Python statements not forcing whitespace is messy?

[James Stroud]

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