At 09:43 AM Tuesday 11/22/2005, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 11/19/05, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dave Land wrote:
> >
> >> "A specialist on torture" -- he/she should not be what we expect
> >> when we hear this expression. Torquemada was a specialist on torture.
> >
> > I think Torquemada was a specialist *in* torture.
> >
> Ah, interesting. "a specialist in X" != "a specialist on X"?
> A firefighter is a "a specialist on fire", and an arsonist
> "a specialist in fire"?
A specialist on fire needs a fire extinguisher, quickly.
Whatever happened to drop and roll?
--Ronn! :)
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would be eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
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