Have you ever been telling a story to a group of people and have one or more interrupt you with a question, or worse have someone answer the question with your punch line?
I was in this situation this evening. I just stopped telling my story and didn't continue. Worse, nobody asked me for the rest of the story. Worse, others held forth for minutes on end with their stories.
My high school English teacher defined wit as what someone else had at the party that you have on the way home. How right she was.
After I got up from the table, I thought of the comeback to the interrupting question: am I telling a story or are we having a discussion.
