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Re: The idle gui

Date 2015-03-14 09:04 -0400
From Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
Subject Re: The idle gui
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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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The idle gui lmzentman@gmail.com - 2015-03-13 13:58 -0700
  Re: The idle gui sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-03-13 14:58 -0700
    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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