Dear Rainmaker ~
Nice to see you back after your four-months hiatus.
Here's another perspective on the strictly-enforced rule against mantling.
To make a post which clearly ignores one made before it and which repreats what another has already said may be (a) rude, or (b) the product of hastily scanning the thread, or (c) an honest attempt to say something in addition to what another has previously posted which falls short in the estimation of the person shouting foul.
A declaration of mantling may be (a) rude, or (b) an attempt to chastise an offender so as to prevent further misdemeanors, or (c) rude.
If this is an on-going joke in which you would like to participate, you could use the search function which accesses threads to read extensive legal discourses on the subtle variations and inflections of this sacrosanct rule. Or not.
