I hate this phrase. It doesn't mean what people think it means and wouldn't make any sense if it did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rul

I hate this phrase. It doesn't mean what people think it means and wouldn't make any sense if it did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule