Revisionist Wit
When I was a kid I loved to read Garfield. More than a fat cat who loves lasagna and hates spiders, it was also about the owner, Jon Arbuckle, who had almost no luck with women. One strip has him on the phone getting turned down for a date. The girl already has plans she explains and Jon, dejected, hangs up the phone. The next panel has him wake up in the middle of the night saying, “But what if your brother already has plans! That’s what I should have said.” To which Garfield replies, “Ol’ Lightning Wit strikes again.
That comic strip and this site are about zingers we would have come up with if we were more witty. I’ll have some of that here, but I’ll also have other kinds of “shoulda saids,” like correcting faux pas.
Dave says:
June 6th, 2004 at 9:37 pm
One of my favorite comics of Garfield.
I always manage to make the joke very not funny when I tell it.
I know it had something to do with a camel, hence “What if your brother has plans” being a witty insult response to his rejection.
You just had to be there.
APlz says:
April 25th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
I like these. They are quite humorous and universal. Everyone at one point atleast wanted to say something but never did.
APlz