me, my arm, my availability ...

[Joel Goldstick]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>
wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:41 am, David H. Lipman wrote:
>
> > From: "Laura Creighton" <lac at 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
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I enjoy Laura.  Excellent advice, informed.. wishing her injury heels soon.
  A great asset to the python interested community

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