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	{{a\|maxim\|{{image\|Terry\|jpg\|A chef being hanged for a kipper, yesterday.}}}}{{d\|Terry’s law\|/ˈtɛriz/ /lɔː/\|n\|}}What you see is all there is. In the modernist machine, everything you say can, and will, be held against you; everything you don’t necessarily cannot.		{{a\|maxim\|{{image\|Terry\|jpg\|A chef being hanged for a kipper, yesterday.}}}}{{d\|Terry’s law\|/ˈtɛriz/ /lɔː/\|n\|}}What you see is all there is. In the modernist machine, everything you say can, and will, be held against you; everything you ''don’t'' necessarily cannot. Hence the wisdom of keeping your trap shut: ''[[plausible deniability]]''.

	(''Named after Terry the chef in Fawlty Towers, for his expression “[[what the eye don’t see the chef gets away with]]”'').		(''Named after Terry the chef in Fawlty Towers, for his expression “[[what the eye don’t see the chef gets away with]]”'').