This whole debt ceiling ordeal reminds me of that trick.

[Snotcicles]

The POTUS bends over to pick up a dollar on the ground and the thugs pull the string it's attacked to, over and over and over.

[undeterred]

1. When I was a kid we used to make prank calls asking for Mr Wall.

When the person would say there is no one here by that name we would say "Who is holding up Mr Ceiling?"

This was really funny in second grade in the days before caller ID.