I seem, sometimes, to detect a bullying note in the use of that expression, as if the speaker were hinting: You had better at least pretend to be as worldly-wise & world-weary as I am. It is worth remembering that there are many experiences in the world of which one may legitimately say: Been there. Done that. Mean to go there & do it again at the first opportunity.

--- Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net

||: A debate on how to cure the incurable is a debate between crackpots & hired liars. :||