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PROVERB

"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN, AS HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER
AND SAW.

Submitter comment: THERE IS AN INTERNAL CONTRADICTION HERE. A BLIND MAN CANNOT
SEE. SO THE PERSON WHO UTTERS THIS STATEMENT MEANS THAT HE
DOESN'T SEE OR UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): IRONY WORDPLAY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 02-13-1972

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