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| Date | 2015-03-14 09:04 -0400 |
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| From | Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> |
| Subject | Re: The idle gui |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 03/14/2015 05:57 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote: >> Not if you don't take it to him. If you just call him on the phone, and say >> "Jimmy doesn't work" he doesn't even know what make and model the vehicle >> is. Or whether it's even a car. Maybe "it" is a son who refuses to get a >> job. > > In the OP's defense, we were at least told that the "idle gui" was the > thing that didn't work. So unless you named your son "gui", we can > safely assume that this isn't the case :) > I wasn't actually trying to pick on the OP this time, but to make a joke. Jimmy is the common nickname model of an SUV (truck/car), by General Motors. Idle could be taken two ways (if it weren't for the capitalization), or even three (My Chevy won't idle.). My father used to tell a triple pun involving the John Deere, and I can't recall it. It's been said that puns are the lowest form of humor, but I rather like them. -- DaveA
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Re: The idle gui Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-14 12:24 +1100
Re: The idle gui Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-03-13 21:35 -0400
Re: The idle gui Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 20:57 +1100
Re: The idle gui Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 08:16 -0700
Re: The idle gui Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-03-14 09:04 -0400
Re: The idle gui Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-15 09:59 +1100
Re: The idle gui Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-13 22:12 +0000
Re: The idle gui Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-03-14 14:37 -0400
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