“...and it annoys the pig”

So Barack Obama may or may not have allusively compared her to a pig in lipstick, depending whether you ask Democrats or Republicans and Telegraph hacks. I'm having trouble finding a transcript, and in a triumph of journalistic integrity the BBC weren't showing the context last night, so I can't easily say which side is talking rot. Although western politicians do usually make their attacks on opponents a bit more sophtiscated than mere abuse (consider how unusual Major's famous “bastards” remark was).

Not so long ago however, and providing the basis for the claim of a slur, Sarah Palin compared herself to a pit bull terrier in lipstick (an equally bizarre image if taken literally). But frankly I think Obama's supposed comparison is the more flattering one; pit bulls have a reputation for savaging small children, and while pigs can certainly be dangerous they're not what springs to mind when you talk about dangerous animals. So what's the fuss about? l-)

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Locked up

Lately my procedure for locking my bike up has been:

1. Fish keys out of pocket
2. Unlock padlock
3. Return keys to pocket
4. Unloop chain from handlebars (it's not locked to the handlebars in any sense, but unlocking it makes it a little easier).
5. Lock padlock
6. Fish keys out of pocket
7. Unlock padlock
8. Return keys to pocket
9. Loop chain around bike and stand
10. Lock padlock

As it happens I think I've mostly broken out of this, but it was annoying while it lasted.

How do you break this kind of antipattern?