I've always found that the best way to convince someone is to first irritate them. It opens their mind up, and facilitates free thinking.
Of course, you can over do irritating people as well as anything, so you've got to guard against that as well.
catbirdseat, I nominate you to be in charge of running the show on the next attack on rc.com. we definitely need quality control, and seperate teams working on the writing as well as the photoshopping. This lackluster effort was really disappointing guys. pull it together.
jon, I have the leperchuan in headlock. I'll get out the thumbscrews, and he'll tell what the secret code is that is needed to defuse the bomb, provided I let him use the thumbscrews on me.