Quote from: agfrommd on May 18, 2012, 07:35:11 AM
I'm treating it like a puzzle - a newbie with only so-so intuitive people skills trying to figure out what this thread is all about. Actually searched for "bacon" in the thread history but only got today's hit.
Too bad I can't turn to the back of the book to look up the answer like in math class.
Could I trouble one of you veterans to give us newcomers a sentence or two of clarification to help?
Derailed, as in off the tracks on this crazy train. Drifting, as in the discussion drifting off to a different topic.
The title, 'the thread that can't be derailed', is a very clever way from Mrs Bussel to start a thread with it being derailed or drifting right from the start. We have a reputation here at Susans for having most threads drift off topic. We like it, it's fun, it opens up a variety of discussions that might not otherwise take place. We find bits of humor and information that helps us to define ourselves to each other, in a very informal way. It's most particular to the Androgyn section, yet almost everyone it seems comes here for the fun of drifting or as this thread just turned, nonsensical. I love the insight of some posts, and find myself laughing at ones that I don't get until later. Ideas and terms for things are born from these kind of discussions, such as the fruitcake and bacon stuff. It just rolls. I imagine, though I don't know for sure (I wasn't here at the start of it), but this is possibly where the unicorn forest concept came from. Wouldn't surprise me. These drifting discussions are where I learned how much respect and love I have for the people in this section, and for those who come here with big hearts and minds from elsewhere.
That being said, I just wish I could remember what it was that...
