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The Magistrate

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1. Reminds Me, Sir, Of A Definition Of 'Expert' In An Old 'Boys Life'....

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:28 AM

Jun 2014

What is an expert? Take the word apart. A drip spurts if there is more pressure. X is a mathematical symbol for the unknown. Therefore an expert is an unknown drip under pressure.

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US sparks unrest in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Ukraine to save its ailing economy - expert [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP

Reminds Me, Sir, Of A Definition Of 'Expert' In An Old 'Boys Life'.... The Magistrate Jun 2014 #1

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America the wonderful, eh? Twenty1first Jun 2014 #3