Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.199 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.75; '*S*': 0.15; 'wednesday,': 0.07; 'subject: [': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'inaccessible': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:Got': 0.16; 'subject:Plz': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'wed,': 0.18; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'generally': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'johnson': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'surely': 0.36; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'regional': 0.60; 'new': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'dont': 0.67; 'subject:your': 0.76; 'idiom': 0.84; 'subject: ! ': 0.84; 'houses': 0.91; 'rusi': 0.91; 'rick': 0.93; 'subject:Topic': 0.95; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=kP86qfr/CSS/cDADc5aJHcbpTh0U8UOopuyXRvlTAPk=; b=opZsOch2aObEzffrARJcm9NEAKRkdLKbttdCpnkNeIumVQggGCFisXTSw397ksI/Lg gS45mFAVChfLoLoDTW5saqVDmxlN1Jo1N2zOFOLyX9gdpGKH57Lbdt7RsmQIN2y6Y3MA gzz4/rkH0ERs/tESPBunxAQQUyh8L9QR+LIo48asxPaqDmRBmJkKxRmudVDF0xzLXfT7 TX8Ma1QpUz88r62yfyLbExfdeTYOFOmzTFbOD3rTR+fySjQ+WCTxNP1mAntnFzTvf81R FypYNPbeT/Rt/TUof4+BTO7vwFdD1TS1tjef3MAWUivNGh0lnnytp6kvpo/uukNF3kyn cn4g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.163.2 with SMTP id ye2mr14561136pab.170.1385546242182; Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:57:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <5290105a$0$29993$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5293AAC1.4010902@rece.vub.ac.be> <529595aa$0$11089$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:57:22 +1100 Subject: Re: Completely and utterly Off Topic [was Re: Got a Doubt ! Wanting for your Help ! Plz make it ASAP !] From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385546251 news.xs4all.nl 15972 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:45670 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60585 On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:47 PM, rusi wrote: > On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 12:18:11 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:26:48 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > >> [...] >> > "A new home-run record!" > >> What is this "home-run" of which you speak? Houses don't generally run. >> Surely you're not using a regional idiom outside of your region? > > Six! > > [If you are Brit/Aussie/Indian, you'd get that > If not you probably dont > If not and you do then you are a true cosmopolite > ] That's better than "Six and out, and go find it", which is what happens if you put it over a fence or in any inaccessible place. ChrisA