My crack at it:

OMG, Lissa, RiE, Hal Laurent, Dahlink, Joyce, PCB Rob, Dottie, Bucky, Laura Lee, Bourbon Girl, MD Cannon, RoCK, RayRay, YumPorchetta, jl, Cosmo Girls, Eve

Where are Piano Rob and Rosebud?

Thanks! Please add any others, anyone who cares to. EL

How should we account for all of the aliases of Owl Meat Gravy?

Oh, too early for me... I'll pass!

Do I count?

I know I eat my fair share of fiber, but I wouldn't wager a guess on some of the other folks in the sandbox.

I knew this wasn't going to be easy. :-) EL

Carol in Hampden, Matt Hudock, hmpstd, mdlvrmuncher, Bob UU, Donny B, Laura Lee, Dottie

and sean

May I be included on the list?

Yes! And Michael A. Gray. No one should be modest. EL

:) @ michelle

See, now you know the real reason I posted this morning. I think I was forgotten last time... Like Milton from Office Space without any cake...

MD Cannon

MD Canon joined the artillery?

"Does Dining@Large have any regular posters?"

Is a bear Catholic?
Does the Pope... Uh never mind.

I can barely keep track of my twenty-odd students, and I see them everyday. Safe to say this is a project that would probably not benefit from my input.

Forgive me, Hal. I wasn't entirely awake.

Elite Elephant Lover

Folks:

I'm the moron ... er, irregular reader / corporate meat-head ... whom Elizabeth mentioned above. Gratified with the quick responses.

The reason I asked her: We're considering some technology upgrades - in essence, trying to bring more social-networking tools to blogs like this.

I'd like to do a little random, informal surveys with any of you who are willing to exchange some e-mails. I'll be showing you some of the ideas and tools we're considering, and would like honest feedback whether you'd find them useful - or too intrusive or PITA to bother with.

Anyone who's interested can e-mail me at tdavidson AT tribune DOT com.

Thanks for the help.

It depends on how you define "regular."

Why does he want it? Are we going to be rejected as part of the reorganization under bankruptcy?

Don't forget Kitkat, Trixie, Old Phil, LEC and LJ (who I've always suspected is jl, standing up and facing the other way) and Elite Elephant Lover, even though he's pissed at me. Also JeffS who seems to have joined us recently and who I like.

And include Professor McIntyre, Kate and Sam, unless doing so somehow puts them at risk because they should be tending their own blogs.

And include RtSO who will always be with us in spirit.

Also, TerrierMom, Trixie, Kitkat, Misha the Veggie Lover, Jon Parker, John McIntyre, LEC, Voodoo Pork and Amanda (though not as often as we wish). Springs1 also makes regular, albeit vicarious appearances here.

And Flipkid, Matt (who I think is different than Matt Hudock, but I'm not 100% sure), Jon Parker, Frequent Little Itay Restaurant Visitor, KB and KristenB if those aren't the same person, kimmer1850, pigtown, kitpollard, chowsearch and Fashionista.

Also VoodooPork, TerrierMom, Amanda, Pierre Lemon Tart Girl, cinnamon girl...that list goes on and on...

HungryHungry, Elite Elephant Lover, Hue, Anonymous (assuming it's the same person each time -- ah, wth, even if it isn't), Dr.J. McIntyre, Mary, more to come

Well, there are long time readers who post occasionally, like Donna Beth. Stacey hasn't been listed yet, despite listing. Kate Shatzin, Sam and Rob Kasper drop in from time to time, and Gorelick is here frequently.

It is hard. There are tons of names I recognize as being regulars, but trying to list them is causing a mental blue screen.

Why does he want to know?

http://www.thebricktestament.com/king_david/god_kills_70000_israelites/2s24_01p1ch21_01.html

Again Yahweh's anger blazed against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, 'Go and take a census of Israel and Judah!' And Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

So the king said to Joab and the army commanders, 'Go through all the tribes of Israel and take a census, so I know how many people there are.'

But then David felt very guilty after he had taken a census of the people, and said to Yahweh, 'I have sinned greatly by doing this! Yahweh, I beg you to take away the guilt of your servant, for I have done a very foolish thing!'

yadda yadda

So Yahweh sent a plague throughout Israel. From north to south, 70,000 men died.

Consider yourself warned.

Mr. Davidson, I want a paper newspaper worth subscribing to and reading again, not social networking tools that are done better elsewhere on the Internet, and that I'll continue to get elsewhere.

Or, in management speak, focus on your core competencies.

RiE,
Thanks for the laugh!

Bucky,
Your last sentence was very well put.

Here's some more:
Carol in Hampden, Neighbor, Alexander D. Mitchell IV, Lone Lady.

Laura Lee - good catch on Springs1. How could we have forgotten her?

Tom Davidson - you will definitely want to get Springs1's input. If she doesn't respond, track her down, take her to Chili's for your interview and order your ranch dressing served on the side.

We had a brief conversation a couple of months ago about the average numbers of posters per week. If next week turns out to be as slow as my calendar says it should be, maybe I'll try to do the count.

And yes, my sort of Canon has only two "n's," not three. It is debatable which is more dangerous -- a loose cannon or a loose canon.

Bucky,
I see that the Broncos are coming to Baltimore on November 1. The weather will still be pretty nice, perhaps you could go see them on the road and get that steak at Michael's.

haven't commented in a while, but i always read via my rss reader.

btw, you guys should be able to ask your tech team to grab a list of users and the number of times they've posted, order it by that number, and bam, there's davidson's request.
i suppose this makes for a more interesting blog talk, but, dangit, tech teams can do a lot more than business folks give them credit for.

*gets off soap box*
-- coding monkey.

...& CantonKate

PCB Rob - I saw that too. Are Ravens tickets that easy to get?

If he had read Andy Ratner's column on RtSO, Mr. Davidson would know that this blog IS a social networking tool.

I read everyday. Comment infrequently. I observe outside the sandbox, I the shy child...

well, while I only comment once or twice a month, I read this blog every single day and it really is a great source of entertainment for me and I feel like I know the regulars very well. So you can count me as a 1/2 poster.

Springs1

Bucky - Don't forget to warn Tom to take cover during his lunch with Springs1 if the server does not ask her if she wants a refill. Or does she go off when they do ask her?? I forget...my eyes usually go numb when I read her rantings.

Grrrr.... grrrr....

Sorry, but Jiggsy gets snarly when The Man With The Leash enters the yard.

It turns out the laundry will do itself. Ding. There goes the fabric softener.

Maybe The Man can do for our lovely organic community what they did for the Baltimore Sun terrestrial edition. Do the math.

Grrr.... grrr.... Go get him Jiggsy! Mommy's having an early glass of wine since Terrier Girl is at her dad's.

The key to being rememebered Kristen is a snazzy name like YumPorchetta. That goes for the rest of you ordinary named people. Let your food freak flag fly

Bucky,
Actually, no. The ones that aren't in season ticket plans usually get snapped up in less than 15 minutes when they go on sale.

But from what I read on the message boards, there might be quite a few for sale because of the economy. The Ravens raised prices this year. Mine are $10 more than last year.

I came to this topic late, but want to thank Tom Davidson for giving me the best laugh I've had in a long time!

I DO need a better name, don't I...?

I am a regular reader (3-4 times a day) and occasional poster. But today I have arrived... I got a post printed in the actual newspaper.

I feel like that too sometimes, Sean but I think the name finds you rather than the other way around... so, I'm still waiting...

am i a regular commenter? i thought i was, but i see that's not the case... :-(

Matt, you are so right. If the geeks can't pull the info Mr. Davidson needs, they aren't worth their pay.

Sort by unique IPs attached to nick (or nicks, in Owlie's case), ask EL to send out the e-mails and Bob's your uncle.

I do find private surveying a bit distasteful here, since we're such a communal group. We like discussing things and drifting our topics.

So, anyone else got an extreme urge for salad?

Snazzy?!? Me?!? Ooooo...I'm always worried when someone wants to put my name on a list. Question authority.

I got you, pigtown. Check again.

Sort by unique IPs attached to nick (or nicks, in Owlie's case), ask EL to send out the e-mails and Bob's your uncle.

Ah, more work for EL.

Mr. Davidson -

Are you aware that the "Sunday" edition of the Sun idetifies itself as "Weekend"? What the #!?@& is that about??

I don't have to check out your informal little surverys to know this is another money-making scheme from our buddies at Sun corporate.

A woman's work is never done, Bucky.

