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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (57790)4/28/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: accountclosed  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
or perturb <g>



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (57790)4/28/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: Tommaso  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 132070
 
Also, the figure of speech is "hoist by his own petard." I have not looked it up but I think it meant blowing yourself up with your own mine, and referred to an explosive placed in a tunnel to bring down the wall of a fortification.



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (57790)4/28/1999 11:08:00 AM
From: edamo  Respond to of 132070
 
duhhh..took you long enuff to pick that up...put out the bait, and the mice will gnaw...