I don't get this line. 
If you sort a list containing tuples, by default it will sort on the "0th" element. 

```python
>>> items = [(2, "foo"), (10, "bar"), (1, "zazz")]
>>> items.sort()
>>> items
[(1, 'zazz'), (2, 'foo'), (10, 'bar')]
>>>
```

So, can we remove this line entirely?