What Gibson is doing kind of reminds me of someone whose knickname was Two Legs.
Two Legs, a biker in an Oregon gang, was getting drunk in a bar with a pal. Two truckers were a bit farther down the bar, and Two Legs was running his mouth on them, giving them shit. Well, one of the truckers had enough, and told Two Legs, “Come over here and say that!” So Two Legs did come over there, and say that, right in the trucker’s face. Trucker promptly winds up a right hook, and plants Two Legs on the floor. Trucker says, “Get up here, say it again!” Two Legs obliges. Trucker obliges with another right hook, and down goes Two Legs. Trucker says, “Come on, get up here again!” Two Legs answers, “F*ck you, I’ve been up there, you come down here!”
They all burst out laughing, and the truckers bought the next round.
haha, that’s a good one. and i see what you mean. i think the character trait of being charming while things are going wrong is endearing to readers, but maddening to characters in a story. makes for fun dialogue though!
There’s an entire French concept built around that difficulty, L’esprit de l’escalier. It’s even better in some ways than the German term schadenfreude.
i thought that the L’esprit de l’escalier was the same thing as the ghost of the stairwell, or hallway, or whatever…. it’s a nice idea. i’m not sure it applies here, but it applies in my life generally. DAMN! that was such a good comeback, too bad the party was 3 weeks ago. damn this is a long stairwell….
What Gibson is doing kind of reminds me of someone whose knickname was Two Legs.
Two Legs, a biker in an Oregon gang, was getting drunk in a bar with a pal. Two truckers were a bit farther down the bar, and Two Legs was running his mouth on them, giving them shit. Well, one of the truckers had enough, and told Two Legs, “Come over here and say that!” So Two Legs did come over there, and say that, right in the trucker’s face. Trucker promptly winds up a right hook, and plants Two Legs on the floor. Trucker says, “Get up here, say it again!” Two Legs obliges. Trucker obliges with another right hook, and down goes Two Legs. Trucker says, “Come on, get up here again!” Two Legs answers, “F*ck you, I’ve been up there, you come down here!”
They all burst out laughing, and the truckers bought the next round.
haha, that’s a good one. and i see what you mean. i think the character trait of being charming while things are going wrong is endearing to readers, but maddening to characters in a story. makes for fun dialogue though!
HHAAA Holy shit, what a retort! Such banter! So much better than cutting his foot off and shoving it in his mouth.
glad you like it. i spent a lot of time on my off the cuff remarks. which is ironic, i guess.
Must be hell on your dry cleaner
There’s an entire French concept built around that difficulty, L’esprit de l’escalier. It’s even better in some ways than the German term schadenfreude.
i thought that the L’esprit de l’escalier was the same thing as the ghost of the stairwell, or hallway, or whatever…. it’s a nice idea. i’m not sure it applies here, but it applies in my life generally. DAMN! that was such a good comeback, too bad the party was 3 weeks ago. damn this is a long stairwell….