Thinker Pose
Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker"note which is only a small part of his The Gates of Hell, a sculpture based on Dante's Inferno has been imitated countless times as a stock pose. Rodin actually took this pose from Classical Greece; sculptures and paintings of people positioned similarly are generally meant to convey introspection and melancholy.
Trapped The Wrong Target
So you have the Booby Trap all set up. You got the bait linked to a bomb, a cage, or even catapults aiming cream pies at the intended target. Everything is going smoothly and no one expects a thing, until...
Wait, what is that idiot doing there? Hold on- BOOM!
Basically, it's when a Booby Trap meets Finagle's Law. Out of sheer coincidence or bad luck, someone (or rather something) else other than the intended target takes the bait instead, ending up crippled, killed, humiliated in front of everyone, or outright pissed. If the unfortunate member happens to be
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Episode 264 - Super Mario Maker 2 July 11, 2019
