“I'd like bourbon, straight up, on the rocks please.”
The waitress shares a look with my bud. “Right. Two stouts coming right up.”
“Feeling OK there Quaffer?”, Bones wants to know.
“Hey that’s not what I asked for!”
“You confused her Quaffer. Confused people fall back on the familiar.”
“Huh?” The bourbon deprived are perhaps not quite astute as they like to think themselves to be.
“Straight up; no ice. On the rocks; with ice. You can’t have it both ways.”
Then again maybe they are. “Haven’t been reading the forums much I see.”
Bones sighs, “This isn’t about your drinking preferences, is it?”
You’ve got to love it when a setup comes together. I smile. “Necro-threads and reposts.”
The stout arrives. Bones sips. He waits. I wish I had his patience.
“So, I’m on the forums and someone has posted a thread on a topic that was discussed last month.”
“Quaffer, we're a gaming community. All of our topics have been discussed within last couple of months.’
“No argument Bones, and it’s nice to get a fresh take. So a few people post and Wisenheimer jumps in and posts, ‘Use the search function. We’ve discussed this already.’ Then he closes the thread.”
“OK that was rude. I await the drop of the other shoe.” Bones taps the floor with his size fifteen.
“Well someone comes along and posts in a thread that has not seen the front page of the forums in lo these many weeks and what do they get?” I sip more stout.
“At a guess,” Bones ruminates “Don’t bump necro-threads.”
“Exactly! Why if you never post in an old thread no one will ever see my How to Get…”
“Drop it Quaffer! You’re off topic, again.”
“Yea well I’m just saying it’s like you said, ‘You can’t have it both ways.’”
The waitress shares a look with my bud. “Right. Two stouts coming right up.”
“Feeling OK there Quaffer?”, Bones wants to know.
“Hey that’s not what I asked for!”
“You confused her Quaffer. Confused people fall back on the familiar.”
“Huh?” The bourbon deprived are perhaps not quite astute as they like to think themselves to be.
“Straight up; no ice. On the rocks; with ice. You can’t have it both ways.”
Then again maybe they are. “Haven’t been reading the forums much I see.”
Bones sighs, “This isn’t about your drinking preferences, is it?”
You’ve got to love it when a setup comes together. I smile. “Necro-threads and reposts.”
The stout arrives. Bones sips. He waits. I wish I had his patience.
“So, I’m on the forums and someone has posted a thread on a topic that was discussed last month.”
“Quaffer, we're a gaming community. All of our topics have been discussed within last couple of months.’
“No argument Bones, and it’s nice to get a fresh take. So a few people post and Wisenheimer jumps in and posts, ‘Use the search function. We’ve discussed this already.’ Then he closes the thread.”
“OK that was rude. I await the drop of the other shoe.” Bones taps the floor with his size fifteen.
“Well someone comes along and posts in a thread that has not seen the front page of the forums in lo these many weeks and what do they get?” I sip more stout.
“At a guess,” Bones ruminates “Don’t bump necro-threads.”
“Exactly! Why if you never post in an old thread no one will ever see my How to Get…”
“Drop it Quaffer! You’re off topic, again.”
“Yea well I’m just saying it’s like you said, ‘You can’t have it both ways.’”
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, so true
