Law of the Playground

an archive of the least coherent encyclopaedia of playground insults on the internet
Pulling off

Original ID   : 2571
Created On    : 2003-10-02
Last Modified : 2005-05-01


Standard, unimaginative retort to a threat of violence - “if you hit me, I’ll hit you”. “If you spit at me, I’ll spit at you”.

If someone is creeping up on you with a view to ripping the label out of your underwear, however, don’t say “If you pull that off, I’ll pull yours off”.

If you did say that, hilarity would surely ensue.

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