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Thread #105832   Message #2183132
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
30-Oct-07 - 09:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: I shouldn't have said it...
Subject: RE: BS: I shouldn't have said it...
...this French phrase that translates to "Stairway Talk" - "l'esprit d'escalier".

I always like the (possibly apocryphal) tale of Oscar Wilde hearing a clever remark and saying "I wish I'd said that", to which his companion responded "You will, Oscar, you will!"