It is scientifically possible to hoist, say a car back onto a race course without using a petard at all. Indeed if a petard is really a bomb and not some sort of crane as I always thought, then it is mechanically much more sound not to involve petards

Agreed, Zed, so I take it you join me in celebrating this memorable "Faldage".

We can certainly agree that "hoisting" a thing "back on track" is a far more sensible thing to do than "exploding" it back on track [in a jillion pieces], but it is still a curious and inefficient way of getting a thing "back on track" [say a race car, to borrow your example].

Let us recall that a true "Faldage" enlists an image which is improbable [which accounts for its quaintness], not impossible [or self-destructive].

But, Faldage, has declined the temptations of metaphoric fame, so I think we should not draw further attention to his exuberrant talent.