I'm going to assume that you are either an extremely lazy slob or that you have a younger sib who is. *winces* Either way, "ramen noodles shoved in the vents" ... that's not a very Perlish issue.

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Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.