diff --git a/src/ircutils.py b/src/ircutils.py
index abf2cf8fe..2a2000cf5 100644
--- a/src/ircutils.py
+++ b/src/ircutils.py
@@ -507,10 +507,16 @@ class IrcSet(utils.NormalizingSet):
 
 class FloodQueue(object):
     timeout = 0
-    def __init__(self, timeout=None):
+    def __init__(self, timeout=None, queues=None):
         if timeout is not None:
             self.timeout = timeout
-        self.queues = IrcDict()
+        if queues is None:
+            queues = IrcDict()
+        self.queues = queues
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return 'FloodQueue(timeout=%r, queues=%s)' % (self.timeout,
+                                                      repr(self.queues))
 
     def key(self, msg):
         return msg.user + '@' + msg.host
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index 7d3c22809..aff028509 100755
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@ class InsensitivePreservingDict(UserDict.DictMixin, object):
         if dict is not None:
             self.update(dict)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__,
+                           super(InsensitivePreservingDict, self).__repr__())
+
     def fromkeys(cls, keys, s=None, dict=None, key=None):
         d = cls(dict=dict, key=key)
         for key in keys: