Here's where it gets superduper nifty!
I questioned what kind of homo sap would refer to himself/herself as a THING?
The chump said "I am the greatest thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico"
I thought it odd that anyone would refer to himself as a THING
Well here's the connection.
THING on the Addams Family Show was a huge hand! Seriously.
You do know how important the SIZE OF HIS HANDS is to chump, right? Maybe that's why he calls himself a THING because THING is a VERY BIG HAND and he is inspired by it? Of course chump could be thinking about another part of his anatomy too.
Do I know that for sure? Of course not. However it is an interesting possibility and I thought maybe perhaps someone out there would find it an interesting possibility as well.