Foot in mouth disease

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	aahz at pythoncraft.com [SMTP:aahz at pythoncraft.com]
> In article <mailman.1036403645.19096.python-list at python.org>,
> Simon Brunning  <SBrunning at trisystems.co.uk> wrote:
> >> From:	aahz at pythoncraft.com [SMTP:aahz at pythoncraft.com]
> >>>
> >>>3) Ask her for a date
> >> 
> >> <chuckle>  She lives in Toronto (I'm in California) and I'm not her
> type.
> > 
> >Yeah, but asking her out would put her on the back foot, and you can win
> the
> >Java vs. Python argument for once and for all.
> 
> Um....  How do you think I know I'm not her type?  What does "back foot"
> mean, anyway?
 
Funny - I often know that I'm not a woman's type without having to ask -
it's usually bleedin' obvious. ;-)

The 'back foot' thing - sorry, it's an idiom in use in cricket playing
nations only. I should have thought about my audience a little more. If
someone is on the back foot, they are uncomfortable and on the defensive.

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning at trisystems.co.uk




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