Good Idea: She was a marketing rep, trying to write an award winning jingle for Meow Mix, but all she had so far was, “I want chicken, I want partially hydrogenated soybean oil, Meow Mix, Meow Mix, please deliver.” He was an inventory clerk, knee deep in alcoholism and depression, about to be fired for ordering 7,000 tons of beef liver. This summer, they’ll come together in the romantic comedy blockbuster of the century.

Bad Idea: If you’re an artist, you shouldn’t create a mural called “When the Jews Killed Jesus.” It implies that the Jews, not the Romans, were responsible for Jesus’ death. Plus it’s like you’re saying all Jews killed Jesus, which is anti-Semitic. If you decide to paint it anyway, definitely don’t depict Sammy Davis Jr. taking out his false eyeball and throwing it at Jesus. That would be anti-Semitic, racist, sacrilegious, and insensitive to the disabled. If you drew a cartoon bubble that had Sammy saying something sexist, however, that might be the most purely bigoted artwork in human history.

Random Thought: Have you ever heard people saying that communism is a good idea, but it doesn’t work in real life? Setting aside the disputable accuracy of the claim, don’t you think one requirement for "a good idea” should be its ability to “work in real life”? If not, I once came up with a great idea for a supersonic jet made completely out of cherry flavored Jell-O. It was delicious and fast, but it didn’t work. I’ve always wondered if the weight ratios would have been different with lime Jell-O …