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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:27:18 +1100
Subject: Re: Experiences/guidance on teaching Python as a first programming language
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On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I suspect that your manual skills are rather better than mine.  One of my
> favourite expressions, perhaps because I only ever heard my dad use it, is
> "like watching a cow handle a shotgun".

Heh. In D&D terms, I think that would be a DEX of 5 or 6. The average
for humans is 10-11, the average for adventurers is 12-13.

ChrisA