BBC team has found the worlds biggest rat!

[Swatopluk]

If self-directed realtions are included, it would be 3*n²  and/or the n has to be adjusted to personalities instead of persons. The formula is of course only for the basic relations framework. You have to leave at least something creative to the actual writers. Most aliens are also sexually dimorph, so the basics don't change, should they be included.
And if you think Western soaps are complicated, Chinese detective stories tend to have several hundred actors in them (and that does not include the crowds).

[Aggie]

And if you think Western soaps are complicated, Chinese detective stories tend to have several hundred actors in them (and that does not include the crowds).

LOL, I've read the Wheel of Time....  I think I get the picture.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

US TV is overcharged with sex (as subject matter, not realistic depiction) and undercharged with nudity*.  Lots of titillation, but not a lot of actual tits. 

Sex is immoral but sells, that's emblematic of Republicans when you think of it.

[Darlica]

How did a woolly volcano rat lead to to this discussion?!


Good thing we don't run a railway here... There would be an awful lot of train wrecks due to derailment. 



Did you follow the link to the photos of the other weird critters found in the crater?
If not do so: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8241000/8241536.stm The world is still a strange and wonderful place.