The question often comes up about the use of one of of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, the Remote Control.
Nearly every household has one, most have two, and nothing can cause a social disturbance faster than the faux pax of touching and/or using a remote control if you do not have the legal or moral justification to have possession of it.

The "Remote Control Rights" hierarchy is simple, and has proven, over time, to work out the best for everyone involved.
In order, here is the list of succession for use of the Remote Control in the multi-person environment:

The oldest male in the room is always the first to decide what everyone else in the room is going to watch. This is true even if the oldest male is a "guest".

• In the event of "inappropriate" material on the television screen, any female may complain loudly, and ultimately be allowed to unplug or turn off the television set, if she gets a "female majority vote" to turn if off.
• If the oldest male person falls asleep, or appears senile in his selections, a vote should be taken among the remaining younger males as to whether or not the remote control should be given to the next oldest male.
• At any time, the oldest male in the room may choose to give control of the remote control to any male in the room, or even a female (as listed below), although he retains "give it back" rights until he falls asleep or reaches senility.
• The remote control MAY NOT be given to any female if any of the remaining males, as listed below, wish to retain the remote control controls.

The next oldest male may pick up the remote control and use it if the oldest male leaves the room, becomes incapacitated, falls asleep, or if the oldest gets up "even for a minute" to go to the bathroom or refrigerator.

• Upon returning to his sitting position, the oldest may may demand remote control control at his discretion, however the remote control remains in the possession of the current holder until the oldest male declares otherwise. This is true even if a female has the remote control!

After all of the males in the room have left, fallen asleep, gotten senile, or incapacitated in any other way, a female may be be placed in charge of the remote control. Although households may change the rules by democratic vote (as listed above), here is the suggested female succession list:

• Starting with the oldest female child under the age of eighteen, the full remote control rights continue to the youngest qualified child (as described above for males).
• Once all of the males, and the youngest females have either fallen asleep or left the room, the remote control control goes to the youngest female eighteen or older, and progresses to oldest female who is not afraid of electronic "gadgets", like the remote control.