Python statements not forcing whitespace is messy?

Dustan DustanGroups at gmail.com
Sun Sep 16 08:17:17 EDT 2007


On Sep 15, 5:11 pm, James Stroud <jstr... at mbi.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> > I don't know why you have a bug up your ass about it, as the
> > Americans say.
>
> I think most Americans say "wild hare up your ass". We do not, in fact,
> say "wild hair up your ass". Many of us can testify that a hair up one's
> ass would be nothing terribly unusual and would go completely unnoticed
> under most circumstances.
>
> Also, some Americans erroneously say "hair's breath", and others think
> they mean "hare's breath" (which might be tiny, but diffuses quickly to
> theoretically infinite volume). In reality, however, they mean "hair's
> breadth"--which is quite small indeed! For instance, a hair's breadth is
> far smaller than a hare's breath (even at the exact moment of respiration).
>
> James

Funny... I have never heard any of those expressions. I guess I need
to get out more.




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