A very old joke:

What is an expert?

Well, "X" is the scientific term for something unknown.

A spurt is a drip of water coming out of a high pressure water line.

Ergo, an "x-spert" is an unknown drip under pressure:)

Wendell

Matthias Voss wrote:
> 
> Perhaps it should be read "renamed" not "renown" ;-)?
> Matthias
> 
> Joel Markwell schrieb:
> >
> > On 6/1/01 8:52 PM, "David Norton" <davidnor@ho*.co*> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm sorry, but I'm unsubscribing from this news-list.  I am a
world-renowed
> > > expert in diving physiology.  One day you will all grow up.
> >
> > David,
> >
> > I did a Google search for your name and didn't find any "world renown"
> > experts on diving physiology. There was a David Norton, bug guy, a David
> > Norton who is a painter, a David Norton who is a student and a David Norton
> > who is a teacher who hasn't been diving in the last five years.
> >
> > On the other hand, I did a search for my name and got over 15 hits, mostly
> > associated with diving and computers, and I'm not a "world renown" expert at
> > anything.
> >
> > By comparison, I did other searches for "diving physiology" and
> > "decompression theory" & etc. and got these names:
> >
> > Dr. R.W. Bill Hamilton
> > Jolie Bookspan
> > B.R. Wienke
> > Brian Hills
> > Dr. Claes Lungren
> > E. B. Maiken
> > E.D. Thalmann
> > R.D. Vann
> > Kenneth Donald
> > Professor David Jones
> > Richard Pyle
> > Dr Al Behnke
> >
> >  . . . and then Boyle, Triger, Pol and Wattelle, Bert, Haldane, Kindwall,
> > and Lambertson.
> >
> > Some of these guys are dead and they're on the 'net! But in doing several
> > searches using various terms, I could find NO mention of you as an expert in
> > anything.
> >
> > Then I went to the IANTD page as you claim to be an IANTD EANx Instructor
> > Trainer, and did a search using your name and the only instructor named
> > Norton is a Robert Dale Norton from Missouri. Who the hell are you?
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > JoeL (expert BS spotter)
> >
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