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420:

--- Quote ---Talon is using a figure of speech - actually, if we're being accurate, it's hyperbaton - changing word order to emphasize meaning. Talon's using one of the most common instances. Its construction is:
An <obvious indicator> does not a <noun> make.

So, "A carving knife does not a butcher make" means "Just having a knife doesn't mean you know how to cut meat properly."

-Throbblefoot

PS - The Wikipedia article might explain the general idea:
Wikipedia on Hyperbaton
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--- End quote ---
Sounds like a fun game to me.

A blue suit and red tie does not a politician make.

-420

Throbblefoot:
A thesaurus does not a poet make.

-Throbblefoot

Mercy:
A booger does not a good meal make.

Soul Sojourner:
A coldmaster does not a master of cold make.

cuchulann:
A popular vote does not a president make.

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