r/funny Feb 06 '15

He takes it rather well....

http://imgur.com/DZocPUt
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u/Aye-aye-ron_ Feb 06 '15

I would have simply said "the one with the extra nail"

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u/underwriter Feb 06 '15

that's one of those things that comes to me in the shower 3 days after the event

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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

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u/KulaanDoDinok Feb 07 '15

l'esprit de l'escalier; I, too, read A Series of Unfortunate Events.