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You say something that you think is very clever and it falls flat. SPAT! How do you recover from that?

Do you care to try to make amends or just fuggeddaboutit and move on? How's it workin' for ya?

Posted - November 6, 2017

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  • 44620
    I will say clever things to my wife...They go over her head. I just shake my head and say never mind to myself.

    This post was edited by Element 99 at November 6, 2017 8:14 AM MST
      November 6, 2017 6:58 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Same with my gal sometimes  but I think she is just pretending she doesn't 'get it' when she is in a bad mood about something like maybe I forgot her birthday  ..y'know. 
      November 6, 2017 7:08 AM MST
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  • 5354
    Quite so, surely that is the perfect time to crack a joke :)
      November 6, 2017 7:12 AM MST
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  • 5354
    Typically you blame the falure on the people who did not get it (: they are too stupid to appreciate my brilliant repartee :)
      November 6, 2017 7:10 AM MST
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  • 44620
    Precisely. Never tell a retired drunken Jeep worker a physics joke.
      November 6, 2017 7:14 AM MST
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  • 11012
    I'll  let you know if it ever happens.
      November 6, 2017 8:14 AM MST
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  • 22891
    youre supposed to apologize if that happens
      November 6, 2017 2:57 PM MST
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