Just something to note, the name of the thread is "Top is in" not "THE top is in." I wonder if that is significant. Maybe it's just about ordinary every day tops, not THE top.
Of course, we did supposedly have THE mother of ALL tops after the goat moat, but many mothers are kind and gentle, so maybe we misunderstood what kind of top the mother of all tops is. Maybe it's a "You just wait 'til your father gets home" situation.