# Ever use gloating to get a laugh?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 10, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851 "2022-03-10T21:34:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851/1 "2022-03-10T21:34:05Z")

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Examples:  
Wife and I are getting popcorn at the theatre. We watch staff scoop hers from a bin of older popcorn, while mine is scooped hot and fresh from a machine that just finished a batch. As we walk away holding our respective bags, I say, “Ah! It’s burning my hands! Are your hands being burned?”

Friend sent me a pic captioned “Nice view out my window”. The pic showed a view from his table looking out the front window. Nothing remarkable, but on the table in the foreground, seemingly caught in frame by accident, is a huge slice of his delicious homemade pizza, which I could have if I weren’t 8 hours away.

My revenge was to send him a picture of a mug of fine stout, captioned “this is a very good beer”. In the background, barely in focus, was my wife’s fantastic apple pie, with 1/4 of it missing. For that, I was called an A-hole, with justification. Well worth it.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851/2 "2022-03-10T23:18:59Z")

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We have a water line in our barn that sometimes freezes, like if we have a few -10 F days in a row. The line is in an enclosed, insulated box with a ceramic heater. There is heat tape on the pipe. I think I’ve done all that we can easily do.

My gf decided she wanted me to apply a piece of pipe insulation (the split tube stuff) onto the top 8 inch section. I didn’t think it would help, but I figured it was easier to do it than discuss it.

I suggested a piece of swimming pool noodle, which we had on hand. She became angry, thinking that I was looking for an easy, cheap, half-assed way to get out of a job

We were at a local hardware store and my gf’ showed the guy a pic of the pipe on her phone and told him she wanted to insulate the top piece. He suggested we go to WalMart and buy a swimming pool noodle, as a piece of that would work perfectly.

I smiled. When she saw my beatific face she couldn’t help laughing. It’s been two weeks, but if she looks at me and I’m happy, she tells me to drop it.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-gloating-to-get-a-laugh/960851/3 "2022-03-11T14:00:29Z")

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😄 “You better not be thinking about that damn noodle!”