On the Edge of Common Sense
Hind Speak
June 4, 2020
“Hey buddy, maybe you’ll rope better after your horse foals. Ha ha!”
“Thanks, pal. I had a horse like yours once. But his brain was so small his head caved in and he bit his own ears off! Look it’s starting in yours... see that indention.”
The quick retort. That clever comeback, the snappy rejoinder that puts the annoying smart mouth in his place. The French call it Esprit d’Escal...
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