I just don't get itPoor Semiret, he's foreign and has no idea if he "should laugh about the whole 'only playing music when they are out of ice cream' thing or not." There's also a Far Side cartoon that has had him stumped for almost 20 years.
What don't you understand? What have you politely gone along with whilst internally going WTF?
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chthonic, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:09)
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Someone down there..."The exception that proves the rule" makes perfect sense, as long as you're using "proof" properly. A proof is something that tests a theory to find out if it is true, therefore an exception that proves a rule is one that tests it and shows it wrong in that case. If you say it, you're basically saying that the theory in question does not fit all cases.
The problem is, people sem to think that it means you can have an exception to a rule which somehow supports it and makes it right...
(, Fri 1 Apr 2005, 17:57, Reply)
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