""" Learning about Decorators "Just for the fun of it" -- OCN Decorators as Abductors I'm thinking in terms of a specific (aborted) TV series, but the pattern: me = Abduct(me) # @Abduct a callable has generic resonance as a metaphor. Specifically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_%28TV_series%29 Storyline (from imdb.com) In the aftermath of a hurricane, a Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water and people that somehow seem to have changed after surviving the night of the disaster out in the open. Written by Anonymous Wikipedia: In Bulgaria, Invasion premiered on February 21, 2007, on Nova Television and in Romania it premiered on March 10, 2009, on Pro Cinema movie channel. OUTPUT: She loves her babies. She loves her babies (not!). """ def Floridian(s): # this all happens in Florida return s # BEFORE: print( Floridian("She loves her babies.")) def Alien(f): # A is for Abduction """luminiscent creature in the water""" def FauxFloridian(s): # a clone return s[:-1] + " (not!)." # a change return FauxFloridian @Alien def Floridian(s): # same function return s # AFTER: # she = Dr. Mariel Underlay print( Floridian("She loves her babies."))