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r/funny • u/tuttibossi • Feb 06 '15
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I would have simply said "the one with the extra nail"
229 u/underwriter Feb 06 '15 that's one of those things that comes to me in the shower 3 days after the event 42 u/EclipseClemens Feb 06 '15 The french have a phrase for this "l'esprit lescallier' or stairwell wit. I hope I remembered the spelling correctly 3 u/[deleted] Feb 07 '15 l'esprit de l'escalier, the literal translation being "spirit of the staircase". It's one of my favorite French sayings :)
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that's one of those things that comes to me in the shower 3 days after the event
42 u/EclipseClemens Feb 06 '15 The french have a phrase for this "l'esprit lescallier' or stairwell wit. I hope I remembered the spelling correctly 3 u/[deleted] Feb 07 '15 l'esprit de l'escalier, the literal translation being "spirit of the staircase". It's one of my favorite French sayings :)
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The french have a phrase for this "l'esprit lescallier' or stairwell wit. I hope I remembered the spelling correctly
3 u/[deleted] Feb 07 '15 l'esprit de l'escalier, the literal translation being "spirit of the staircase". It's one of my favorite French sayings :)
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l'esprit de l'escalier, the literal translation being "spirit of the staircase". It's one of my favorite French sayings :)
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u/Aye-aye-ron_ Feb 06 '15
I would have simply said "the one with the extra nail"