-- An Insult -- A Series of Examples -- 05 September 2009 -- Dougal Stanton -- Photo CC-licenced from: -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/154640125/ Scene 1. Man: This is going to be some one-sided chat as a demonstration of that kind of comic. Scene 2. Man: One character will have loads of stuff to say while the other will remain unnaturally silent for an extremely long time... Scene 3. Man: ...until finally, they leap out and attack with something both insightful and witty. Woman: Yer maw.