Mr. X,
I sit corrected. But I do believe that you’ve actually furthered my point.
I’m glad we are both part of the “what’s normal, and why do you think I need to be it?” club.
Normality is just a statistic. 
Less a statistic and more flattening the statistic into a meaningless aberration of data that is distinctly non-representative of whole.
But then I’m in a bad mood today. I should probably not post in “happy places”…
Guys, we’ve frightened off another one.
I do worry we can be a little too friendly and welcoming at times.
One of us! One of us! One of us!
True! 
Who the feck’d wanna be one of us! 
Luckily, I’m normal*. And so’s my wife.
[size=85]Compared to normative sample*[/size]
[size=50]**Sample size, recruitment strategy and analysis methodology available on request.[/size]
how is a formal request processed you mythical person?
Im afraid Tom’s absence may be due to a quota,
of writing and working in Minnesota,
where there is not one iota
of Vic-k running amok in a toga.
But I do hear there is much hot yoga,
to stem the harsh winters and frozen soda,
or you wind up talking like Yoda
By asking nicely.
Nom, I have a spoon of peanut butter! fetch me the said info… fetch!
Nice enough?
You guys have entirely too much time on your hands! Anything to keep from writing what we’re supposed to be writing! 
I don’t know that we have too much time. But I would agree that more than a few of us have too little ability to refrain from procrastination.
I"m supposed to be writing? I’m a WELDER!
pfffttttttttttt!
WOT?! Thought you were a picture framer?
I thought he was a figer painter working in water colors…
Or was that wock? Hmmmmm
But all of this time we have been writing. We have been writing poems to welcome you, serenading you with all these written posts and text and creative writing in illegal Haiku format, and even have in writing the demands from jaysen for peanut butter and more info…
Actually we have been doing nothing but writing! Don’t let these hooligans fool you into thinking this creative welcoming writing experiment is some form of procrastination because it is nothing of the sort! In fact in this thread alone there is 3 pages and 35 replies of WRITTEN homage to all things Minisodian and of course a few hat tips to welding, picture frames, water colors and the occasional psycho babble coming from the imaginary talking pet rock (cha cha chia!).
This thread is now about the debate on what would be better as a job benefit.
Free Healthcare
v.s.
Free Beer (all you can drink)
ready
set
go
[size=200]BEER![/size]
Ha!
's a no-brainer, init?
Well, the peanut butter is tempting, but you didn’t use the magic word…
Fetch please?
You are as picky as my dogs…