the blank page paradox

in legal documents, especially voluminous agreements or contracts, you will find blank pages, usually occurring at about the page before the legal signatures of the parties would appear. usually in the schedules to these large documents, there are notations or references to sections and pages of the main document; mostly, comments and suggested amendments are exchanged by the lawyers of the parties during the negotiation stage thus requiring a number of revisions to the documents and its appendices or schedules. once the main document has been finalized and ready for signatures, sometimes there are a few last minute additions or revisions but the references to the sections and pages would become too onerous to change. thus pages are left as they are and necessitates the inclusion of blank pages. often, these blank pages have notations such as "This page is intentionally left blank".

the question is, if there is such a notation on the page, does it still qualify as a blank page?

for the five plus two's paradox theme this week.

[Osia Strasner]

Perfect paradox!! And, If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Well, we will never know the answer, will we? :-) Great photo for the theme...

[Sally Ings]

Hmm, thought provoking indeed.

[Claire]

Well, this has made me think. It is too early for thinking;0) great thought provoking shoot indeed. Did someone else say that! ;0)

[June]

Great example of a paradox! and very good image for the theme.

[bmnorthernlight]

haha, love it! Perfect paradox and I like your composition!

[Deb]

Great example of paradox!

[alta]

Haha. It's not blank at all then.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Excellent paradox!! I can see it being used in the current Geico car insurance ads that are running here. Two "average" people are engaged in some sort of activity and one sees a billboard advertising that "15 minutes could save you blah blah blah in car insurance" and is surprised. The other person states "everyone knows that!" (but obviously the first person didn't) and to save face the unknowing person states a contradiction to a common paradox or reality. "Oh yeah, well did you know that...the pyramids were a mistake, when a tree falls in the forest it really does make a sound, there really is an oldest trick in the book?" (to name a few). And now- Oh yeah, well did you know when you type "This page has been intentionally left blank" on the top of a blank page, it really isn't a blank page?"