What fun. It is a sandbox! I don't post often but like I said on an earlier post it's the first thing in the morning I go to after the on-line comics!

If the geeks can't pull the info Mr. Davidson needs, they aren't worth their pay.

It is my strongest suspicion that Mr. Davidson's real interest is in marketing and/or advertising sales than any improvement to this blog (which is quite superior just as it is, thank you!) and its blogware. Would anyone who chooses to actually do his little surverys let the rest of us know how long it takes to get to the "What do you buy?' "How often do you...[whatever]?" questions??

Looks like the Tribune VP has never ever read this blog. It's a shame RtSO is not able to reply.

Sean and Joyce, there's nothing wrong with using your own name. Jon Parker and myself both made the list without any pseudonyms (did I spell that right?)

One forum where I participate actually requires real names rather than "handles", on the premise that people are more likely to engage in ugly behavior when they're anonymous.

TerrierMom and Eve,

I think you're right on the money.
Now where's my armband with three and a half yellow stars?

I'll take the survey and report back.

You should know that I have a bias, however. If the Sun can make some money off my clicks, I don't care. More power to them.

The Sun blogs are the second best free entertainment I get. I don't pay a subscription, I don't pay a cover charge, I don't get a bill at the end of the month. If they can make money, through advertising or some other means, that maintains a free Sandbox, I'm all for it.

Joyce W., I believe "Shrew" is available. (Just harking back to your preference for a Shakespeare play, not casting aspersions here ...)

As Lissa and the other tech said, it's not hard to get that info from the tech people. But we all have cooties or something. No one wants to ask us questions or get us involved in creative solutions. They just tell us at the end of 47 meetings, "this is how it will be, make it so."

And so we end up with stupid technological semi-solutions that are based on concepts they saw ten years ago on some movie about hackers.

Or they get a contractor to do it and it doesn't work right and it dies and it's all our fault for not cooperating.

Not that I'm bitter or anything.

IP addresses are for the earthbound.

You cannot track our leader by his name because it varies from day to minute. He masks his IP with roto-proc s/w and a Danish swirl. His email address is a sacred trust between him and the Elizabethan.

You cannot track the Raptors.

[from above] we will not publish your e-mail address.

Track us and we will fly away.

We will never be part of your machine.

The Raptors believe in an active application of the Hesienberg Uncertainty Principle. You look for us and we vanish.

I'm a loyal reader and infrequent contributor (and therefore ::stifledsob:: not at all offended that no one remembered me). But I do happen to know Mr. Davidson, and personally I don't believe his motives are as evil as those of most of the regulars at Tribune Tower, nor has he had anything to do with the sad downfall of The Sun. JMHO, but I'd cut the guy some slack.

Dahlink, you got a giggle out of me - especially because I'm sure there are those who would think that name is very appropriate. Just doesn't "feel" right though.

Hal, I suspect I will be a real name person along with you and Jon (and maybe Sean). BTW, I think you spelled that right, but I'm a horrible speller!

Whilst Mr. Davidson presents himself in full faux Giles on the town mode, it is quite clear that he is too lazy to observe this microcosm for even the smidgiest of time units. This false familiarity is something that I have learned is a mode of deception in the States. Shame on you Mr. Davidson. So you really think you can learn anything about fish by tapping on the aquarium? The smart fishies are elsewhere. If I have learned anything about Americans in the previous three years of my acquaintance it is that the best ones are always elsewhere, as Milan Kundera might have opined. If you can herd these bastards Mr Davidson, then you have corralled the worst of the lot. Ta.

Michelle and PCB Rob mentioned me as a regular contributor which is nice (thank you!) but there are many weeks I don't comment at all, and my comments are not particularly witty or otherwise engaging. My definition of "regular" commenters (not the fiber-intaking definition) is those who comment daily, and usually several times daily. That would surely be a shorter list?

Matt, I recently asked our tech support group for something I thought would be a huge deal, and was told "no problem, we can have it to you by next Monday". Techies rock!

Meat Puppy: I am also an ordinary-named blogger but I can't let my freak flag fly because my freak changes weekly. Sean, Joyce, and Hal - apparently you understand.

A census never serves those surveyed. It is always a tool of oppression by the oppressors. Now we know the name of our Oppressor. I suggest that everyone change their name to Sparticus immediately.

