Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Dave Drum:

 RS>>> resident as "Joe the Plumber," and used him as a walking
 RS>>> metaphor for the American middle class.

 bk>>>  Notice how Joe the Plumber never makes appearances in his
 bk>>>  hometown? Could it be because there are too many here who could
 bk>>>  show him up? Call him on his "image"?

 DD>> Remember, an "expert" is some dude from out of town.

 BK>  I learned it as, an expert is anyone a hundred miles or more
 BK>  away from home.

"An ex is a has-been and a spurt is a drip under pressure." -
John J. Cotton, MSgt, USAF

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