99 Bottles Of Beer (can't we do better)

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! /usr/bin/perl
   # Jim Menard     jimm@{bbn,io}.com     (617) 873-4326    http://www
+.io.com/~jimm/
   $nBottles = $ARGV[0];
   $nBottles = 100 if $nBottles eq '' || $nBottles < 0;

   foreach (reverse(1 .. $nBottles)) {
       $s = ($_ == 1) ? "" : "s";
       $oneLessS = ($_ == 2) ? "" : "s";
       print "\n$_ bottle$s of beer on the wall,\n";
       print "$_ bottle$s of beer,\n";
       print "Take one down, pass it around,\n";
       print $_ - 1, " bottle$oneLessS of beer on the wall\n";
   }
   print "\n*burp*\n";

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