Hey Simon,
There is more that explains my goofiness. When I was ten months old, my uncle was holding me. I reached over his shoulder and grabed an electric cord that went up to a wall lamp. I bit into it, and received an electric shock. I still have a small scare at the corner of my mouth from it. The doctor said that I was lucky that my face wasn't disfigured. He also told my mom that it my diaper had been wet, and I would have made a ground connection. The electricity would have killed me.
So, at the age of 10 months, I had my first and only electro-shock treatment. I have been in lalla land ever since.