me feels a lockdown coming. Anyhow, Bugs posted a thoughtful post to open the thread; a few lines down from it, I put my two cents in, which is basically, the Mods do their thing and I really do not take it personally, as I have had posts deleted that deserved it, and posts deleted/edited that did not...its all ok, because this is all cyberland anyway.

oh chill out, people. it's the natural flow of conversation. like a stream of consciousness shared. (huh?)

Even in real life (gasp) conversation, the discussions flow from one topic to the next. Usually, the first and original topic isn't the extent of your conversation with someone.

well it kinda made sense, didn't it?

(better response) yeah, what ag said! i'm never COMPLETELY off topic. i may not lend anything useful with most of my posts (unless corny humor is useful ), but they do relate to the topic as it has evolved.

yakety yak, don't talk back.

Alright, I am starting to become one of the rowdies, I am officially done with this portion of the evolved discussion. Toodles young ones.

::giggles::

MN said "toodles"!!

Tom Sawyer, a mischievous orphan taken in by his Aunt Polly, goes through a series of adventures involving his friends, Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. Tom is a mischevious mastermind, and a professional trickster. He escapes punishment many times by his tricks and charms. Though he is often foolish and unpredictable, he also is somewhat smart and has a good sense of humor. When not trying to win his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, Tom is either getting into mischief or going on an adventure. Many times, Tom suddenly changes from his grinning self into a fearsome pirate or anything else he can think of. His laugh changes into a bloodcurdling yell or a barking captain's voice. Tom Sawyer's main doings are racing bugs, impressing girls with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River. The best known passage in the book describes how Sawyer persuades his friends to whitewash, or paint, a long fence for him.

Colonel Flag!!!

Peeper's main doings are racing bugs, impressing girls with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.

Ha! you are waaaaaaay off, I'm not even close to being that mature