I tend to agree with your assessment that the number of posts might have constituted a cacophony. I also perceive that my rugby post, might also have been the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back as it were, and that that the overall surfeit may have been as welcome to the moderator as that of lampreys (although the common lamprey is a fine fish when eaten in moderation).
It not being St Crispians day, I trust nonetheless that "gentlemen in England now a-bed", will rouse themselves this rather blustery Saturday and go about their business and I can only thank the moderator for his forbearance, good humour and Shakespearean allusions!
Dragons slain, demons demoted, I shall not attempt a musical post here today!