Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Joel Goldstick Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: me, my arm, my availability ... 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Lipman wrote: > > > From: "Laura Creighton" > > > >> > >> I fell recently. Ought to be nothing, but a small chip of bone, either > >> an > > > > Due to the side-effects of the prescription drugs you were given, I > > suggest > > you not use a computer until you are no longer taking them. ;-) > > > I don't get it. Are you implying that Laura's comments were drug-addled > nonsense? They make perfect sense to me, and seem to be grammatically > correct for informal English (apart from a missing comma), and quite > idiomatic too. And I'm not taking any drugs. > > I know that there's a trope of affectionately mocking people on strong > pain-killers ("I want some of the drugs she's having!"), but it's normal to > wait until *after* they've actually demonstrated impairment. Otherwise you > risk having the response which I'm having right now: > > "I don't think it's Laura who is high on drugs, prescription > or otherwise, but you!" > > :-) > > > Seriously, sorry for being That Guy who asks you to analyse what I expect > is > meant as a joke, but I have no idea where the humour is. > > > -- > Steven > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > I enjoy Laura. Excellent advice, informed.. wishing her injury heels soon. A great asset to the python interested community -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/stats/birthdays