Any ridiculous or bound-to-fail attempt to either assassinate or prank a
target or
friend. For example: Attempting to assassinate a person using a 50 year old pistol which has barely been repaired, or trying to prank a
friend with a whoopee cushion that has holes in it.
Jimmy tried pranking me yesterday, but it was just a stupid exploding
cigar.
Someone had attempted to assassinate the brutal
communist dictator, but unfortunately the attempt was just an exploding cigar.