Removing matching items from a list?

[Roy Smith]

In article <51fd8635$0$30000$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> 2) Then go through those initial letters, and pick out the ones equal to 
> 4 (or should that be "four or more"?).

Assuming my earlier hunch is correct about these being cards in a deck, 
and the a's being aces, I would hope it's not "four or more".  See my 
earlier comment about saloons and gunshot wounds.