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• The cream rises to the top. So does the scum. -- Wellington's Law of Command
• In every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours. -- Dr. Laurence J. Pete
• It's a cold fish! It's DEAD IN THE WATER!
• More fun than a dead fish.
• You're like a scoop of ice cream sitting on top of a cherry pie.
• America is a melting pot. You know, where those on the bottom get burned, and the scum rises to the top.
  -- Utah Phillip...
• 1. In a hierarchy, individuals tent to rise to their level of incompetence.
  2. The cream rises until it sours. 3. For every job that exists in the world, there is someone, somewhere, who can't do it....
• Hackers do it top down.
• Pilots do it on top!