That is the so-called "blotting paper" theory of education.
They enjoy seeing the blotting paper bearing the imprint of the owner's last letter, and that sort of thing.
We have developed a kind of bland blotting paper neutrality which seems to me to be based on no other principle except expediency.
However, my competence to look under the blotting paper is rather limited.
One point was asked of me about matters under the blotting paper (or some such phrase).
For the very simple reason that the tax is on the blotting paper and not on the message.
A longer shelf life is often coupled with the fact that the strawberry tastes like wet blotting paper—no taste at all.
At 12.30 a. m. the same day she repeated the process when freshly moistened blotting paper was supplied.
