On Thu, 2012-08-02 at 10:04 -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > On Thu, 02 Aug 2012, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > > > On Thu, 02 Aug 2012, andrei zavada wrote: > > > > An hour of debian maintenance a day keeps doctors away. > > > > LOL! That is the spirit! > > It could be beneficial to put this into perspective. > > There just might be a doctor reading the list archive some day. > > (sounds like GNOME making fun of desktop users) > > LOL^2: I have forgotten what kind of list was that indeed. > > Perspective (on Andrei's behalf): the phrase meant to say that > Debian maintenance is a potent preventive measure to minimize health > risks requiring medical attention [1]. It was not meant to repel medical > practitioners from participating in the Debian Med project. > > [1] http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/an-apple-a-day.html/
I think the most common English version is: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. In my case (admittedly non-English-national) followed by "If you can hit him"... > > -- > Yaroslav O. Halchenko > Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences > Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755 > Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834 Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419 > WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik > >
