Re: A tortoise-rambling email

On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 07:55:37PM -0700, Amir Karger wrote:
> This is not the kind of thing to say on a mailing list
> that includes '/anick and /\ndrew, methinks.

Strange that you say that, because the heroic plight of 
those amongst us with spouse and spawns has touched me,
and inspired the following little poem (it passes perl -c,
but doesn't do anything exciting):

#!perl
# My Father, the Hacker v1.0 
# by Yanick Champoux (12/9/2002)

use Data::Dumper;  
$diaper = new Data::Dumper   ([],[]);  # welcome to fatherhood, buddy 

localtime => 'after supper';

study $course or 'change baby ?';

eval $ituation;

$baby => glob happily;

no warnings;

$diaper->can( wait );

$mother = grep @you, "wooooh, buster.";

BEGIN{ /The/, speech }

warn 2, put, perlgolf, @ the, index qw(and she would do it, too)    ,1
  or 2, map wife => hex;

our $baby;   #she says

listen "and nod a lot",
s/igh/ 
		yes, dear  
/;

grep @baby, '';

open DIAPER;
eof;
push @away, y!u!ck!;
dump 'into garbage bin';
unpack new, diaper;
waitpid   qw/
	careful, boys can   /,sqrt/!                    
/;
close DIAPER;

put, baby, 2, sleep;

seek $wife,'s approval',
	bless "strange hobby", 'now?';

return "to perlgolf" if s.he does..;


-- 
Drink and dance and laugh and lie
Love, the reeling midnight through
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)     - Dorothy Parker, 'The Flaw in Paganism'