diff -r 67714c4d9725 Lib/asynchat.py
--- a/Lib/asynchat.py	Mon Jun 10 23:02:56 2013 -0500
+++ b/Lib/asynchat.py	Tue Jun 11 15:25:02 2013 +0200
@@ -215,15 +215,12 @@
 
     def initiate_send(self):
         while self.producer_fifo and self.connected:
-            first = self.producer_fifo[0]
+            first = self.producer_fifo.popleft()
             # handle empty string/buffer or None entry
             if not first:
-                del self.producer_fifo[0]
                 if first is None:
-                    ## print("first is None")
                     self.handle_close()
                     return
-                ## print("first is not None")
 
             # handle classic producer behavior
             obs = self.ac_out_buffer_size
@@ -232,9 +229,7 @@
             except TypeError:
                 data = first.more()
                 if data:
-                    self.producer_fifo.appendleft(data)
-                else:
-                    del self.producer_fifo[0]
+                    self.producer_fifo.appendleft([data, first])
                 continue
 
             if isinstance(data, str) and self.use_encoding:
@@ -249,9 +244,7 @@
 
             if num_sent:
                 if num_sent < len(data) or obs < len(first):
-                    self.producer_fifo[0] = first[num_sent:]
-                else:
-                    del self.producer_fifo[0]
+                    self.producer_fifo.appendleft(first[num_sent:])
             # we tried to send some actual data
             return