#! /usr/bin/env python

class myList(list):
    counter = 0
    theList = []

    def __init__(self, theItem):
        list.__init__(self)
        self.theList = theItem

    def mItems(self):
        n = [(self.theList[self.counter], self.theList[self.counter + 1])]
        self.counter = self.counter + 2
        return n

if __name__ == '__main__':
    d = myList(['headzoo', 'samble', 'joe', 'jack'])
    print [(x,y) for x, y in d.mItems()]