Just received an Enlightened badge and learnt two things: 1. Deleted answers are disregarded for this badge (makes sense, I guess, just never thought about it). 2. It's sometimes possible to earn someone a badge by just deleting your own answer :)
Trying to draw attention to oneself with a joke implying one's obnoxiousness, and when that doesn't work, resorting to actually explaining the joke... Isn't that a little obnoxious?