JasonE. Please don't get the wrong impression. Deborah, John Popp, Tort, myself, and a few others have a healthy friendly banter with postings, usually providing some comic relief. I enjoy their ribbing. Deborah has a special knack for eloquence and poetry. I usually work on sarcasm. JP and Tort have their own special brand of banter and life descriptors providing light hearted humor. Sometimes we hijack threads with these testy playful wars. You just saw a little of it. Once it hit several pages (it was downright hilarious). Enjoy it when it occurs. We do.
Deb, for clarification, I agreed the pickle had no seeds. Not on your art of deseeding.
Tort, great question. Brings out the twisted minds on this forum.
A couple of things. Jason is fine . Despite my modest post count, I have in fact been a member of this forum for close to...10 months? Its 9 or 10. I am fully aware of the banter, specifically between you, popp and deborah. I was merely trying to point out that the banter in this thread was especially out there. Generally it comes up when one of you makes a comment on the others sober status, or mental health. So the pickle talk was from left field. I have also probably read the majority of this banter, I remember the really long one and I believe deborah made an eloquent poem about poop? That may have been someone else. I generally just don't post much, but I read everything.
In regards to pickles, I am not from New York but my family is. Although I particularly hate the "everything is the best in NY schtick," the half sour is the king of pickles.