On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:41 am, David H. Lipman wrote: > > > From: "Laura Creighton" <l...@openend.se> > > > >> > >> I fell recently. Ought to be nothing, but a small chip of bone, either > >> an > > > > Due to the side-effects of the prescription drugs you were given, I > > suggest > > you not use a computer until you are no longer taking them. ;-) > > > I don't get it. Are you implying that Laura's comments were drug-addled > nonsense? They make perfect sense to me, and seem to be grammatically > correct for informal English (apart from a missing comma), and quite > idiomatic too. And I'm not taking any drugs. > > I know that there's a trope of affectionately mocking people on strong > pain-killers ("I want some of the drugs she's having!"), but it's normal to > wait until *after* they've actually demonstrated impairment. Otherwise you > risk having the response which I'm having right now: > > "I don't think it's Laura who is high on drugs, prescription > or otherwise, but you!" > > :-) > > > Seriously, sorry for being That Guy who asks you to analyse what I expect > is > meant as a joke, but I have no idea where the humour is. > > > -- > Steven > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > I enjoy Laura. Excellent advice, informed.. wishing her injury heels soon. A great asset to the python interested community -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/stats/birthdays -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list