On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:18:58 GMT, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 02 Sep 2008 06:10:51 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> At the risk of bike-shedding, >> [snip] > > Peter Pearson wrote: >> (startled noises) It is a delight to find a reference to >> that half-century-old essay (High Finance) by the wonderful >> C. Northcote Parkinson, but how many readers will catch the >> allusion? > > It is pretty common geek speek: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_of_the_bikeshed
Ah, the wondrous Wiki. I thought I was a geek, for the past 40 years; but maybe its time for me to be demoted to the dad on whose bookshelf you'll find that old book. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list