On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:09 AM, P.J. Eby<p...@telecommunity.com> wrote: > At 11:30 PM 7/7/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM, P.J. Eby<p...@telecommunity.com> wrote: >> > At 03:23 PM 7/7/2009 +0200, Tarek Ziadé wrote: >> >> >> >> When I started to work on this I didn't realize the gigantic amount of >> >> work and coordination it requires >> > >> > No one expects the package inquisition. ;-) >> > >> > >> >> Sorry, i've looked in the english dictionary but I don't get this one. >> what do you mean ? > > It's a Monty Python reference, i.e. "no one expects the Spanish > Inquisition". > > In the Spanish Inquisition sketch, a character is asked several questions he > can't answer, and then complains that he wasn't expecting some kind of > Spanish inquisition, at which point three scarlet-robed cardinals burst into > the room and exclaim, "NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!" > > So I punned on that in order to imply that nobody who takes on the job of > packaging expects to be asked the kind of detailed, unanswerable questions > that come with the territory of packaging, or to be subjected to torture by > third parties merely for trying to do something useful. > > And, by further implication, I was thus expressing camaraderie with you on > your initiation into the wonderful world of trying to satisfy everyone in > Pythonland, and our shared experience in the area of "if I'd really known > what I was getting into, I probably wouldn't have". ;-)
Hehe very nice, thanks for the explanation :) (thanks to the others too) > > -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
