To act as the scapegoat or fallguy for the misdeeds of others.
Named after Bush administration lackey Lewis "Scooter" Libby who took the blame for the treasonous 2003 outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in a high-level effort to discredit Plame's husband Joseph Wilson after Wilson investigated Bush adminstraiton claims that Iraq was puchasing uranium from Niger. Vice President Dick Cheney, White House political operative Karl Rove, and likely George W. Bush himself approved of this treasonous attempt at intimidation.
As of December 2007, only Libby has spent any jail time in connection with Plame's outing. Libby's sentence was communted by Pretzeldent George W. Bush commuted Libby's sentence in July 2007.
Named after Bush administration lackey Lewis "Scooter" Libby who took the blame for the treasonous 2003 outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame in a high-level effort to discredit Plame's husband Joseph Wilson after Wilson investigated Bush adminstraiton claims that Iraq was puchasing uranium from Niger. Vice President Dick Cheney, White House political operative Karl Rove, and likely George W. Bush himself approved of this treasonous attempt at intimidation.
As of December 2007, only Libby has spent any jail time in connection with Plame's outing. Libby's sentence was communted by Pretzeldent George W. Bush commuted Libby's sentence in July 2007.
by Hugh Johnson December 07, 2007
by Hugh Johnson April 20, 2005
We live on a Meat Planet.
by Hugh Johnson July 31, 2006
Manipulative fake internet "viral marketing", taken from the spamming of popular websites such as Urban Dictionary with fake "buzz" promoting a third-rate Samuel L. Jackson movie.
UD Post: That Samuel L. Jackson movie is the best movie ever!
Savvy Guy: The fucking moving hasn't even come out yet -- you're just a victim of snakes on a plane.
Savvy Guy: The fucking moving hasn't even come out yet -- you're just a victim of snakes on a plane.
by Hugh Johnson August 18, 2006
A gentle challenge or rejoinder to a fanciful or bullshit statement or a tall tale. An idiom you use to tell someone that you do not believe what they have just said.
Derived from the game where you ask someone to "pull my finger" and fart, then ask them to "pull my other finger" or "now pull the other one".
Derived from the game where you ask someone to "pull my finger" and fart, then ask them to "pull my other finger" or "now pull the other one".
-- Example 1 --
GUY 1:
"Yeah I drank about 20 beers but the cop couldn't tell I was drunk and let me go."
GUY 2:
"Pull the other one. I don't think so."
-- Example 2 --
From Scene 1 of Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
KING ARTHUR:
Whoa there!
clop clop clop
SOLDIER #1:
Halt! Who goes there?
ARTHUR:
It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
SOLDIER #1:
Pull the other one!
ARTHUR:
I am,... and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot.
I must speak with your lord and master.
SOLDIER #1:
What? Ridden on a horse?
ARTHUR:
Yes!
SOLDIER #1:
You're using coconuts!
ARTHUR:
What?
GUY 1:
"Yeah I drank about 20 beers but the cop couldn't tell I was drunk and let me go."
GUY 2:
"Pull the other one. I don't think so."
-- Example 2 --
From Scene 1 of Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
KING ARTHUR:
Whoa there!
clop clop clop
SOLDIER #1:
Halt! Who goes there?
ARTHUR:
It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
SOLDIER #1:
Pull the other one!
ARTHUR:
I am,... and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot.
I must speak with your lord and master.
SOLDIER #1:
What? Ridden on a horse?
ARTHUR:
Yes!
SOLDIER #1:
You're using coconuts!
ARTHUR:
What?
by Hugh Johnson August 16, 2006
by Hugh Johnson August 04, 2005
by Hugh Johnson March 31, 2003