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[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I could bore everyone stiff talking about printing.

You've got to get out more if talking about printing gets you stiff.

The idiom "flash in the pan" comes from the world of musketry. The small charge of gun powder that is lit by the flint that then subsequently lights the gunpowder inside the powder sits in what's called a "pan". Occasionally, if the charge isn't loaded right, or perahps the powder's a little wet, or the cosmos just aren't alligned right, the powder in the pan ignites, but fails to ignite the charge in the barrel. This causes a "flash in the pan".