Expertise Cartoons

"We got a call about a consultant."

"You know, doctor, right now I'd really prefer if your sense of humor were a tad less self-deprecating."

"Caldwell know whereof he speaks. At least until around eight-thirty or nine."

Too Many Lawyers Spoil the Broth

"I can't put it into layman's language for you. I don't know any layman's language."

"We'll find the money for that. My guy is on it right now."

"Since I retired, I've been doing some part-time consulting for a younger predators' group."

"The proposal sounds good. Of course, I still have to run it by my people over at the Psychic Friends Network."

"Let me through! I'm a businessperson!"

"Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence."

"We had an expert restore all the original shag carpeting."

"Shows you how much I know."

"Afterward, there will be a short Q. and A. that will be just long enough for one person to take up too much of it."

"How's the self-diagnosis coming?"

"I'm sorry--I'm a left-foot podiatrist."

"Who am I to question our government's policies? I'll tell you who I am! I'm Bernard A. Nesbitt, who reads the 'Times,' the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'Post,' 'Newsweek,' 'Time,' 'Business Week,' 'U.S.News & World Report,' 'Look,' 'Life,' and 'Saturday Evening Post.' That's who I am!"

Two reporters interview each other.

"Behold, as I guide our conversation to my narrow area of expertise."

"Neil, here, is a retired Army general who has been on Ted Koppel a lot recently, shooting his mouth off."

"He's a former general in Saddam's Army, but we need his expertise."

"Those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it."

"Of course, that's just my opinion. Richard Gere's views may be somewhat different."

"Son, I think it's about time we had the TED Talk."

"Did you send your editor the final pages of 'Organizing Your Life'?"

"And now Professor Weyfeld, of Columbia University, with some liberal claptrap."