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See says the blind man...
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2010/02/06 - 3:58pm
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My dad had a similar statement as the caller's mother. When I would say "I see." He would respond, "says the blind man to the deaf man on the telephone". Just a funny bit I thought I'd share.

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2010/02/22 - 12:08pm
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I picked up a similar one years ago: "I see said the blind man to the deaf man."

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2010/02/22 - 2:46pm
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In the county seat, we used to have a panel van that drove around with painting on it that said, "A blind man is driving this truck."

Being young at the time, it took a few years to realize that he sold and installed window shades.

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2010/02/22 - 5:32pm
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There used to be billboards all over the Phoenix area with pictures of cars and trucks of various colors, all labelled "A Brown Chevrolet". Locals got the joke immediately; those just arriving from out of town were puzzled until someone told them about the dealership, Brown Chevrolet.

Back when I was programming mainframes, this was referred to as "The Brown Book":

System/370 Job Control Language by Gary DeWard Brown

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