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What do you think you would say on your last breath?

As the title says.
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swirlie · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy
TRANSLATION:

"Two all beef patties, special sauce, sliced pickles on a sesame seed bun".
@swirlie No, not at all.
swirlie · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy
No sliced pickles, right?
@swirlie No, not at all.
swirlie · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy

...special sauce?
@swirlie No, not at all.
swirlie · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy
..so, you're not a beef eater then. That must be it.
This isn't funny, @swirlie.

You seemed to have enough on the ball to be able to figure out what it means and from where it comes.
swirlie · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy
Of course I know! Question is, do you?
If your age bracket is correct, @swirlie, I've known of it since before you were born, at an age younger than you now are. I wouldn't use it if I did not know, let alone chastise you.

Nor would I be so indirect and obtuse in attempting to discover whether or not someone understood something.
swirlie · 31-35
@SomeMichGuy
Yes, my age bracket is correct and I respect that you are much older than I am, which doesn't necessarily mean that you know more than I do!

What I would have done if I were you and not me, if I were as old as you and certainly much older than me, would be to simply translate what it means to the very first person who ever came along to respond to your post, just in case nobody else ever showed up after that one person left here, never to return.

Do you understand now, why I've always been younger but smarter than you?
@swirlie You are both younger (due to nothing in which either of us had any hand), but still have the hubris of someone even younger.

Had you responded with a serious response, or asked, I'd have offered a translation.

You responded with the other half of your mercurial temperament. It was a fail, and sticking with it just made it look more pathetic.

The nature of the question asked in the post suggests some people might answer thoughtfully.
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