Understood #1LinerWeds

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Marian Allen

My family doesn’t just have a supposedly funny saying for every occasion, they have one for pretty much every non-occasion. I say “supposedly funny”, because there are only so many times you can be tag-teamed with, “She’s such a wit!” “Well, you’re half right.” before it isn’t particularly funny anymore.

ANYWAY, one of the non-occasions of which I speak is when somebody explains something clearly. Then you say (if you’re my grandfather):

I see, said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.

This post is part of Linda G. Hills weekly blog hop, One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner or just like them, follow the link.

A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Someone must explain something.

About Marian Allen

I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is. Marian Allen's Amazon profile

One thought on “Understood #1LinerWeds”

Dan Antion
May 19, 2021 at 6:58pm

If I could go back in time, I’d want to have dinner with your grandfather.

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  Marian Allen
  May 20, 2021 at 8:32am
  
  Me, too. 🙂 <3
  
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Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com
May 19, 2021 at 9:18pm

My mother loved that line (“I see said the blind man…”) and I remember her saying it on several occasions. I wonder what its origin is? Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

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- acflory
  May 19, 2021 at 11:51pm
  
  -grin- the one I heard was ‘We shall see,” said the blind man. It’s still one of my favourites. 😀
  
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  Marian Allen
  May 20, 2021 at 8:39am
  
  I tried to track it down, and it seems to be a mishmash of several things, not just one.
  
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