PULL A JOHN HUGHES

To pull a John Hughes is to be needlessly concerned about the results of a test everyone else knows you aced. John was known to be extremely smart, but he was always saying after an exam, I know I got an F. Fellow students, in a sort of John Hughes Fan Club, had green sweat shirts (John must have had about forty, because he almost always wore one.) made up that had I know I got an F printed on them. Marshalltown, IA, circa 1981. Example: I know I got an F. C'mon, Jack. You tryin' to pull a John Hughes? Everyone knows you didn't get a single answer wrong.