I am Sparticus!

Don't bother tracking my IP address. You know why? I'm on a Boat! Got my flippy floppies, I'm on a freakin'boat, ain't got no IP address!

*highfive anothertech* Bro, you got it!

Owlie, we know that in order to follow you, we just have to follow the empty bourbon glasses in Little Italy.

Linda, it is a sad commentary on modern USian life that we're reduced to praising people as "not as evil" as others in their corporation.

I guess because I'm here and not elsewhere, I'm a dumb fishie.

This is the second time today that I've been labeled as stupid in a Sun blog. At least I haven't gotten run out of the Dog Pound. Yet.

I don't know how to highlight the following quotes so I'll just put them in quotation marks:

*highfive anothertech* Bro, you got it!

"Owlie, we know that in order to follow you, we just have to follow the empty bourbon glasses in Little Italy".

"Linda, it is a sad commentary on modern USian life that we're reduced to praising people as "not as evil" as others in their corporation"..

Oh my, I've lost the trail of this post completely! I'm going to bed. It will probably make sense tomorrow.

Carol,
Your comments don't have to be witty or engaging, but just that anything you (or anyone else, as long as its civil) comment adds to the fun of this blog.

I wish RtSO were here, he'd have something much nicer to say.

Bucky, pay no attention to anyone who calls you stupid. We know better.

Carol, I don't make sense. I'm just not as amusing in my incoherence as our brother Owlie is.

Oooh, this is all making me giddy!

Oh, and, uh... food.

MeatPuppy, It's funny you say that, I figured that my unmemorable name wasn't helping me make friends in the sandbox! I'll have to get creative and return with a new identity.

Carol in Hampden -- Good morning! Things any clearer in the bright light of day? Probably not, and don't worry about it. You'll pick up the trail again, just keep reading.

Sean -- No need to change your name, it's pretty distinctive on this blog. I for one, will always associate you with the Anthony Bourdain photo-op and Clos la Coutale.

Bucky -- So are you saying it's not just the typos that make people think you're a doofus?

Kristen - do you also post under either KristenB or KB? Or are those different commenters?

Well, this tracking initiative explains those black helicopters I saw hovering above the Sun's office building.

I would go make myself a tin foil hat; however, the only available foil in the office kitchen seems to have some cheese and tomato sauce burnt on to it.

RoCK, here's a site with instructions on building an Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie,

It's funny when someone stumbles into the blog like that. You can tell who the regular bloggers are by the teeth marks on your arm.

Today's Funtastic Thursday post "Momofuku and the Chicken Wing Test" is available only at the site below. I hope you enjoy.

http://owlmeat.blogspot.com/

It's totally SFW.
8>)

Laura Lee -typos in Wordville, simply my presence here. (Although according to Mr. Gilbert, The smart fishies are elsewhere. so he was dis'ing us all, not just me.)

Bucky- unless I accidentally typed B after my name, that wasn't me :)

Heh... thanks Laura Lee!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10790808@N08/3196872676/

Thanks to those who found me off-thread.

Apologies for any who are offended. In short:
- Yup, I'm a bit lazy, borne of too many trips up and down I-95 and airplanes in the past couple of weeks
- Yup, my original question to Elizabeth was, at best, phrased inelegantly
- Being called "less evil" is one of the nicer things ascribed to me in recent weeks
- You should also know that Linda is a biased source; I strongly suspect her as the semi-anonymous supplier of baseball tickets to me in the past, and we share a loathing of steroid-bloated pinheads.

Kind regards to all, and thanks for allowing the intrusion.

-tgd

Hey Bucky, I think this post could have the potential of reaching 100! We should have enough left in us to get there.

I'm hoping so, Trixie, because I think it would be great for a post about the commenters to be so enshrined.

But, no cheating. It needs to get there on legs of its own.

Mr. Gilbert is quite full of himself. RtSO would have responded appropriately and skewered his overblown ego.

according to Mr. Gilbert, The smart fishies are elsewhere. so he was dis'ing us all, not just me.

Mr. Gilbert is a horse's patoot.

I had jury duty today.

True dat, YP.

RtSO would have been gracious in his skewering though.

WWRtSOD?

Dahlink - What a great motto for the Sandbox!

I was thinking about this request last night, and it all became clear.

