Bavarian fire-drill

A type of prank or social psychology experiment. The prankster or experimenter acts out a false authority to induce nearby unsuspecting subjects to go along with one or more pointless activities.

In The Illuminatus Trilogy (novels by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea), character Simon Moon carries out a Bavarian fire-drill.

by Figleaf23 August 05, 2007

Smith and Wesson

the two best friends to bring to any kind of fight.

Cop: "Watch your step, perp."
Perp: "Oh yeah? Who's gonna make me?"
Cop: "Me and Smith and Wesson."

by Figleaf23 September 24, 2007

Thomas, Clarence

Clarence Thomas, judge of the United States Supreme Court, conspirator in a judicial coup d'etat that subverted American democracy by appointing G.W. Bush to the presidency in 2000.

See: Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. (2000)

Republican-appointed judges William Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor, Clarence Thomas (Thomas, Clarence), Anthony Kennedy, and Antonin Scalia are all to blame.

by Figleaf23 September 04, 2007