Is lurking a healthy trend?

[Richard Prowse]

Is Iceland a cold place? Oops! Off topic!
I wonder if lurkers originally come from hot or cold places? Or both?
Well, if they come from both there will be no pattern that I can write about. What makes a good lurker? Is a lurker starting a thread like having your cake and eating it? Probably not if you only choose to lurk for part of your time.
By definition a lurker would be checking out lots of different threads... you know, sort of lurking around... he/she would be skipping through a smorgasboard of topics.
So, if a lurker started a thread, wouldn't he enjoy it more if it went off topic. He probably would if he was the sort of 'part time lurker' who would think of starting a thread. I mean to say, an off topic thread could make more use of this persons limited lurking time. Maybe the joy of lurking is more intense when you actually have to seek out different threads.
Would this type of lurker, by nature, endeavour to visit a variety of sites? You know:
A women's clothing site, a bass site, a muscle building site, a banjo site, a political site, a sight that specialises in selling ballet tights... ?
Are there in fact different catagories of lurkers?
Wow! this is a great thread! I bet it'd be fun to lurk here!