RE: XyWrite/NB with BartPE

[Brian.Henderson@xxxxxxxx]

I've always been curious about the "hoist" in this phrase. Does it mean
hoisted into the air by the force of the explosion? (that's what I've
always guessed)

-BrianH.

-----Original Message----- From: Patricia M. Godfrey

>> Harry Binswanger wrote:
>> Come on now, I'm not dangling from anyone's petard.

> You could scarcely be. A petard is an explosive device, like a bomb or
> a mine. "Hoist with his own petard" from Hamlet, IIRC) means "blown up
> by his own bomb."
> Patricia M. Godfrey