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On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:27:14 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> 
> I wonder if some people are applying an alternative form of duck
> typing - if it quacks like a "should Python have variables" debate, it
> gets silenced with that universal grey tape...
>
	Which all too often is mis-used...

	Expose it to a season of direct sunlight and varying temperatues and
it rapidly decomposes, leaving a messy residue...*


* I used to use it to hold a dual-band rubber-duck antenna mount to the
window of my apartment... Every few months I'd end up peeling off a
cracking plastic layer, and having to clean up dried loose-weave gauze,
and scraping off the gum -- in order to re-apply a fresh layer.
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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