--- /dev/null
+diff -up Python-2.5.1/Lib/gettext.py.plural Python-2.5.1/Lib/gettext.py
+--- Python-2.5.1/Lib/gettext.py.plural 2007-09-10 11:38:57.000000000 -0400
++++ Python-2.5.1/Lib/gettext.py 2007-09-10 11:39:00.000000000 -0400
+@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ class GNUTranslations(NullTranslations):
+ item = item.strip()
+ if not item:
+ continue
++ if item.startswith("#"):
++ continue
+ if ':' in item:
+ k, v = item.split(':', 1)
+ k = k.strip().lower()