Celebrating boo-boos is part of the quirky humour and culture that makes this site fun.

I still remember Re: Re: Re: xp nodelet behaves strange where zetetes of Switzerland got pranked on April 1. Though zetetes hasn't visited us for 14 years, he remains famous and revered at Perl Monks for his part in this classic April Fools prank.

Hopefully, it won't take 14 years for you to see the funny side of posting before drinking your Monday morning coffee. :)

References Added Later

• Re: Re^5: xp nodelet behaves strange by zetetes of Switzerland (Apr 1, 2004)
• Re^2: Strawberry Perl can't find a module installed at a non-standard location by LittleJack (Aug 2022)
• Re^3: Problems with special characters in Linux file names by EigenFunctions (Sep 2022)
• Super Search confused? by afoken (Oct 2023) - my reply contains other references on this topic

See Also

• Re^2: The Highest Rated Node of All Time (Experience Point References and Pranks)
• Re^7: Perl Golf Ethics (sad example of being unable to laugh at yourself when you make a boo-boo)

Updated: Minor changes to wording. Added References Added Later section.

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