[Tutor] __getattr__ can't be a staticmethod?

[inhahe]

why doesn't this work?

>>> class a:
...   @staticmethod
...   def __getattr__(attr):
...     return "I am a dork"
...
>>> f = a()
>>> f.hi
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'staticmethod' object is not callable