On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:53:56 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:56:11 GMT, alister > <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com> declaimed the following: > >>On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:54:55 +0000, alister wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:44:53 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> >>>> On 2014-11-10, David Palao <dpalao.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> My crystal ball is currently in for repair and is not expected back >>>>>> in the foreseeable future. >>>>> >>>>> Without a crystal ball, this prediction might be not well founded. >>>> >>>> That isn't a prediction. It's an explicit statement of no >>>> prediction. >>>> He said that it is "not expected back" rather than "expected not to >>>> be back". They're two different things. The former asserts a _lack_ >>>> of expection/prediction. The latter asserts an >>>> expectation/prediction. >>> >>> It was only a a joke maybe it was a bit to subtle >> >>I didn't expect the Spanish inquisition (Damn wish Id though of that >>before sending the last post) > > They're now the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith -- formerly > led by the person who became Pope Benedict.
but "I didnt expect the congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith" is not on topic. -- Never trust an automatic pistol or a D.A.'s deal. -- John Dillinger -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list