"I see" said the blind man (1948)

[Beverly Flanigan]

My mother (born 1906) used this phrase all the time and must have known it
from childhood.

At 04:57 PM 3/1/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I SEE SAID THE BLIND MAN (brought to you by Barry Popik, who has tried to
>send this three times)
>
>I SEE SAID THE BLIND MAN--4,870 Google hits, 4.820 Google Groups hits
>
>While we're at the beautiful "C," I thought of "IC."
>Does Fred Shapiro have an earlier hit for this?
>
>
>(GOOGLE GROUPS)
>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)
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>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.