One can imagine having a procedural rule that anything ambi… - Michael Frayn

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One can imagine having a procedural rule that anything ambiguous should be treated as the Taj Mahal unless we see that it is labelled "fog"…The motorist replies: "What sort of rule is this? Surely the best guarantee I can have that the fog is fog is if I fail to see the sign saying 'fog' because of the fog."

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Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, translator and journalist.

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