&quot;So…um…I wanted to know more about, uh, GaIAs. You know, care and feeding, that sort of thing?&quot; Dr. Voor seated himself behind his desk and steepled his fingers. &quot;Ah, the GaIA. That name will do for now, but I want to find something more…cuddly before we go on the market. 'Tummy Buddy' seems to be the frontrunner.&quot; &quot;Uh…yeah.&quot; &quot;But think of it!&quot; Voor went on. &quot;If half the world's population becomes Tummy Buddies for the other half, suddenly our resources will stretch twice as far! Well, all right, food maybe one and a half times as far, since they do still need _some_ excess nourishment, but still.&quot; &quot;Um…&quot; &quot;But even on a smaller scale, think how much easier it will make famine relief efforts,&quot; Voor went on. &quot;We send a lab truck with the UN relief convoys, convert half the population, and not only will the relief food go farther, the Tummy Buddies will prevent dysentery. It's win-win.&quot; &quot;I dunno, I think the idea might be just a bit of a hard sell,&quot; I said. &quot;Ah, but that's where _marketing_ comes in.&quot; 2008-03-31T15:10:37Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/25789 <p>Oh, marketing is everything, people. Don&#8217;t doubt its brilliance and necessity.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=53175 2008-03-31T15:10:37Z Alexa ♥ http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018 <p>brilliant</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=52332 2008-03-28T20:28:21Z User 5239 http://ficlets.com/authors/user_5239 <p>&#8220;Thats where marketing comes in&#8221; that was hilarious.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=52264 2008-03-28T15:49:34Z Flute Loop<33 http://ficlets.com/authors/sasha <p>Wow. Hot waitresses who turned into live yogurt turned into date potentials. And it&#8217;s eco-friendly. I thought I was good&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=52181 2008-03-28T04:47:38Z J.B. Williams http://ficlets.com/authors/user_5182 <p>Ya, so it&#8217;s now bizzare and eco-friendly. Wow, I think only you could fit all this in one series.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51864 2008-03-26T23:40:13Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>Bizarre but now it seems like a viable plan for the population.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51822 2008-03-26T22:11:22Z Trying to Blend http://ficlets.com/authors/luckybeaux <p>Dr. Voor talks way to much&#8230; u have taken this story way beyond the bizzare its now like quadrupuly bizarre</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51545 2008-03-25T21:00:35Z Nissakit http://ficlets.com/authors/nerissa <p>This story becomes more intruiging with each episode.</p> <p>LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51518 2008-03-25T19:11:28Z Ridcully Calvert http://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon <p>ahh now that&#8217;s just strange. really- half the population? it makes sense but- wow</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51424 2008-03-25T04:07:33Z wytherwings http://ficlets.com/authors/wytherwings <p>omg! where&#8217;s the sequel?!<br />i must read more, you&#8217;ve got to be kidding me! aghhh=p</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51408 2008-03-25T03:28:25Z One Time, One Chance http://ficlets.com/authors/one_chance <p>Ana Cristina is right&#8230; he is going to try to SELL it&#8230; ya he might have some issues with that.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51366 2008-03-25T01:38:38Z Blusparrow http://ficlets.com/authors/blusparrow <p>Amazingly, you&#8217;ve managed to inject an even heavier dosage of strangeness into this already bizarre story.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25789?basename=51345 2008-03-25T00:39:53Z Ana Cristina http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78