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I'm tempted to write a lot of this off to Fannish Social Incompetence Disorder, though that may be projection on my part. The first clown is repeating an ancient witticism (or half thereof) in the belief that this is appropriate congratulatory behavior; the second is attempting sympathetic commiseration about the effort it took and the presumed lack of recompense such worthy efforts bring. But I certainly could be mistaken.