A question to an illogical action asking if there is some sort of higher purpose or if the act of stupidity is part of some larger, genious plan to take over the world.
*Japan, 1942*
A: You told our pilots to crash thier planes into ships, what's the big idea?
B: We lose a few cheap aeroplanes and a couple of pilots, the enemy loses an expensive ship and thousands of lives.
An idea concocted whilst under the influence of alcohol, usually beer, which seems like a good idea at the time to all concerned but does not withstand close scrutiny when sobriety returns.
You know I'm not so sure we should do that after all, we might get arrested. I think it was just a beeridea.
The most self-incriminating thing a suspect can say to a law enforcement official.
A suspect who has a substantial amount of evidence linking him/her to a crime will act completely oblivious to the matter.
Saying such a phrase will destroy a suspect's credibility since he/she is being non-cooperative and is obviously lying.
Officer: We've got your DNA on the dead body, your fingerprints are all over the murder weapon, and we have three credible eye-witnesses saying they saw you pull the trigger!
Suspect: I have no idea what you're talking about.