"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in news:
_aednUIqk7P8MIbVnZ2dnUVZ_tWtnZ2d@giganews.com:

> Management
>> rejected all of the designs except the mechanical clicker because it was
>> the only one that didn't use batteries- they feared that consumers would
>> think their new expensive Zenith TV was broken the first time the remote
>> batteries died.
>

But, alas, management didn't have enough brains to realize the tags around
the dog's neck were gonna change the damned channel every time Fido
scratched his ears......a true story, I kid you not!