But best not to poke the bear, or rather the Bruin, too much.

Harbaugh walked into his first conference media day and poked the bear.

But saying that would probably be poking the bear with the grumpy stick.

Mike Mulvey, didn't your parents teach you not to poke the bear?

The two have a clash of wits in most episodes with Eric teasing his father, or "poking the bear".

The audience would ask her questions, and a member of the crew would poke the bear with a stick to make it grunt in reply.

They touched it and played with it until one day a group of girls poked the bear until it attacked them.

NATO has poked the bear of the internet (which responded by announcing that it's actually a hydra).

The moral of the story is that, when it comes to a passionate fan base, it’s best not to poke the bear in any way, shape or form.

But by invoking Clinton, Romney risks poking the bear in some ways, and perhaps even casting himself as a version of Clinton.

"That's enough," Archer said to Hayes, his voice pitched in a low tone that Reed knew meant Don't poke the bear.

Rick gets the bravery award as he went up and poked the bear, and by this time, Stephen and I were already running back to the truck.

Harry Redknapp will be disappointed to see a tactically naïve QPR side poke the bear by scoring.

I do know that the lives of everyone with a link to the Hawks would better off if the former Victorian premier didn't poke the bear that is Geelong.

We knew that Loretta was going to be in a bit of a jam, and Raylan had said to her, "You should get a couple armed guys to stand outside for a while because you poked the bear in Markham."

SWANS coach John Longmire says his club will not look to poke the bear and go after Hawthorn superstar Buddy Franklin with niggling tactics in Saturday night's grand final rematch at the MCG.

I don't know if he means to do it or if it's just part of his personality, but there are people that point out the awkwardness of the situation that didn't need to be pointed out or poke the bear a bit to stir things up.

Locke, whose nine novels include "Vegas Moon,” "Wish List,” "A Girl Like You and "Don't Poke the Bear!" does now have a literary agent, Jane Dystel, but said she is only working on movie, television and audio rights.

"There seems to be some sentiment that maybe we poked the bear and we poked the bear to the point where maybe certain people didn't get re-elected, and it's time just to rally in a positive way," said Save BC Film organizer Wayne Bennett in an interview.

Theres an old expression: Dont poke the bear, said Richard Jemison, chairman of the Seneca Free Trade Association, because if you poke the bear, pretty soon that bears going to get pretty angry and all of a sudden turn around and take a swipe at you.