When writing Bash scripts I often use the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide for reference. By now I've probably browsed through almost every chapter in the guide, that is except one: Recess Time. The chapter never seemed to apply to what I was looking for at the time, so I never bothered to look at it -- until today.
There, I discovered this fun piece:
Fellow Linux user, greetings! You are reading something which
will bring you luck and good fortune. Just e-mail a copy of
this document to 10 of your friends. Before making the copies,
send a 100-line Bash script to the first person on the list
at the bottom of this letter. Then delete their name and add
yours to the bottom of the list.Don't break the chain! Make the copies within 48 hours.
Wilfred P. of Brooklyn failed to send out his ten copies and
woke the next morning to find his job description changed
to "COBOL programmer." Howard L. of Newport News sent
out his ten copies and within a month had enough hardware
to build a 100-node Beowulf cluster dedicated to playing
Tuxracer. Amelia V. of Chicago laughed at this letter
and broke the chain. Shortly thereafter, a fire broke out
in her terminal and she now spends her days writing
documentation for MS Windows.Don't break the chain! Send out your ten copies today!
It gave me a few laughs and made me realize that a time probably existed when chain letters were actually fun to read!
I probably get about 10 chain emails a week.
Best is when I get it from my Mom, whom sent it to everyone in the family, and then I get it from all of them too. So I get the same letter from everyone in my family on the same day.
I usually just hit delete, but I think the next time – I’ll pass it back to all of them and include you too 😀
Nooooooo, please don’t include me! I hate chain letters with a passion… even more so than spam! At least I can recognize spam without opening the email!