Friday, April 20, 2018
What to Say in Awkward Situations
What to say when someone has broken wind loudly, from
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Night-Scene: A Dramatic Fragment," line 36:
From a friend:
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A rude and scaring note, my friend!What to say when you yourself have broken wind, from Henri de Régnier, Vestigia Flammae: Poèmes (Paris: Mercure de France, 1922), p. 2 ("Stèle," line 5, my translation):
My life around me gives off a pungent smell.
Ma vie autour de moi répand une odeur âcre.
From a friend:
If the Analhusten is a muffled, windy one, the first few lines of Verlaine's poem could also serve:Related post: What to Say When Someone Farts.
Ecoutez la chanson bien douce
Qui ne pleure que pour vous plaire,
Elle est discrète, elle est légère!
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