def METHOD_NAME(self, prompt_one, prompt_two):
    if self.is_prompt_bad(prompt_one) or self.is_prompt_bad(prompt_two):
        if DEBUG_VERBOSE_PRINTING:
            sys.stderr.write('\n[A prompt was bad: ]')
            sys.stderr.write('\n[first prompt: {0!r}]'.format(prompt_one))
            sys.stderr.write('\n[second prompt: {0!r}]'.format(prompt_two))
        return False
    if len(prompt_one) == 0:
        return False  # it will be used as the denominator of a ratio
    lev_dist = self.levenshtein_distance(prompt_one, prompt_two)
    lev_ratio = float(lev_dist) / len(prompt_one)
    if lev_ratio < 0.4:
        return True
    else:
        if DEBUG_VERBOSE_PRINTING:
            sys.stderr.write('\n[! distance too far: \n{0!r}\n{1!r}]\n'.format(prompt_one, prompt_two))
            sys.stderr.write('\n[val=%f, ld=%i]\n' % (lev_ratio, lev_dist))
    return False