Went to see Dara O'Briain at the Salford theatre some weeks back. He has this bit of the show where he challenges racial stereotypes, and wants responses from the audience to questions like 'All Americans are...?' (usual replies to this are apparently 'Fat' and 'Stupid'. They're not of course, not all of them - that was the point.)
Anyway, next question is 'The Dutch are ...?' About three minutes too late I realise I should have yelled out 'Mostly from Holland.' Hilarious. I might have even got to go up on stage. But it was too late by then.
The French have a phrase for these little ripostes that you think of too late, or when you're heading on up the stairs afterwards - Mots d'escaliers.
This has nothing to do with what this blog is supposed to be about - but now I can't sleep.
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