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Re: I met a man upon the stairPosted by Bob on January 08, 2007 In Reply to: Re: I met a man upon the stair posted by Bob on January 08, 2007 : : I would like to know what this means I heard it the other day,,,,I met a man upon the stair who was'nt there,he was'nt there again today, I wish I wish he'd stay away.thankyou I hope you can help.. : It's a misquote of the first stanza of a poem by Willian Hughes Mearns: : The Little Man Who Wasn't There : Last night I saw upon the stair : It goes on for a bit more, but this stanza is what people remember. And/or misquote. I'm sorry. You asked for what it means. Hmmm. Well, it means nothing. It's a bit of novelty verse, a little nonsense. It's a little like Gelette Burgess' famous... I never saw a purple cow, This charming little bit of nonsense became so popular that, some years later, Mr. Burgess wrote: Ah yes, I wrote the Purple Cow,
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