Hah! Found the playbook.

1. Say something minorly incorrect but worth getting straight to avoid problems down the line.
2. As the person to whom you are speaking tries to stop you from disappearing down a rabbit hole, pretend they aren’t even speaking and quickly rattle off two or three more increasingly inaccurate factums that build upon the initial inaccuracy.
3. Act accosted as the person to whom you’ve been speaking becomes increasingly louder and more animated now that you’ve lit the gas.
4. Begin free form commentary of the utterly unacceptable (and irrational) behavior currently being exhibited by the person to whom you had been speaking.