diff --git a/plugins/ChannelStats.py b/plugins/ChannelStats.py
index aca9fecd4..b1f78d740 100644
--- a/plugins/ChannelStats.py
+++ b/plugins/ChannelStats.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class ChannelStat(irclib.IrcCommandDispatcher):
         self._values = ['actions', 'chars', 'frowns', 'joins', 'kicks','modes',
                        'msgs', 'parts', 'quits', 'smileys', 'topics', 'words']
     def values(self):
-        return map(curry(getattr, self), self._values)
+        return map(utils.curry(getattr, self), self._values)
 
     def addMsg(self, msg):
         self.msgs += 1
diff --git a/src/fix.py b/src/fix.py
index 47e6d2a9f..a65f1cf97 100644
--- a/src/fix.py
+++ b/src/fix.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 __all__ = []
 
-exported = ['ignore', 'catch', 'reviter', 'window', 'group',
-           'partition', 'any', 'all', 'rsplit', 'curry']
+exported = ['ignore', 'reviter', 'window', 'group', 'sorted',
+           'partition', 'any', 'all', 'rsplit']
 
 import new
 import string
@@ -61,19 +61,10 @@ def choice(iterable):
         return ret
 random.choice = choice
 
-curry = new.instancemethod
-
 def ignore(*args, **kwargs):
     """Simply ignore the arguments sent to it."""
     pass
 
-def catch(f, *args, **kwargs):
-    """Catches all exceptions raises by f."""
-    try:
-        return f(*args, **kwargs)
-    except:
-        return None
-
 def reviter(L):
     """Iterates through a list in reverse."""
     for i in xrange(len(L) - 1, -1, -1):
@@ -177,6 +168,14 @@ def rsplit(s, sep=None, maxsplit=-1):
     L.reverse()
     return [s[::-1] for s in L]
 
+def sorted(iterable, cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False):
+    L = list(iterable)
+##     if key is None:
+##         L.sort(cmp)
+##     else:
+##         # Oops, we don't have sortBy.  Let's come back to this.utils.
+##     utils.sortBy(key
+
 import operator
 def itemgetter(i):
     return lambda x: x[i]
diff --git a/src/irclib.py b/src/irclib.py
index d5c332bc1..5af74a96f 100644
--- a/src/irclib.py
+++ b/src/irclib.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class IrcState(IrcCommandDispatcher):
         self.nicksToHostmasks = ircutils.IrcDict()
 
     def __getstate__(self):
-        return map(curry(getattr, self), self.__slots__)
+        return map(utils.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 3f3cf0b3b..23c7a2c5e 100755
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ from itertools import imap, ifilter
 
 from structures import TwoWayDictionary
 
+curry = new.instancemethod
+
 def normalizeWhitespace(s):
     """Normalizes the whitespace in a string; \s+ becomes one space."""
     return ' '.join(s.split())
@@ -619,7 +621,6 @@ class InsensitivePreservingDict(UserDict.DictMixin, object):
     def __reduce__(self):
         return (self.__class__, (dict(self.data.values()),))
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys, doctest
     doctest.testmod(sys.modules['__main__'])