if “the last thing
I want
to do
is
upset you”
does
that mean
“I want to
upset you,
after
I’m done with
all my other
projects?”
"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
if “the last thing
I want
to do
is
upset you”
does
that mean
“I want to
upset you,
after
I’m done with
all my other
projects?”
I think it means: I want to upset you, and then die, because after I have upset you, then my life will be…..complete.
I think it means “I want to upset you at my leisure, so I will have the chance to really enjoy it.”
i think it means: you mean so little to me, your very existence is so trivial, and you are such an afterthought, that on a list of all human endeavors, activities, actions, and biological functions, the very last item on that list would be to upset you. which, in a sense, is anti-thetical to the proposition, and thus cause for great wonder.