Words of Wisdom from the Not-So-Wise

[J. T./Jessica]

Jul 1, 2015 22:38:34 GMT -5 J. T./Jessica said:

Be careful what you brag about today, because it might be what you have to do tomorrow.

(Short version? "InSecurity", Alex was a biathlete in college, she's proud of it - biathleon is, if my memory is certain, shooting and horseback riding - so she gets assigned to assassinate an assassin.)

Conversely, do not use taunts on opponents that you wouldn't want used on you if/when the roles reverse.

(Another episode of "InSecurity", NISA captures Claude's ex-partner-turned-rogue-agent... who in the eight years since has gotten... 'Damn...' as Gabriel Inglasias would put it. Anyway, he taunts Claude that he's 'lived' since leaving NISA and that his rolls of fat are 'like the rings of a tree', places like Monte Carlo and Aruba. End of the episode, the ex-partner is in prison and Claude taunts him with almost those exact same words... except instead of 'summer in Monte Carlo, winter in Aruba' and such, Claude uses 'free parking at work, a generous pension, and the love of a good woman'... then taunts him further by leaving the uneaten half of a snack cake laying on his side of the glass interview wall where his ex-partner can see it, but not touch it...)

[J. T./Jessica]

"You can talk any redneck into a challenge. That's why so many rednecks die in such strange ways. 'Cause he would rather be dead than disrespected." - Duck Dynasty... but "Rather be dead than disrespected" is still a fairly accurate statement.