I’m no expert. Yet if you asked me about beauty, I’d tell you there is
some beauty in everything. And that there is no beauty in bad relationship;
only stupidity and submission. But who am I to advise others?
I told you so – how nicely it
sounds. With its literal meaning I told
you so and you’re still an idiot and the real possibility that no more
words will be required; it is the definitive killer phrase. We don’t ask
questions in certain situations. Mostly because we don’t care about any
possible answer. It’s surely not fair; however it’s the best solution
nevertheless.
In order to have the right of saying the magical I told you so phrase, one has to fulfil certain conditions. First
of all, he or she must tell the future idiot the warning or advice in a clear
way. The message has to have the potential to be understood. Which brings us to
the second condition. The idiot-to-be must ignore whatever we have said. Not
knowing about it or not being able to follow it gives us no right of claiming
the prize. And finally, the third condition. This one could be omitted but I
would strictly warn you against doing that. It would take most of the pleasure
away. The importance of saying the magic words in front of the actual idiot
(again in clear and unmistakable way) is, as I hope, obvious.
Now, since you’ve learned what to do, you can go and tell the idiot
yourself...