L’esprit d’escalier
The title of this post literally translated from French to English means, “the wit in the staircase”. Have you ever kicked yourself for being a tad bit slow in making a barb at someone? Have you ever felt that you could have put someone in his/her place with a witty remark that’d leave back a burning sensation in their posterior, but it was well past the time when you thought of something that’d really sting them hard? This is called the L’esprit d’escalier scenario where you would realize you could have made someone’s day miserable after you’ve crossed them a few stairs/flights back in the staircase.
Here’s a website where people have posted real-life incidents where they wish they’d either said something other than what they did, or even in some cases, something at all.
Found it amazing. This and a lot more links, courtesy, StumbleUpon. Do check out this amazing Firefox plug-in.
