What kind of day is it going to be when you wake up to find Slashdot comment on the possibility of The Princess Bride being made into a musical? I think a good day.
There are the usual posts about why this non-technical piece of rumor/news was posted on Slashdot, and one commenter called the kettle black, scoring 5 for insightful:
Erm, wouldn’t the story of a pretty girl who rewards with her devotion the poor and unlucky but hard-working and cleverly inventive young lad with a taste for ironic word-play be of significant interest to your generic young male geek?
Or have their mating habits changed?
With 165 comments so far, not the most striking thread on Slashbot, but works for me.