What to say after you accidentally shoot yourself in the chest with a machine gun
Or, laughing it off
The wit of the staircase is what Denis Diderot called the great lines that pop into your head as you’re leaving a party. But imagine you accidentally shot yourself with a machine gun at said party. What would you say then?
You’ll be forgiven for being momentarily distracted.
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