[velcii]

>The ability to toss out random thoughts/idea at any time, and have others discuss/expand on them at their leisure is... powerful.

Yes, That is powerful. And I utterly fail to understand how some people appear to NOT see this.

OP for one appear to argue that people are expected to talk about work when they are having lunch ffs! I mean, it is OK if you want to talk about work, but you cannot realistically expect others to share your enthusiasm as well, or may be they do share your enthusiasm, but might want to talk about other things when they eat...