(This is a Saturday Morning Guest Post from my friend Philly):
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This guy thinks he can get credit for being funny by adding to a witty or sarcastic comment I just made.  His attack comes in many forms but commonly goes like this:

Friend: Hey do you want to go roller blading in the parking lot?
Me: Yeah, let me grab my ba-ha and I’ll meet you in 7th grade.
Joke Associate: (too loud and at 50% the speed of normal human speech) “Oh wait.”

He says this to say, “Wait a second everybody…he was just kidding. It was a joke. I get it. He should have said ‘oh wait’ so everybody knew he was joking, then it would have been even funnier. I’m helping the humor. Please love me.”

Thanks J.A. for making my comment less funny by opening your sweaty, halitosis mouth.

In attempting to appear funny, the J.A. proves that he isn’t.  He’s like the guy who kicks a lady after she just got mugged to prove he is tough — the work is already done, man.  (Hey J.A. if what you said would have made my comment funnier, I would have already said it so leave the humor to funny people and just enjoy the show.  Stop ruining it for everybody.)

PS – The Follow-Up Quoter is a subset of The Joke Associate.  While walking in Mexico with a group I say, “I don’t speak Spanish” to a dog barking at us.  Everybody laughs.  Those who don’t know the reference think it’s funny, and those who do recognize it appreciate the homage to Will Ferrell. Then the Follow-Up Quoter says “You ate a whole block of cheese?*” Nobody laughs.

*The Follow-Up Quoter invariably misquotes the actual line.