[some time back]Assuming things get back to what passes for normal, then most people will get back to work, if not, we'll deal with the problem when it happens.

furthermoreover, and in the second place, we currently have the eight "top topics" in I&A spawned from The Topic, not to mention the first of the attempts to move one of these to miscellany (which failed, only to be tried a second time here, but meanwhile going strong there), not to mention a couple more politically bent threads (Ghengis(?) Khan and Lincoln)....

this is getting back to normal?! rhetorical question