RITual affirmation frequently uttered during protracted debugging sessions involving numerous small obstacles (e.g. attempts to bring up a UUCP connection). For the proper effect, this must be uttered in a fruITy imITation of Bullwinkle J. Moose. Also heard: "Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbIT out of my hat!" The canonical response is, of course, "But that trick *never* works!" See hacker humour. [Jargon File] (1995-09-27)