Didja ever get into a heated discussion with someone and try to use a clever metaphor or analogy to make your point…but totally screw it up?
Yeah, me neither…
Okay, I’m lying. Especially when there are copious amounts is a little sip or two of alcohol involved.
When I visited the Boy Child* a few months back, we had quite a few interesting discussions**. In one, we were arguing opposite sides of a point which I’ve long ago forgotten. The banter went back and forth. And I became aware that I was losing the argument.
This, I could not allow.
Out of some dank and dark recess of my mind, I struggled to find an argument winner. And the best I could come up with?
GnuKid: Yeah? Well just remember — there is no “I” in “We”.
Boy Child: <blink… blink… blink… >
Yep, shut him right up. Leaving him speechless, I gave a proper “harumph” and walked away.
If you can’t win with logic and brilliance, confuse the hell out of them with pseudo-logical absurdities.
...and I like it that way...
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*Yes, I know I still owe stories about that trip.
**Yes, I will be sharing one of those discussion at a later time…I’m working up to it.
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