--- gimmie/gimmie/gimmie_applications.py	2007-10-10 16:58:10.000000000 -0700
+++ gimmie/gimmie/gimmie_applications.py.new	2007-12-08 12:00:55.000000000 -0800
@@ -219,7 +219,13 @@
 
         # NOTE: Re-enabled for 0.3.  See Gimmie bug #419271, and
         #       gnome-menus bug #442747.
-        self.tree.add_monitor(lambda *args: self.emit("reload"))
+        self.reload_timeout_id = 0
+        self.tree.add_monitor(self._queue_reload)
+ 
+    def _queue_reload(self, *args):
+        if self.reload_timeout_id != 0:
+            gobject.source_remove(self.reload_timeout_id)
+        self.reload_timeout_id = gobject.timeout_add(3 * 1000, lambda: self.emit("reload"))

     def get_toplevel_sources(self):
         sources = []