>" I mentioned I'd not seen a good game with the Smokey the Bear. When I started a couple of weeks later, as I was introducing myself to the other programmers,

>" I mentioned I'd not seen a good game with the Smokey the Bear. When I started a couple of weeks later, as I was introducing myself to the other programmers, one mentioned that he's working on a Smokey the Bear pitch that came out of the blue from the boss." You could have turned the whole thing into a game. If he's willing to steal a Smokey the Bear idea, just how ridiculous of an idea is he willing to steal?