The Wit of the Staircase (2 Viewers)

[billygannon]

From the French phrase 'esprit d'escalier,' literally, it means 'the wit of the staircase', and usually refers to the perfect witty response you think up after the conversation or argument is ended. "

I took the title of this thread from a blog that used to be written by the American arty writer Theresa Duncan (she passed away recently).

Anyway... this is a thread where people post up witty responses to old posts.


It'll make it more interesting if you post up the response without any reference to the original post.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

If we paint an S on the sides of it people will say "Look at that Escargot!"

 

[Corey]

Th' vanilla pot is there now.

 

[ratmonkey]

Cake is nice with tea.

 

[flashback]

Not to a thread... but to a situation last week I had a staircase thing.

I was up in Harvard at this conference, and we were out after having a drink
these lads come over, one of whom had been talking that day.

So I turn around to your man and asked him who he was with, and he gives me
a look like just puked on his shoes.
Who am I with???
As to say, obviously I am hugely important in my own right.
And, me being an pussy took it, and went ahhhm ahhmm, I mean...
But he grandly stopped me, and told me some guys name.
I had never heard of the guy, and I looked blankly at him.
"Oh right. Where is he from then?"
So the guy nearly punches me, he is physically disgusted that I dont know
who fucking whatshisface is.
So I turn and run off to talk with an Indian doctor who looked more interesting.

In the mean time his mate, who he works with, is talking about how AWESOME
his work, his new lab, and he is. Very loudly.
While he is explaining how AWESOME it all is, he drops the hand and grabs this
chick's ass, while offering her a job at his lab.

Basically these guys were total Harvard up their own arsehole douche bags,
and we just took it and ran off to another bar.

The on the staircase moment was on the train home when I was reading their
abstracts for their papers.
Your man's paper he had submitted had grammatical errors that you would pull
a leaving cert kid up on, and he had stuck in words which he obviously didn't
understand due to their usage and were wrong.

It would have been nice to go "ohh you're that guy with all the mistakes in his
work" at the time.

 

[theweeyin]

I don't understand what this thread is about.

 

[Corey]

I don't understand what this thread is about.

That one's universal. Never fails.

 

[Gambra]

Who are they when they're at home?

 

[theweeyin]

That one's universal. Never fails.

I:heart:U

 

[evil bandit]

So I'll just wipe it on the curtains then will I.

 

[flashback]

I don't understand what this thread is about.

Its when you are sitting there, and the argument is over for 45 mins, you have
been owned and are sitting there stewing and out of nowhere you get the urge to
say "And another thing..."

 

[theweeyin]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! It all makes sense now. Thanking you.

 

[Hector Grey]

yeah, maybe it's you who's the cunt.

 

[classic seanc]

“Clearly I shouldn’t expect an invite to your hobo banquet then”

“’How’s that funny?’, well, that actually wasn’t meant to be funny. What’s your excuse?”

 

[Gambra]

Oh, so you do now do you? Well TOUGH

 

[Hector Grey]

yeh? well i was faking too. that wasn't even my cock.

 

[classic seanc]

“Besides the ‘pricks’ bit that’s the best thing you ever posted.”

 

[ratmonkey]

We got both kinds, country and western.

 

[whathappen?]

come over right now , i'm waiting


yeah. cause if I like dresses OBVIOUSLY i am incapable of independent THOUGHT . No matter how long you spend waffling on about politics and how little our government actually does I will still not take you seriously as you sit there day after day waiting for signing on time. Get off your fecking arse and get a job you idiot . Oh yeah. SHUT UP

 

[Lili Marlene]

it's beggar's choice in here