Yes, it was a bet. You see, the person I'm betting against has repeatedly been quite convinced that this thread couldn't possibly go on as far as another 100 posts. What would be the point, after all? And yet it does! Due to this extraordinary phenomenon, I have won a series of bets with this person whose only failing is that they don't realize just how far some people will go to prove that another person is "wrong"! ;-)

I do realize how far people will go when it comes to that. They'll go to the end of the Universe and back again. They'll die rather than not get the last word. I know this. That's why I keep winning the bets.