diff --git a/src/fix.py b/src/fix.py
index 9d7c59f86..bc53735c4 100644
--- a/src/fix.py
+++ b/src/fix.py
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ Fixes stuff that Python should have but doesn't.
 __all__ = []
 
 exported = ['ignore', 'catch', 'reviter', 'window', 'group',
-           'partition', 'any', 'all', 'rsplit']
+           'partition', 'any', 'all', 'rsplit', 'curry']
 
+import new
 import string
 string.ascii = string.maketrans('', '')
 
+curry = new.instancemethod
+
 def ignore(*args, **kwargs):
     """Simply ignore the arguments sent to it."""
     pass
diff --git a/src/irclib.py b/src/irclib.py
index a7fc5e357..cbd5e44db 100644
--- a/src/irclib.py
+++ b/src/irclib.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class IrcState(IrcCommandDispatcher):
         self.nicksToHostmasks = ircutils.IrcDict()
 
     def __getstate__(self):
-        return map(lambda name: getattr(self, name), self.__slots__)
+        return map(curry(getattr, self), self.__slots__)
 
     def __setstate__(self, t):
         for (name, value) in zip(self.__slots__, t):
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index 43de7d558..cc1eb9790 100755
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def perlReToReplacer(s):
         flags = filter('g'.__ne__, flags)
     r = perlReToPythonRe('/'.join(('', regexp, flags)))
     if g:
-        return lambda s: r.sub(replace, s)
+        return curry(r.sub, replace)
     else:
         return lambda s: r.sub(replace, s, 1)