The other side of Star Trek...

I've always found the Star Trek universe to be a true treasure trove of sarcastic wit and wisdom... entire races built around some quirk of human nature. Gene Roddenberry, old Hollywood vice cop that he was, did such a magnificent job of showing us ourselves as we might be seen by others.

For example?  A Ferengi banker is arguably one of the most dangerous creatures portrayed.  A successful Ferengi banker will always have at least one mummified head displayed on his desk, the final remains of  a defaulted borrower, but never more than three such totems.  Why?  More than three makes it look as if he's an easily deceived fool, and that?  That, you know, that's a bad for business.  Ferengi, go figure.  But gentle reader, I ask you this... are the Ferengi's elephant ears a coincidence?  Hmmmm....