They want to be Metafilter, not a newspaper.

yes, Dahlink and Trixie...a great motto

There are very few blogs where the discourse is as lively, entertaining, wide-ranging, literate and civilized as this one is. So many are infected with name-calling, insults, vugarity, and childish remarks ("First!" seems to be the most popular). I attribute the quality here to EL's oversight, to the regulars, and most commenters who seem to be such decent and intelligent people, as exemplified by RtSO. Even the occasional rude interloper or out-and-out jerk is treated much more politely than one would expect (although s/he may become a code word or a reference in future posts). However, the regulars are quick to step in if someone does step over the line. If you need an example of how different and depressing this blog could be, take a peek at the blogs for the big city newspaper just down I-95 if you haven't already.

Silly colonials, you missed the nuanced subtext once again. Piffle widgies. Ta.

Maybe he meant we weren't going to go this new idea?

Maybe he meant we weren't going to get this new idea?

No, we didn't, Mr. Gilbert. We're far more intelligent than you believe -- most of us "fishies" have swum away from the glass. It's your pompous attitude and arrogance that we are pricking.

Better to yield him prayer and sacrifice
Than kick against the pricks, since Dionyse
Is God, and thou but mortal.

Euripides. The Bacchæ.

Oops, my last comment was poorly worded.

What I meant was that maybe Mr. Gilbert was saying that we wouldn't want to do the social networking thing.

But yes, the attitude is a bit off-putting. Please lower your nose and be civil.

PCB Rob, I believe his point was that The Sun wouldn't learn anything useful from the "fishies" who would respond to the survey anyway, as the best would resist following "cheap bait".

Silly colonials, you missed the nuanced subtext once again. Piffle widgies. Ta.

George III: What of the colonies, Mr. Pitt?
Pitt: America is now a nation, sir.
George III: Is it? Well. We must try and get used to it. I have known stranger things. I once saw a sheep with five legs...

The Madness of King George, 1994

100?

100!

Would typing "100!" be like typing "First!"?

Oops.

One thing we can thank Mr. Gilbert for is that he kept the dialogue going so we could reach 100!

Mr. Gilbert, it's not necessary for you to educate me. Why not wander over to Wordville, where Mr. McIntyre can toy with you for a while until he grows bored?

oh sean, that's as bad as First!

Twas meant as a compliment to the smart fishies here.

Thanks YP, that makes more sense.

sean, that was cheating. ;-)

THIS is #100!

unless someone beat me to it.

100!

CVIII !

Ugh, digi-barbarians. Woe is me, trapped in a base 10 world.

I was going for wry faux-snarky. I guess I just haven't mastered your language yet. Apologies to all. Bravo to Ms. Porchetta for her eloquent defence of her mates.

What is this 100 bit about? It rather dilutes the previous substance now does it not?

Jon,
Us colonials speak more directly than the Brits might. Having spent a bit of time over there in the UK, I have first-hand knowledge. And I like the Scots more than I like the Brits. At least the Scots are honest.

Take that! :-)

And true, we wanted this post to have 100 or more comments of substance but perhaps these next few will make up for it.

Wow, Yum...you made JG back down. That doesn't happen very often.

This post becomes D@L's 16th with 100 comment or more. And not a single one had Sarah Palin's or Michael Phelp's name in the headline.

Maybe we haven't had Palin or Phelps, but just wait until we discuss whether or not you should leash your foie gras. That'll hit 300, I predict.

Tis oft said that self-hatred is the leavening that makes the English rise and that earnestness is what makes the Americans fall.

Mr. Gilbert, apology accepted and I appreciate the compliment.

Bucky, you made me smile even though I have a skull-ripping migraine. I love springtime, but will suffer until the end of May from pollen.

Lissa, that's a fabulous idea. I think you should suggest it as the next Top Ten topic -- and don't forget to mention the amount of the fine.

It would be a sin to displease someone as delicious as you Ms. Porchetta. Perhaps we could achieve world peace if we all had such tasty names. So from now on I will be called Overcooked Bland Boiled Food. Oh, perhaps something less English. I will work on it.

It seems to me Mr Gilbert sounds remarkably similar to Mr OMG who has yet to post on this subject.

Lissa,
It will get 300 posts if the leashed foie gras tips decides to pay with plastic and tip with cash.

