"pull a Batman"

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 11, 2013, at 8:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> 2012 _Huffington Post_ (Jan. 9)
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/keith-ratliff-fpsrussia-dead_n_2439284.html
> :  In a message posted to Twitter on Aug 11, 2012, he wrote: "I went to the
> movies with my pistol in my pocket the whole time I was praying that
> somebody would try to pull a Batman!"
>
Good thing he didn't pull a Plaxico (discharging his gun accidentally and shooting himself in the leg).

LH

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