Conundrum

Every now and then, in editing a document or reading some kind of publication, I'll run across an almost empty page with the phrase "This Page Intentionally Left Blank" placed in the middle of it.

Now, this strikes me as rather strange. Clearly, the phrase is supposed to tell the reader that the author(s)/editor(s) of the text intended to leave this page blank. So, one should not interpret the blank page as a mistake of some kind. No, it's on purpose. But at the same time that the author(s)/editor(s) intended to leave the page blank, they also intended to insert this phrase, prominently, in the middle of the page. As a result, the page is not what it declares itself to be, blank. Instead, it is emblazoned with a false statement, not blank at all.