dunno i just don't get it. if i had the balls and could live with the guilt of stealing so much money i wouldn't bother wasting my time on irc and just dissapear in silence.
Sticking around for a while and hinting/joking at what's to come is a way to cope with the guilt. I see it all the time in RL. First a person starts mentioning stuff as a joke "should run with the money right? It would be funny LOL" (paraphrase) then it really happens a little down the road.