Posted on 12/01/2008 11:32:48 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
The French call it lesprit descalier, or staircase ghost.
To the rest of us, it is known simply as the comeback, that divine and tender coincidence of all the universes comedic forces at the perfect moment. A truly good comeback can instantly turn tables, elevate the terminally zinged to the status of champion, and reduce the zinger to a stuttering fool.
Sadly, many of us will go our entire lives without scoring a decent comeback, doomed to pause awkwardly and mutter some pathetic variation of your face for the rest of our miserable lives. For us, it must be enough simply to marvel at the comebacks of the better equipped, and possibly memorize them for later personal use.
(Excerpt) Read more at cracked.com ...
That’s awesome
Had a hard time reading that page.
All I could see was that blonde in the leopard thong.
I feel your pain.
LOL. Good reminder. That worked out real well for Costanza, didn’t it?
;)
Date, who happens to be wit Oscar Levant, says "I wish you were."
French Diplomat: "No."
Tom Delay: "You're welcome."
NYC Mayor Ed Koch
Most of those are incorrectly attributed and/or quoted. Could have been a good article, but the author was too busy saying “Look at me!”...which, considering the source, is probably no surprise. ;)
I can give it to you if you would like. ;^)
That reminds me of Penn State’s’ JoePa incident a couple of years ago. At the scene of a car accident he got in a heated exchange with the driver of the other vehicle. The passenger said thats my wife you are talking to. Paterno reportdely said “That’s your problem.”
While this is cute enough and we’ve all heard or read them at various times, reading Swain’s take on this and his loose misuse of the record, my take is that he proves that yesterday remains unmatched today.
It’s like watching monkeys make a milkshake.
But how else could a materialist imagine it?
Kind of a down the up staircase moment, eh?
And after a thoughtful pause, the object of his scorn replied, “I see you’ve been talking to all my friends.”
Monkeys are funny.
Steady on, old man. Steady on.
Pee-wee: I wouldn’t sell my bike for all the money in the world. Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars!
Francis: Then you’re crazy!
Pee-wee: I know you are but what am I?
Francis: You’re a nerd!
Pee-wee: I know you are but what am I?
Francis: You’re an idiot!
Pee-wee: I know you are but what am I?
Pee-Wee & Francis: I know you are but what am I? I know you are but what am I? I know you are but what am I?
Pee-wee: Infinity!
Francis: No, I’m not.
Francis & Pee-Wee: You are! No way! Knock it off! Cut it out!
Francis: Shut up, Pee-wee!
Pee-wee: Why don’t you make me.
Francis: You make me!
Pee-wee: Because. I don’t make monkeys, I just train ‘em.
Brilliant!! Saved, right next to my file on Obama’s economic plan. Thank you.
I will make good use of this in the coming months and years.
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