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Comment by chanandler_bong

2 years ago 

              This page intentionally left blank.

  (Well, not completely blank, since the above non-empty disclaimer
  appears on the page.  What is meant is that this page is devoid
  of meaningful content related to the rest of the document.  This
  page serves only as a separator between sections, chapters, or
  other divisions of the document.  This page is not completely
  blank so that you know that nothing was unintentionally left out,
  or that the page is not blank because of an error in duplication,
  or that the page is not blank because of some other production
  problem.  If this page were really blank, you wouldn't be reading
  anything.  This page has not been left blank by accident, but is
  left non-blank on purpose.  The statement on the page should say

         "This page was intentionally left non-blank".)

http://www.tytempleton.com/rhf/jokes/93q1/nonblank.html

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JohnFen  2 years ago

My favorite was with two sides of a blank page in a document. One side read "This page is intentionally left blank", and the other side read "This page isn't."

  • kqr  2 years ago

    I always liked the self-contradictory nature of "This page was unintentionally left blank."

cwillu  2 years ago

Plot twist: the printer accidentally added the [non-]blank page.

  • huepfebein  2 years ago

    Plot twist: the "blank page" hides internal information and a parting employee's rant against the boss in an official company publication and you only find out weeks later because of strange search engine results.

    (No, definitely not triggered.)