On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:09 AM, P.J. Eby
At 11:30 PM 7/7/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM, P.J. Eby
wrote: At 03:23 PM 7/7/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
When I started to work on this I didn't realize the gigantic amount of work and coordination it requires
No one expects the package inquisition. ;-)
Sorry, i've looked in the english dictionary but I don't get this one. what do you mean ?
It's a Monty Python reference, i.e. "no one expects the Spanish Inquisition".
In the Spanish Inquisition sketch, a character is asked several questions he can't answer, and then complains that he wasn't expecting some kind of Spanish inquisition, at which point three scarlet-robed cardinals burst into the room and exclaim, "NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
So I punned on that in order to imply that nobody who takes on the job of packaging expects to be asked the kind of detailed, unanswerable questions that come with the territory of packaging, or to be subjected to torture by third parties merely for trying to do something useful.
And, by further implication, I was thus expressing camaraderie with you on your initiation into the wonderful world of trying to satisfy everyone in Pythonland, and our shared experience in the area of "if I'd really known what I was getting into, I probably wouldn't have". ;-)
Hehe very nice, thanks for the explanation :) (thanks to the others too)
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