From: djg@genrad.com (Deborah J. Graham)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: LOV: Things That make You Go Hmmmmmmmm!
Date: 31 Aug 92 13:20:05 GMT
Organization: GenRad, Inc.

In article <1992Aug28.121543.36954@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> gaf5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Gail A. Fullman) writes:

Well, let's preface all this with:

IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS

(Just keep repeating that all the way down...)

>When Curtis did return from Europe, how come he didn't have Lottie's son with
>him?  It seems he just left him to fend for himself.

Probably for the same reason I have, the writers forgot this part.

When did Lottie have a son? How old (Soap Opera Time line) is he? Is
he Curtis' son, too?

>How come Alden Enterprises couldn't exist without Shana as President (in the
>days of Alex/Clay) and now no one knows who the President is?  How come Jack
>had to spend every waking moment at AE and now that Clay and Gwen are co-CEO's
>they company is running itself while Clay runs off to find himself and Gwen is
>spending her waking moments in Trisha's lawyer's arms?

Gwyn and Clay are better delegators - they let the secretaries run the
company, and as anyone who works in a big company knows, the
secrataries run the show anyhow.

>How come Lorna is never mentioned except when someone needs a lawyer and it's
>mentioned that her husband/lawyer is always in the middle of a big case and
>can't come to the family's rescue?  Again, her grandfather dies and her
>grandmother is on her deathbed but no one hears from Lorna.

Lorna? Is she the one that slept with Jack and caused all the problems
with Jack and Stacey? Or am I confusing her with someone else?

>Why is it that AE has offices all over the world but that the CEO (no matter
>who it is) never ever travels outside the USA?  For that matter, the CEO never
>travels inside the US unless it's to impress a desired bedmate with wealth.

The offices are self-running, independant business units. Besides, do
you know how much location shots cost?

>Why is it that, except for Steve, Trisha always gets her mother's sloppy
>seconds?  (i.e. Jeff, Trucker, Gif)  Can't the writers find a love interest
>for her without the guy first having an affair with Gwen?

Well, the writers can, but I think Gwyn's contract stipulates she
getys to try out any new guy first.

>If Cabot was so hard on Clay all his life because he knew Tim Sullivan was his
>natural father and not Cabot, then why did Cabot leave the company to him
>(albeit with some conditions [he had to remarry Gwen - didn't happen which is
>why Jack go it])?

Maybe Gwyn is really an Alden. So, it wasn't so much Clay marrying
Gwyn, but for Gwyn to marry Clay. Hey, if Shana can be illegitamite,
then why not Gwyn? She always wanted to be an Alden. Wouldn't that be
a kicker?

>Why is that all these people who become CEO's of AE (Alex/Clay, Jack, Gwen,
>Clay) never had much of an education past high school?

But Corinth HS is the best in the country. They concentrate on
business skills (manipulation, take-over attempts), you know, all the
stuff you need to kow to run a successful business and none of the
useless stuff.

>How come Ava is so smart of being a manager at Burnell's yet she majored in
>boyfriends in high school?

Because, you're talking something Ava knows best - CLOTHES. If you
remember, she started as a buyer. She bought the stuff she would buy.
She learned to manage by watching Basil - and then doing the opposite.

>How come Trucker never hears from Rocky, his sister?

Good question.

>How come the court ruled that Jack was the caretaker of the company until
>Clay's son by Rio's sister (can't remember her name) is of age and yet Jack
>was ousted as CEO?

Missed this part. I guess a Board of Directors has more clout than the
courts. 

>The wonderful, wacky world of soaps!

Come on, chant for me....

IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS IOAS

deb
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