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I have a colleague who does this to a certain extent. Not just when she's talking, but also the work she's doing - she'll start writing an email, then get distracted by a thought which means she opens an internet window to try something out, then she remembers that the test system needs to be rebooted so she gives that guy a call... ultimately meaning that the 5 minute email never actually gets finished (or the internet window thing, or anything else, for that matter).
Sometimes I wonder (although I don't think it really applies to her) whether these people do it because they almost don't realise that you don't hear the thoughts in their head. They're talking about one thing, and it reminds them of a second thing because of a connection they made in their head so they start talking about the next thing because they think you know why they're talking about it.
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