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To: jbe who wrote (1607)	11/22/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: E	Respond to of 4711

I have raised that very question. Post-grubbing is a pasttime I don't comprehend the attractions of at all. But I have two theories to offer. One, it offers an opportunity for a group identification that is entirely without risk. Nothing is on the line, no skills are required beyond counting and paying a little attention, yet you participate in a certain amount of goodnatured camaraderie engaging in this sport. Two is that it's a Veblenesque, The Economic Theory of the Leisure Class, sort of activity-- conspicuous consumption (of time and energy.) Now that certainly couldn't be said of any of the other threads on SI. No way.