Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 11, 2014

L’esprit de l’escalier

Oh time, oh timeTurn back in your flight.I just thought of an answerI needed last night.

Bullystoppers!

To Moe, I think!

Panel 4: Don’t we all, bubbele, don’t we ALL!!!!

And your mother wears…uh…er…Dang! I’ll get it in a minute!Um...

Delayed gratification – the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later reward. (…) A growing body of literature has linked the ability to delay gratification to a host of other positive outcomes, including academic success, physical health, psychological health, and social competence

We all think of things we should have said well after the fact- and in most cases, we’re better off for not having said them at the time.

Calvin only needs to learn a few retorts. Says you, You and what army and who wants to know should cover any thing that comes up!

Telle est la vie pour une première niveleuse.

Don’t you hate when that happens?

You’re not the only one who has that problem, Calvin.

Reminds me of the old Dave Berg line: “When she said I have 20/20 hindsight, I shoulda said…”

just goes to show there IS an upside to going deaf!

A young George Costansza.

Ttthhhppptttt!

me, too.

“Oh yeah? The jerk store called — they’re all out of you!”

I wonder who that was directed toward.

Are you writing a book? When you get to the chapter about me, leave it out

Wolf; That wont work anymore.

The secret is to prepare them in advance.

Are those two bickering again?

How childish…. Oh wait, they are children so how else are they supposed to act?

Silly me.

xxx

How many times have you and I had afterthoughts on "I should’ve said?

I hear you Calvin! I have the same problem!

When I was kid early 70’s, I got a book from MAD magazine. Its served me well, and sometimes hurt me…….“Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions"

So relatable