Experimenting with keeping threads on topic

[Parsons]

I generally enjoy keeping threads on topic simply because I may want to refer back to your post later for further reference. If I am trying to find your interresting tangent in a completely unrelated post, I either need to remember a keyword in your post so I can search for it with the search function or I'm just SOL in finding your thought-provoking post. A friendly suggestion might simply to reply with with something like "Your post <insert quoted post here> reminded me of<insert brief summary of a story/anecdote/amusing thought here> <insert link to other thread you created or found similar to the concep you want to express" if you are going to go out on a tangent to make it easier on anyone who might want to refer back to a what someone found to personally profound post.