MJD's "varvarname" post is a classic. I grin and smile every single time I see it, and read it through its entirety every time :) (Obviously, I use it where necessary and nobody else has posted it)

Every single Perl hacker has experienced this through my experience. Not one of them (including me) hasn't run into wanting to do these things that I've found over the years.

For the more experienced, it's a bit of entertainment. For the new people, it should point out the detrimental effects of how you can literally burn yourself (using safe-for-work language here).

Thank you for raising that newsgroup thread one more time. I needed a good laugh :)

OP... we've all been thrown that thread one time or another, so take with a grain of salt. choroba's advice is good advice.