French Quiz
What does 'hoist by one's own Petar(d)' mean?
a) Someone lit a match behind you just as you released a well nourished methane blast from your rear
b) Speared with your own lance (as with Petard = olde English lance (or halberd))
c) Blew your self up with your own bomb (came unstuck with your own devious deed)
(a clue = Petar (Peter) is old french for a big, noisy fart)
Cheers
Doug Marker
(answer is c)
[link|http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-pet1.htm|Link1]
[link|http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxhoistw.html|Link2]
[link|http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/P0218900.html|Link3]