# Failure to read the OP before responding **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failure-to-read-the-op-before-responding/553810 "2010-09-15T03:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failure-to-read-the-op-before-responding/553810/3 "2010-09-15T04:09:35Z")
Hmm, would have never known this existed had someone not linked to it cause I don’t frequent the Pit. Anyways, I did read the OP, as I always do, and I was responding to this particular line, the very last line of the OP: > [@Okay, so when do you play the lottery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-when-do-you-play-the-lottery/553752/1): > > So what is it? Do you see a sign and obey it? Or do you see an omen and avoid it? “it” I took to mean “playing the lottery”, since the OP title is: “Okay, so when do you play the lottery”? He also doesn’t mention what else I (or he) would be avoiding if luck were on my side; if he were looking to discuss luck, he should have stated something like “what signs to you consider making you lucky/how do you go forward/etc”. So I really don’t think you have any reason to be pissed about that particular thread. I openly admit I didn’t read the other 4 threads you linked to, simply because they sound boring and I’m tired. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failure-to-read-the-op-before-responding/553810)._