To wish posters would read the whole thread?

Sometimes the wandering and bizarre nature of threads is highly entertaining. Quite often, it's just irritating. It's like the meeting where the minutes have been read and agreed and matters arising have arisen and gone then someone who was dozing or talking to a friend or hanging their coat up suddenly realises they've missed it and wants to pick up on something that's already been dealt with. In real life the chairman could move on or they could be filled in by another member. But on GN if you refer someone to an earlier post you tend to get
ratty offended remarks