June 9, 2005

A Fresh Look at Emptiness

Tired of the same old boring “This page intentionally blank” at the
bottom of a page? Here are some alternatives:

The relative blankness of this page in no way diminishes its
usefulness in the report.

Blank page prevention words.

With these words, this page is no longer blank, but is complete.

This sentence lets you know this page was not a mistake.

This almost blank page was intentional.

This page intentionally left unblank.

Despite these words, this page is blank.

The Masters of Documentation have determined that this otherwise blank
page serves our inscrutable purpose, a purpose that we choose not to
share with you lest conveying this arcane wisdom cause severe mental
trauma (at best), or (at worst) cause your tiny grey matter to swell and pop like a
corpulent tick.

Move along. These spaces are not the words you are looking for.

Filed under: The Art of Plumbing — Johne Cook @ 12:04 pm

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