Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay
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/ Around the turn of this century, a \
| composer named Camille Saint-Saens |
| wrote a satirical zoological-fantasy |
| called "Le Carnaval des Animaux." Aside |
| from one movement of this piece, "The |
| Swan", Saint-Saens didn't allow this |
| work to be published or even performed |
| until a year had elapsed after his |
| death. (He died in 1921.) |
| |
| Most of us know the "Swan" movement |
| rather well, with its smooth, flowing |
| cello melody against a calm background; |
| but I've been having this fantasy... |
| |
| What if he had written this piece with |
| lyrics, as a song to be sung? And, |
| further, what if he had accompanied |
| this song with a musical saw? (This |
| instrument really does exist, often |
| played by percussionists!) Then the |
| piece would be better known as: |
| |
\ SAINT-SAENS' SAW SONG "SWAN"! /
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\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay");
echo $output;