gistfile1.py

def do_stuff(thing):
    config = {
        2: {'message': "Flibbety jibbet!"},
        4: {'message': "A!\nFlibbety jibbet!"},
        5: {'message': "B!\nFlibbety jibbet!"},
        7: {'message': "C!", 'run_funcs': False},
    }
    if thing not in config:
        return
    print config[thing]['message']
    if config[thing].get('run_funcs', True):
        render_golfclubs()
        sneeze_loudly(True)
    do_other_stuff()