LOL! That works, too.

>I usually use this:
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>Ex = hasbeen
>Spurt = delayed drip
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>>>Contemporary thinking seems to say that you're an "expert" if you've done it once, and maybe even if you sat in the same office as someone else who you know has done it.
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>>Expert: "X" an unknown quantity and "spurt", a drip under pressure.
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>>Seems to fit current thinking, doesn't it? <g>