in reply to Re: Improved instructions
in thread Improved instructions

literally the exception that proves the rule! (^_^)

No, not literally, because exceptions don't prove rules.

I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16,000 zombies.

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Re^3: Improved instructions
by Argel (Prior) on May 12, 2011 at 18:26 UTC
    Of course it doesn't in the formal sense. Doesn't mean it's not fun to use it in the less formal sense. Lighten up a little bit!
    (idiomatic) The rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to underscore that the rule exists

    See also Exception_that_proves_the_rule#Loose_rhetorical_sense

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