[Python-Dev] Two small PEP ideas

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 2010/4/30 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at 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)