I had a recurring routine with a co-worker when faced with arduous tasks at a previous job. When I knew there was a difficult or tedious piece of work to complete, I would sometimes tell her, "I fear there can be only one inevitable outcome--to turn evil!" She's respond, "No, Drew, fight the urge!" "Yes!" I'd exclaim. "Must turn evil!" Then, I'd laugh diabolically.
I'd get the work done, but I always took satisfaction in pretending to turn evil. I also knew I'd perfected my diabolical laugh when she said, "That laugh reminds me of (Michael Jackson's) 'Thriller.'"
Learning that my evil chortling was on par with Vincent Price's laugh at the end of "Thriller" made me think, "That's a talent I didn't realize I had. Perhaps I'm more convincingly evil than I intended."