Mr. Gilbert, how about a new moniker of Bangers and Mash? Or, since you are from the lower part of the Isle, Haggis Hater?

cheers, all in good fun.

Mr. Gilbert,

It must be jolly good fun for you to share your condescending views of Americans with us. But you strike me as a fellow lacking in the softer social graces. Perhaps you were never taught that Yanks don't cotton to chaps hunkered down in their ancestral pile, passing judgement on us.

Oh well, the sun never sets on the British Umpire.

Ah, Mr. Gilbert, well-put, but I think LEC may have a very good point. Of course, many once believed (and perhaps still do ) that I am one of OMG's many personalities -- a high compliment to me but not to him. If you are OMG, shame on me for missing the joke.

You bruise me ladies. I've been a very bad boy.

I'm crackin' up here...

YumPo, I have no idea if it'd help you, but I found that I have migraines less frequently if I take a capsule of feverfew daily. It may not work for you, but it is cheap and harmless (unlike some herbal medicines).

Lord Marmalade, yes, you have. Now go to your corner and reflect on your misdeeds.

Lissa, thank you. It does help most of the time. I also take another supplement called mitochondrial resuscitate. Unfortunately, unlike the feverfew, it is not cheap, but it does work most of the time, especially when taken with feverfew. This time of year is the exception.

YumPo, I think Lord Marmalade wanted to be spanked. He is a Brit after all.

BG

All my family just looked at me strangely when I broke into a laugh.

Bourbon Girl, we won't reward him for his naughtiness. This time.

BG, you don't have to be a Brit to...

Ok, I think this topic just drifted into psychotic shark infested waters territory...

I quite like the freedom of having a nom de blog. It is a bit like having a comfy nightshirt. Indeed.

Yes, I have been very, very bad. I really should be punished. How else will I learn?

You certainly are a right sporting lot. Well I believe I will retire to my balcony now with some port and disgestive biscuits.

YumPo, I used to have migraines, but not one since I began practicing yoga regularly. Have you tried standing on your head?

Lord M, how is dear Lady Marmalade these days?

Dahlink, I choked on my tea on your Lady Marmalade comment!

My French teacher used to rant against the use of vous in that song.

struttin her stuff on the street, Dahlink. saying "hello, hey Joe, wanna give it go?"

Dahlink, I have, and I like the perspective as well as the relief it provides, both from migraines and from the ho-hum. Being topsy-turvy is appealing.

Lord M, this IS your punishment...ask Lady M. She will gladly explain.

Well, I can assure you that Lady Marmalade is not on the game, but rather leads a gilded life of Earl Grey tea and scones with her corgies.

Naughty naughty Yanks.

Lord M, that is what she tells you...do you actually see her take this "Earl Grey tea" and these "scones" with her "corgies"?

I see what you are getting at Miss Yum, you naughty colonial. Lady M is 84 and spends most of her time at our castle in Budgie-on-Umbridge. I can assure you that my mum is not the randy aristocrat you might imagine. Bad girl, very bad girl.

I thought Lady Marmalade wasn't old enough to be a cougar.

Earl Grey tea is nasty, regular English tea is much better.

Humpf.

My sources say that cougars start at age 35. Lady M is no such animal, really, such familiarity! Indeed.

An innocent question "Are there any regulars on the Dining at Large blog" generated over 100 replies, many of which were only peripherally related to the question. That's why I like this blog.

I am an avid Ravens fan, but I never post on Ravens-related blogs because the posters tend to be confrontational or just mean. I don't get that.

You appear to have disposed of Mr. Gilbert quite nicely on your own. Don't count on Wordville's doing your heavy lifting for you. I've had my hands full with the Wikipediasts and the Farkists.

Just wait until 4chan finds you, Mr, McIntyre.

Lord M, I hear those castles can be awfully drafty and cold, and also have many rooms and hideaways. How else could Lady M withstand the damp and chills -- certainly tea, scones and a pile of corgies aren't enough to keep the spring in her step, the twinkle in her eye and her bed warm at night.

Oh quite wrong you are Mr. McIntyre. Mr. Gilbert lives on as Lord Marmalade, the sweeter side of the biscuit of self-loathing that is the modern Englishman. I have been well reformed by sassy egalitarian YumPorchetta. As they say in Knightsbridge, "If you can't beat them, enjoy a good beating." Giddyup,