Do you know anyone who's ever been "Hoisted by his/her own petard"?

Me. Well, 4-year-old me.

My mom had some ornamental peppers growing in our yard, and I thought it would be ever so amusing to trick Ruthy Lofton (the girl next door) into eating one. I don’t exactly recall what devious feminine machinations she employed, but I was the one who ended up with the pepper in my mouth. I mainly remember standing by the kitchen sink and drinking lots of water.

Girls, it seems, are smart. Who knew?

Well, Newt Gingrich, Mr. Family Values, was caught cheating on his wife.

Gus Grissom?

Hoisted by your petard actually means lifted off your feet by the force of your own fart.

How’s this? “James W. Heselden, a British businessman… who owned the company that makes Segway electric scooters, died Sunday after plunging from a cliff in West Yorkshire, the police said, apparently while touring his property on a Segway. He was 62.”

Segway Company owner dies

@filmfann: Pétard also means firecracker, as well as joint. It’s a remarkably flexible word!

@bookish1 It’s also used for a remarkably hot/handsome individual, usually a man. ^^

Also, my answer; Will E Coyote.