diff -r 65147d2422dc Lib/threading.py
--- a/Lib/threading.py	Sun Mar 10 03:29:55 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/threading.py	Sun Mar 10 11:25:22 2013 +0000
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@
             self._cond.release()
 
     def wait(self, timeout=None):
+        if self._flag:
+            return True
+
         self._cond.acquire()
         try:
             signaled = self._flag