On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > 2010/4/30 Maciej Fijalkowski <fij...@gmail.com>: >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> >> wrote: >>> 2010/4/30 Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net>: >>>> Jesse Noller <jnoller <at> gmail.com> writes: >>>>> >>>>> Consider this a plaintitive -1 to any sort of rule-or-decision based >>>>> on committee. >>>>> >>>>> I'd much rather a 2x4 to the forehead. >>>> >>>> Oops, sorry but what does "a 2x4 to the forehead" mean? >>>> (and "plaintitive" by the way?) >>> >>> The former means being hit by a board and by the latter, he probably >>> means "plaintive" meaning melancholy. >>> >> >> Does it only work for english speaking non-metric system users? (2x4 >> is probably something imperial) > > Yes, that's a 5,04 by 10,08 for you. :)
Of course "2 by 4" is just the name. The actual measurements of such a piece of lumber in the store are about 1.75 by 3.75 inch. :-) -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
