As for Perl, remember it’s an acronym...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...<thunk>(/me falls over)

++ for making me laugh (-- for the bruises..just kidding :-)

Update: BTW, do not tell them that it really stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, it will only add fuel to their fire...really though, there is just no convincing some people, so just try to quietly do twice the work in half the time (where appropriate), and some will come around eventually...