To: Slings and Arrows
The French call it “l’esprit d’escalier,” or “staircase ghost.” To the rest of us, it is known simply as the comeback, ...This is completely stupid. The expression is "the spirit of the staircase", in the sense of inspiration. It means retorts or witticisms thought of after the fact, too late, when retiring.
4 posted on
12/01/2008 11:37:20 PM PST by
dr_lew
To: dr_lew
This is completely stupid.Note the article source.
To: dr_lew
Yeah, well the jerk store called and they’re out of YOU.
To: dr_lew
Not only did they get that wrong, the entire article is poorly written, and most of the anecdotes should be familiar to anyone over 14 years old.
28 posted on
12/02/2008 2:25:08 AM PST by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans.)
To: dr_lew
But how else could a materialist imagine it?
53 posted on
12/02/2008 8:16:03 AM PST by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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