Please help me to explain to people why FO is used instead of EO

[kumudini]

I just laughed so hard B, you are quite silly in the most fun way.

 

[not_ally]

Hey, NA, you da petard! [snort] Okay.. so slow day in engineering does not improve my sense of humor...

Amd, I afraid that is quite true, I *am* da petard, more frequently than I would like

 

[gigisiguenza]

The phrase hoisted on their own petard is an insult referring to being hoisted by your own fart (like trying to fart in secret, but got caught cuz it lifted you up n gave away your secret).... in other words, you showed your a$$

ETA that's what the little bomb refers to lol

 

[traderbren]

So... Someone just called Not_Ally a little fart????

 

[SunWolf]

I thought this was insightful!! LOL

Meaning of the Phrase
The phrase means to be injured by the device that you intended to use to injure others.
A literal example from our own time is illustrative. In 2009, on a Northwest Airlines flight from a Amsterdam to Detroit, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, now known affectionately as the Underwear Bomber, lit his own crotch on fire trying to detonate a bomb he had hid in his skivvies.
That, my friends, is what it means to be hoist with your own petard.

 

[not_ally]

OMG, who called me a little fart? I will hoist them on my petard

 

[gigisiguenza]

So... Someone just called Not_Ally a little fart????

HAhahahaha I guess they did... hahahahahahaha....

 

[gigisiguenza]

OMG, who called me a little fart? I will hoist them on my petard

Oh man Ally I'm ducking and covering now....

Take cover folks.... Ally is gonna crop dust the forum trying to get the offender!

I'm in tears here with the mental image of you running around, crop dusting the place, yelling "I'll get you, you can can't hide!"

LMAO

 

[not_ally]

We height challenged types w/Napolean complexes are sensitive and violent, we are subject to whipping out our petards at the least possible provocation! I am sure there is a Criminal Minds episode about us

 

[dibbles]

LOL. I love this forum.

 

[gigisiguenza]

We height challenged types w/Napolean complexes are sensitive and violent, we are subject to whipping out our petards at the least possible provocation! I am sure there is a Criminal Minds episode about us

Lmaowtime ... you kill me Ally, I swear.... Hahahahaha

 

[JayJay]

Oh my goodness. I wish I had seen this thread earlier today. I needed a good laugh!

 

[JayJay]

"...Maybe folks on this forum convinced her to expand her herizons?..."

Well, if it's the person I'm thinking of (not Gigi, by the way), I suspect she moved on to find others in better agreement with her views. Thankfully....!

Maybe you're right. She never did answer my question about how she manages it all.

 

[JayJay]

Yes, that was the one. I had a brief moment of horror just now thinking I had remembered the wrong poster, but checked. JJ, Her MP thread predated this thread, so I don't think our collective reasoning changed her mind, it is a flat out inconsistency.

You are thorough N/A. Well then I guess it's settled. Case closed?

 

[not_ally]

You are thorough N/A. Well then I guess it's settled. Case closed?

I think so, barring the unlikely possibility she comes back and lambasts us all (and then I will beat her with my petard. I am sorry, I think I am experiencing some petard intoxication, or something ) I hope your day got better!

 

[boyago]

We height challenged types w/Napolean complexes are sensitive and violent, we are subject to whipping out our petards at the least possible provocation! I am sure there is a Criminal Minds episode about us

This is one of my all time favorite posts.

 

[gigisiguenza]

I think so, barring the unlikely possibility she comes back and lambasts us all (and then I will beat her with my petard. I am sorry, I think I am experiencing some petard intoxication, or something ) I hope your day got better!

Hahahahahahaha I now have a mental image of you trying to beat her with a fart.... oh man I'm dying here hahaha hahaha

 

[kumudini]

In my mind I can hear all the giggles and exploding laughter and you n_a, accomplished this single handed. Wow!!

 

[not_ally]

Ok, this has gone too far! I am willing to take on many challenges single handed, but this is not one of them

 

[gigisiguenza]

Ok, this has gone too far! I am willing to take on many challenges single handed, but this is not one of them

Hahahahaha