First...Angola carrot Thanksgiving.
Second, I wholeheartedly agree with what you're saying. There are a lot of people out there who simply do not read a thread before posting. Or, if they do read, its only the first post and nothing else. I know I've been guilty of such things in the past, and most other people have too. That's OK, its the people who consistently read the topic title, then go ahead and post something completely irrelevant. However, this posting faux pas often goes away with time and experience on the boards.
You said that it would be dry if there were only intelligent, well thought out discussions on the boards. I disagree with you. It would probably make things a lot better on here. It would be more fun to post and see what people are thinking and then having intelligent replies and conversations about it, instead of what we see today. I know I can definitely deal without the one word/line responses on the boards in favour of longer, more well thought out responses.
But hey, that's just my opinion.
PS...awesome thread.