The original question: "Really, am I supposed to take care to notice that it is Burns' Night, or that the British lads like their drinks at the sing-around down at the local?"

This question is a lot more complicated than it seems upon first reading. It asks what the correct behavior is: "Am I supposed..." First one has to determine who's in charge of making these decisions. This might be Max, but Max doesn't give a shit.

I mean, seriously, Joe Offer or Pene Azul can enforce behavior standards to some extent. I don't know about you, but I can't see them writing a message saying "This message was posted on behalf of Jeri because not noticing is not allowed."

The next available authority on my behavior here is me. Personally, I wouldn't start a thread to ask myself that question, I'd do it quietly, in private. I suppose the question needs to be in a thread in order to figure out that I was the one with the authority to make such a decision, though. Anyway, I just asked myself the question. The answer I gave was "I don't have to if I don't want to, nyah, nyah."

I also came to the conclusion there were even some things I should take care NOT to notice. One of these things is BEAVER DAY, which I have not noticed and don't plan to ever notice. I don't care how Rick decorates his beaver. I didn't even know he had one. Not that I noticed he mentioned it in the first place. Well, OK - I noticed. I just didn't "take care to notice."