To: goldstategop
Not to quibble but the phrase is "hoisted on his own petard", which means to be blown up by ones own bomb, not lifted on the end of a stick.
119 posted on
06/28/2005 12:09:04 PM PDT by
Senior Chief
(Here I am, right where I left myself.)
To: Senior Chief
... which means to be blown up by ones own bomb, not lifted on the end of a stick. Not that both scenarios wouldn't be satisfying. Personally, I think tar and feathering went out of style much too quickly. ...:-)
125 posted on
06/28/2005 12:17:09 PM PDT by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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