Listen up everyone I've got something that needs to be said.
Over the past few days I've been the major offender in derailing this thread and taking it very much OT. This came to a head yesterday when I spent the whole day joking around and barely saying anything that was on topic, if I said anything at all on topic. As we all know this provoked a just reaction from other posters in the thread tired of the silliness I was helping to perpetrate. Today I made an incredibly thoughtless comment that tarred everybody with the same brush.
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to everybody whom I have offended collectively, and to those I know I've offended, upset and/or disappointed I'd like to sincerely apologize. Meg, I never meant to upset you or disappoint you in any way and I'm truly sorry that I've done so. Rath, it was totally wrong of me to tar everyone with the brush of a catch-all phrase and I know I've offended you as well so for that, once again I am truly sorry.
In light of what's happened over the last few days and after talking it through with shinobi I felt it best that I leave this thread for a couple of days. I actually said a week but shin talked me down to 3 days maximum...
This self-imposed thread exile begins effective immediately, so with that I shall see you all in 2 or 3 days and I hope that when I return things will have gone back to how they used to be. Until then I bid you all a very fond farewell!