How to Chat with Somebody in Yahoo! Mail

If you, at times, think of the perfect riposte or remark — a few minutes too late, you are not alone. The French even have an expression for the experience: esprit de l'escalier.
Coined by Denis Diderot in the late 18th century, esprit de l'escalier refers to afflatus striking half way down the stairs from the salon where it would have earned you admiration. (Of course, you can, with Max Beerbohm and me, hope for staircase wit leaving after that person you have been admiring upstairs...)
In Yahoo! Mail, you can always appeal to network problems for the witty remark arriving a bit late. Yahoo! Mail chat will then deliver it instantaneously, though:
›› Exchanging instant messages is not much different from sending an email in Yahoo! Mail.