Perl Monks say the Darndest Things

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RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things (Mrs. ybiC) by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 18, 2000 at 07:22 UTC
But my all-time favorite Perl Monk quotes aren't even from the Monastery. I mentioned to my wife recently that I had "stepped over to the Monastery" during lunch at work. She replied in a somewhat concerned tone, "you do know that it's not a real* place, don't you?"* She's also been known to say, as if speaking to a small child, "Now tell your Monk friends good night, and come to bed." a wee bit biased, ybiC	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by Russ (Deacon) on Aug 15, 2000 at 07:28 UTC
Nomination: merlyn PHP - it's "Training wheels without the bike" Russ Brainbench 'Most Valuable Professional' for Perl	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 15, 2000 at 07:03 UTC
The right honorable mdillon gave us a classic at RE: Learning Perl (RE: use strict): "Blasphemer! Learning Perl is infallible! (and version 3 will be even more infallible than the previous versions)" cheers, ybiC	[reply]
(Ozymandias) RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by Ozymandias (Hermit) on Aug 23, 2000 at 06:21 UTC
Another new nomination from the chatterbox... <chromatic> Er, wait. Nevermind, nothing I say now is going to make that any less nonsense. - email Ozymandias	[reply]
(crazyinsomniac) RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by crazyinsomniac (Prior) on Aug 15, 2000 at 06:13 UTC
Hi, While I would like to take credit for the quote, it's not mine. I didn't even say it. I visited some monk's(don't remember whose) page and it had a button, which apparently submitted that message to the chatterbox. Another good quote is: somemonk "fed chromatic a jellybean" "cRaZy is co01, but sometimes cRaZy is cRaZy". - crazyinsomniac	[reply]
(Ozymandias) RE: RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by Ozymandias (Hermit) on Aug 15, 2000 at 07:08 UTC
The button is on neshura's home node. Go on, push it. You know you want to. - email Ozymandias	[reply]
(crazyinsomniac) RE: (Ozymandias) RE: RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by crazyinsomniac (Prior) on Aug 20, 2000 at 06:50 UTC
Hi, Here's some more quotes, "wuv me" -by- neshura (she's so cute) "Shoeboy, Shoeboy, where are your shoes!?" -by- me. "Adam trips vroom\| with a pipe." -by- me "/me\| trips over a pipe, gets up and trips again." -by- me "cRaZy is co01, but sometimes cRaZy is cRaZy". - crazyinsomniac	[reply]
(Ozymandias) RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by Ozymandias (Hermit) on Aug 15, 2000 at 07:12 UTC
There can really be only one choice for the most notorious possible quote. And the best part is, it's been said by many monks, though never so well as the original from jcwren... `<jcwren> /msh ...` - email Ozymandias	[reply] [d/l]
RE: (2): Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 15, 2000 at 07:37 UTC
Which leads to my next nomination... `<jcwren> Argh!` cheers, ybiC	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things (Segfault) by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 20, 2000 at 16:30 UTC
The quite terse Segfault, at Look familiar...?, gave us: "There are some things scripts can't do... For everything else, there's Perl." cheers, ybiC	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 15, 2000 at 15:15 UTC
I don't recall the exact quote, but I believe it was merlyn in the Chatterbox who coined the phrase "Personal Drummer". That is, a drummer who would follow you around to provide rimshots after corny jokes and bad puns. (g) cheers, ybiC	[reply]
RE: RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 15, 2000 at 15:37 UTC
If I recall, it's because someone was talking about "firing their drummer". Of course, they meant in the context of being part of a band, but my little comedy brain hiccupped and said "ahh, a personal drummer, that'd be cool", and started making up things a personal drummer would do. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]
Re: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by seuratt (Novice) on Sep 21, 2004 at 18:37 UTC
a note for posterity.. the comedian stephen wright should get some credit for the 'extra medium' bit. he's had a deadpan routine for years that has gone as such: " I love to go shopping. I love to freak out salespeople. They ask me if they can help me, and I say, 'Have you got anything I'd like?' Then they ask me what size I need, and I say, 'Extra medium.'" another of his: "I saw a sign at a gas station. It said 'help wanted'. There was another sign below it that said 'self service'. So I hired myself. Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself. Then I quit." more quotes	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 23, 2000 at 08:00 UTC
A couple more for y'all's perusal, both from tilly: "profitably displaced mathematician" referring to his educational and professional background "a human interface to Google" referring to one of his many talents. cheers, ybiC	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by mcwee (Pilgrim) on Aug 15, 2000 at 06:21 UTC
At the risk of being vain, I'd like to nominate myself with the following utterance: RE: RE: RE: Sexiest Woman? (really re: jcwren's dog) Furthermore (and I'm not ranting, just clarifying) if I were as homely as that cur of yours, I'd shave my own ass and teach myself to walk backwards. It's tied with another of my posts in the same node as my lowest-voted node ever! The Autonomic Pilot; it's FunkyTown, babe.	[reply]
urk! by mcwee (Pilgrim) on Aug 15, 2000 at 08:45 UTC
Oooch! The above node is catching up in the "lowest voted node for mcwee" race. I guess jcwren's dog has some powerful friends. The Autonomic Pilot; it's FunkyTown, babe.	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by Anonymous Monk on Aug 29, 2000 at 21:58 UTC
This needs to be added too: <merlyn> so all I know is I know less today about my fellow man than I knew yesterday. and it's an opportunity to get curious.	[reply]
RE: Perl Monks say the Darndest Things by Adam (Vicar) on Sep 08, 2000 at 02:02 UTC
jcwren Oooh! A new node! 'Does your employer allow you to use your personal crack pipe?'	[reply]


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