I’m mostly teasing Warb, it didn’t bother me. But it’s still true that saying “I want to sigh but I won’t” is basically no different than actually doing it.
No, but I think his point was he wanted to sigh but decided to do it indirectly by framing it in the form of a joke. And now that it has to be explained…
I think the choice not to let Warb have his little joke but to non-humorously pick it apart speaks to the non-fun Warb is talking about.
It’s not fun when he sighs for an indecipherable reason and then we have to go in circles about it.
I suppose that’s more of a “know your audience” sort of issue. That is, repetition lends itself to an element of humor, but not everyone laughs at the same jokes.
Warbler at one point said it was kind of his thing to sigh regularly, so I imagine he’s not altogether serious every time he does it. Trying to decipher a reason then is the equivalent of asking to explain the joke.