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Pull a Jenkins

If someone questions your methods after a blunder (especially one of your own making), simply deny any blame and instead send them a topical Wikipedia article without explanation and refuse to reconsider your actions.

Made famous by dir Patty Jenkins who after being ask by studio executives to rewrite her script for Wonder Woman 3, refused and instead sent them a link to the Wonder Woman Wikipedia page.

My mechanic asked me why I'd put gasoline in my Tesla, so I decided to Pull a Jenkins and sent him the Wikipedia on gasoline generating electricity.

by B_dub3 December 9, 2022


pull a Jenkins

1. to fail something every time on the first attempt, and inexplicably succeed the second time

did the build fail? try again, it may have pulled a Jenkins.
Don't pull a Jenkins, I have only one of them.

by ciko-the-it-guy September 14, 2021