# Ask the attention starved sycophant!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-attention-starved-sycophant/15093>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 24, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-attention-starved-sycophant/15093 "2000-03-24T05:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-attention-starved-sycophant/15093/1 "2000-03-24T06:57:00Z")

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Woe is me! I posted this in Great Debates and it was locked before I coule even get insulted, let alone complimented on my charming wiles.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-attention-starved-sycophant/15093/2 "2000-03-24T05:25:00Z")

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Poor thing.

Okay, here comes your first question:

Why is it that so very few companies have a theme song? Except for all that time I spent in the Navy, I can’t recall ever working for any company that had a theme song, and I’ve worked for two different restaurants, a liquor store, a trailer park and (count 'em) three companies that manufacture and distribute scientific laboratory equipment. Nary a chord progression in the bunch. Whussup with that?

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**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-attention-starved-sycophant/15093/3 "2000-03-24T17:58:00Z")

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Well really, why WOULD they have a theme song? I suppose some low-class restaurants do, but a lab equipment distributor?

You should have suggested Dueling Banjos for the trailer park. (Who the hell works in a trailer park anyway?)

A.S.S.