"I see" said the blind man (1948)

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While we're at the beautiful "C," I thought of "IC."
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contradictions
"I see," said the blind man. "You don't," said the dumb. "I see,"
said the blind man to his deaf wife as he stuck his wooden leg ...
rec.humor - Feb 21, 1998 by Claudia Heyman - View Thread (1 article)

Canonical List of Contradictions ver 1.0
... uhura.cc.rochester.edu Thanks. --begin jokes here-- "I see," said the
blind man. "You don't," said the dumb. "I see," said the blind ...
rec.humor - May 9, 1994 by Grumpy - View Thread (1 article)

Canonical List of Condractions(?)
... Enjoy... Canonical List of Blind Man...??I
see," said the blind man. "You don't," said the dumb. ...
rec.humor - Feb 28, 1994 by Grumpy - View Thread (6 articles)

csv-0.4 (John Machin release) released
... In Microsoft created CSV files this is done by doubling them: 1,2,3,"""I see,"" said
the blind man","as he picked up his hammer and saw" Excel and Access quite ...
comp.lang.python.announce - Jul 12, 2001 by Dave Cole - View Thread (1 article)

Re: I see, said the blind man...
"I see," said the blind man to his deaf wife as she heard the quadrapeligic children
running down the hall... that's how it went when I was in grade school. ...
rec.humor - Jan 30, 1994 by Cathy Clare - View Thread (26 articles)


(OCLC WORLDCAT)
Title: A killer is loose among us /
Author(s): Terrall, Robert.
Publication: New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce,
Year: 1948
Description: 192 p. ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Series: A Bloodhound mystery;
Contents: A sin and a shame -- A fine and deadly mist -- The wife, the husband. and the pretty girl -- "I see," said the blind man -- A flask of sluggish fleas -- Marked for death -- Glint of evil -- Showdown -- The wishing well -- Grandmother's funeral -- Session at the dentist's -- A plague on both houses -- The open mind of D.N. Ferris -- Widow in mouring -- Mama's boy -- Visitors -- Ferris draws his pistol -- The girl is dangerous.