The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl
The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1

Don't you mean:

"The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl
The $i".(int($i%100/10)-1?$i-3?$i-2?$i-1?'th':'st':'nd':'rd':'th' ." rule of Perl club is - follow rule \$i - 1 for \$i > 1"

:-)

cLive ;-)

ps - it's late, and untested :)