Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay _________________________________________ / Periphrasis is the putting of things in \ | a round-about way. "The cost may be | | upwards of a figure rather below 10m#." | | is a periphrasis for The cost may be | | nearly 10m#. "In Paris there reigns a | | complete absence of really reliable | | news" is a periphrasis for There is no | | reliable news in Paris. "Rarely does | | the 'Little Summer' linger until | | November, but at times its stay has | | been prolonged until quite late in the | | year's penultimate month" contains a | | periphrasis for November, and another | | for lingers. "The answer is in the | | negative" is a periphrasis for No. "Was | | made the recipient of" is a periphrasis | | for Was presented with. The periphrasis | | style is hardly possible on any | | considerable scale without much use of | | abstract nouns such as "basis, case, | | character, connexion, dearth, | | description, duration, framework, lack, | | nature, reference, regard, respect". | | The existence of abstract nouns is a | | proof that abstract thought has | | occurred; abstract thought is a mark of | | civilized man; and so it has come about | | that periphrasis and civilization are | | by many held to be inseparable. These | | good people feel that there is an | | almost indecent nakedness, a reversion | | to barbarism, in saying No news is good | | news instead of "The absence of | | intelligence is an indication of | | satisfactory developments." | | | \ -- Fowler's English Usage / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay"); echo $output;