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It's a reference to a popular saying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
by gusgus01 5y ago
It's a reference to a popular saying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
The logic of which is, if something is an exception or so exceptional that it's called out as an exception, that implies the existence of a rule.
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoI just think it’s sometimes used when it shouldn’t be.
- bluedays 5y agoWell i think in your case you’re the exception proving the rule
- kwertyoowiyop 5y agoI’m off to the island of misfit toys. :-(