Probably to try & get you to delete it when thanks to him you now cannot and therefore his 'humor' is preserved for posterity since even though he can try & steer the thread into a totally different direction, his posts are really nobody's property except his.

That's probably why.

I still like mini-cannoli's better, and can't take the cream alone. Gotta have a piece of the shell with each bite...the shell is what makes them, really.

Apple