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Every time someone sets me up with a ready-made joke or even a catch phrase, I have a difficult time with resisting completing it. When I do resist it feels like I missed a significant opportunity.

Most everyone who knows me well understands this, but what most people do not know is that I crack these comments silently when I am the only audience as well. For example, I have a "Personal" folder in my inbox at work. Almost every time I move an email into this folder I tell myself, "This time it's personal." It's not funny even to me any more, but I still go through the process.

So, for those people who complain when I try to complete every setup, which is nearly everyone I know, just remember that I give myself the same treatment everyone else gets. Also, in a way, I am giving everyone the opportunity to tell me that what I just said was funny the first four hundred times they heard it. I wonder why most people resist that obvious setup.