something funny I and a couple of guys at work hacked up.

horrid.py

from datetime import datetime


def dont_serialize():
    haha = [datetime.today, 'date']
    first_function = None
    for d in haha:
        if not first_function:
            first_function = d()
        else:
            florp = getattr(first_function, d)
    return florp()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print dont_serialize()