I absolutely live for filling in the Maiden Name box

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JACEK1

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Hello

I absolutely live for filling in the Maiden Name box.

Does the above sentence mean that I absolutely consider filling in the Maiden Name box to be more important than anything else or I absolutely regard filling in the Maiden Name box as more important than anything else?

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Does it mean that I do nothing but think about filling in the Maiden Name box?

Thank you.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-42961568
 
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I am sure it is meant humorously. (Like when I say I live for likes.)
 

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What does it mean?
 

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It means he gets a lot of satisfaction from filling in the maiden name box.
 

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Jacek, nobody really gets a lot of enjoyment out of filling in forms.
 

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Hello, Jacek:

When I go to the pharmacy to pick up some medicine, the pharmacist always asks customers to orally verify their ages.

I absolutely live for announcing in a loud voice the date of my birth.

Upon hearing my answer, other customers look at me, either thinking that I look too young to be that old or that I look too old to be that young.

It's great fun.
 

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It is still unusual for a married man in the UK to have a maiden name. That person derives some pleasure from doing the unexpected.
 

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Or a single man.
 

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Never thought about the matter of maiden name before, being an elderly male. But thank you Jacek1. Henceforth my maiden name on all forms shall be Zaphod Beeblebrox!
 
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Henceforth my maiden name on all forms shall be Zaphod Beeblebrox!

Probability four thousand, two hundred and twenty-eight to one ... and falling. ;-)
 
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