What does 'Triumph of common sense' mean? I was watching a sitcom called 'Veep', I saw this phrase 'by some triumph of common sense' and I don't understand what this means in this context. I googled it and a lot of new articles use this as the title.... A: Sir, what are you doing in here? B: This is not your manhole. A: I'm moving in. B: No, you're not. You need a bigger office, that's far away. A: This is prime real estate. I couldn't be any closer to the Oval Office if I had...by some triumph of common sense, a desk actually in it. B: I don't want your office next to mine.