from threading import Thread
import time

class happyfoo(Thread):
  def __init__(self, threadname):
    self.count = 5
    Thread.__init__(self, name=threadname)

  def run(self):
    while self.count > 0:
      self.makenoise()
      self.count -= 1
      time.sleep(.1) # trivial delay for demonstrative purposes

  def makenoise(self):
    """ do lots of hard work. I should probably be locked! """
    print "%s: I should be locked, hopefully someone else does that for me!" % self.getName()

    # Pretend like we're doing something.
    time.sleep(2)