{"id":1938,"date":"2008-03-05T07:26:08","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lesprit-de-lescalier\/"},"modified":"2008-03-05T07:26:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-05T12:26:09","slug":"lesprit-de-lescalier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lesprit-de-lescalier","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;esprit de l&#8217;escalier"},"content":{"rendered":"[GIL walks down sidewalk in Morristown, NJ, on the way to lunch with client. HAGGARD OLD GUY waves to get his attention]\n<p>HAGGARD OLD GUY: Excuse me, son: do you know how to get to the county jail from here?<\/p>\n<p>GIL: Sorry, sir. I&#8217;m not from around here. Can&#8217;t help you.<\/p>\n<p>GIL [10 seconds later, muttering to himself]: I mean, &#8220;There&#8217;s a convenience store around the corner! If you hold &#8217;em up, you&#8217;re <em>sure<\/em> to get to the county jail!&#8221; Goddammit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[GIL walks down sidewalk in Morristown, NJ, on the way to lunch with client. HAGGARD OLD GUY waves to get his attention] HAGGARD OLD GUY: Excuse me, son: do you know how to get to the county jail from here? GIL: Sorry, sir. I&#8217;m not from around here. Can&#8217;t help you. GIL [10 seconds later, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/lesprit-de-lescalier\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;L&#8217;esprit de l&#8217;escalier&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-vg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":504,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/witless-for-the-defense","url_meta":{"origin":1938,"position":0},"title":"Witless for the Defense","author":"Gil","date":"March 15, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Bernie Ebbers, former WorldCom CEO got his ass handed to him, with the jury finding him guilty on all 9 counts of fraud. 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