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I've found the source of all humour... by MrTrick 2006-11-19 12:55:59
...it lies in shakespearean monkeys!

Working on a University project, we needed a database table full of books - title, author, other details. A simple script was written (Original credit to JimmyJames, modified by me) that picks random words out of a hacker's dictionary, passes them through a small number of patterns, and produces a nice long SQL create statement.

What we didn't realise was that it also produces hilarity! After writing the script, we spent a full hour just refreshing the page, and reading out aloud some of the chestnuts contained within. (Never actually got around to putting it into the database)

I decided that it was too funny to restrict to localhost, so it has been unleashed upon the wibbly wobbly web.

Warning: All responsibility for lost productivity is upon you, the hapless reader. It's like Monty Python's lethal joke. If you read it, you may die of laughter, but it's not my fault. :-)

Warning: Given the shakespearean monkey concept, there is a small probability (as refreshes increases, so does probability) that a given combination may be non-fyoss. Not much I can do there, but doesn't everyone want to read a book entitled "Cervix and the KY"? (an actual book title this thing generated)

You can find it here: Book Generator

[ Reply ]
  Doesn't appear to work in Firefox...? by themadkansan2005-05-03 16:55:59
    He did say it generated a long SQL statement.. by romandas2005-05-03 16:58:04
      *scratches head* by themadkansan2005-05-03 17:01:07
        Do you see book titles as the second field by romandas2005-05-03 17:02:46
          I reiterate: by themadkansan2005-05-03 17:03:40
            You want me to make it pretty? by MrTrick2005-05-03 17:08:50
        *poke* *poke* by dire_lobo2005-05-03 17:12:16
    Uh, it is a massive page of table data. by MrTrick2005-05-03 16:58:31
  Candelabra of the Uterus? :) by romandas2005-05-03 16:59:53
  A couple of odd ones I got: by MrTrick2005-05-03 17:02:19
  Do you mind if I use by dire_lobo2005-05-03 17:11:05
    That's the scary thing! by MrTrick2005-05-03 17:13:04
      Thanks! but just because I "came by" a title by dire_lobo2005-05-03 17:53:58
  The power of dainty... (n/t) by esbita2005-05-03 17:11:17
  A few books to lend by zzyzzx2005-05-03 17:33:09
  Behind the thunderous - a dysentery story by romandas2005-05-03 18:57:14
  "Feminine, booky and revocable" (n/t) by dysfunct2005-05-03 19:45:49
  'bloodbaths in time of need', 'Eliezer Jenkins (n (n/t) by astro-g2005-05-04 00:07:05

 

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