:43:01 pm EDT
        
        And similar solutions, I note. (no text) · HH · Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 07:58:18 am EDT
        
        That's where I hail from, last I checked (no text) · killer shrike · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 03:29:45 pm EDT
        
        That doesn't stop Earth viewers recognising Klingon or Vulcan cultural habits. (no text) · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 04:59:45 pm EDT
        
        Dorks don't count. They never do (no text) · killer shrike · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 05:04:12 pm EDT
        
        Channeling Mr Epitome there? (no text) · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 05:08:09 pm EDT
        
        Who? (no text) · killer shrike · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 07:29:31 pm EDT
        
        The star of the upcoming "Whatever Happened To Mr Epitome?" series. (no text) · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 08:10:47 pm EDT
- The starship around the planet reminds me of The Authority for some reason... (no text) · jack · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 11:18:44 am EDT
  - Bigger starship around planet to come (but no planned necrophiliac rape). (no text) · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 12:27:26 pm EDT
- ICH MUSS MEHR GESCHICHTE HABEN ODER ICH SCHREIE!!! (no text) · VERÃƒâ€žRGERTER DEUTCHER JUNGE (do yourself a favor and count this response; you've already seen how pissed he gets in videos) · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 04:05:30 am EDT
  - Re: ICH MUSS MEHR GESCHICHTE HABEN ODER ICH SCHREIE!!! · HH · Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 09:17:29 am EDT
- Assuming you actually keep your word, instead of staying consistent to your character by being a lying liar, I look forward to more light-hearted storytelling. :) (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 08:49:22 pm EDT
  - The Hooded Hood always keeps his word; to the letter (no text) · HH reckons one more response should be enough for part 2 · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 11:43:09 pm EDT
- One thing you can say about planets: They're very punctual. · Visionary · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 06:28:23 pm EDT
  - It's nice that there are some things you can depend on. · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 07:25:20 pm EDT
- Good start (no text) · killer shrike · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 02:10:57 pm EDT
  - I decided it was time to take the plunge and start posting this even though it's not finished. (no text) · HH thinks the narrative might benefit from board comments anyhow · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:07:58 pm EDT
- The return to what? · Anime Jason · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 12:29:56 pm EDT
  - The joke · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:11:40 pm EDT
    - It's not me, is it? · Anime Jason · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:52:24 pm EDT
      - Could be. · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 05:05:06 pm EDT
- Very funny. There haven't been enough funny stories on the Parodyverse lately. (no text) · Rhiannon · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 12:11:30 pm EDT
  - The Juniors do tend to make for more light-hearted story beginnings. (no text) · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:06:54 pm EDT
- Nice to catch up with the kids. Though I doubt these next few chapters will be nice to them. (no text) · Hatman · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 12:01:47 pm EDT
  - Why shouldn't we just have a few chapters of sentimental sweetness and light? (no text) · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:05:57 pm EDT
    - Are you actually capable of that? (no text) · Hatman · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:09:33 pm EDT
      - I've got 20,000 words of basically nothing much happening so far, so I'd probably have to say yes (no text) · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:40:43 pm EDT
- Just passin' through... · Manga Shoggoth · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:53:10 am EDT
  - * Finds mop to wipe up ooze * * Gives mop to someone else * · HH · Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 04:14:44 pm EDT