There's a monk that occasionally appears in the top-right of PerlMonks, tonsure and all, that looks like he came from a woodcut portrait. He's identified by title="Bob" in the markup source. Similarly, there's what appears to be a Buddhist monk identified as "Joe".

I'm curious about where they got their names. Is there a story behind this, or was it merely a moment of whimsy? I'm not even going to ask about that bird-hat thing.

print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
 - apotheon
CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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Re: What about Bob (and Joe)?
by bobf (Monsignor) on Jul 26, 2006 at 00:33 UTC
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      Thanks for the links. I was apparently searching for the wrong terms. I'm off to consume the knowledge contained therein, now.

      print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
      		 - apotheon
      CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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Re: What about Bob (and Joe)?
by McDarren (Abbot) on Jul 26, 2006 at 03:30 UTC
    I'd forgotten all about these. I found them annoying, and so I switched them off months ago :p
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Re: What about Bob (and Joe)?
by n00dles (Novice) on Jul 26, 2006 at 00:22 UTC
    Im not sure of they're origin but I'm sure Joe could have Bob in a fight, he looks all Shaolin'n'stuff. Perl Ninja

    n00dles
    lynx.neocyber.info
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Re: What about Bob (and Joe)?
by BigJoe (Curate) on Oct 02, 2006 at 18:35 UTC
    I could tell you but then I would have to ...

    It was definately not two guys Tim worked with right out of college.


    --BigJoe

    Learn patience, you must.
    Young PerlMonk, craves Not these things.
    Use the source Luke.
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