--- /usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py	2012-11-28 22:19:06.191607744 +0100
+++ /tmp/threading.py	2012-11-28 22:20:18.401342349 +0100
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     class _Verbose(object):
 
         def __init__(self, verbose=None):
+	        super(_Verbose, self).__init__()
             if verbose is None:
                 verbose = _VERBOSE
             self.__verbose = verbose
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@
     # Disable this when using "python -O"
     class _Verbose(object):
         def __init__(self, verbose=None):
-            pass
+            super(_Verbose, self).__init__()
         def _note(self, *args):
             pass
 
@@ -434,6 +435,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None,
                  args=(), kwargs=None, verbose=None):
+	    super(Thread, self).__init__()
         assert group is None, "group argument must be None for now"
         _Verbose.__init__(self, verbose)
         if kwargs is None: