Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay
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/ Gentlemen, \
| |
| Whilst marching from Portugal to a |
| position which commands the approach to |
| Madrid and the French forces, my |
| officers have been diligently complying |
| with your requests which have been sent |
| by H.M. ship from London to Lisbon and |
| thence by dispatch to our headquarters. |
| |
| We have enumerated our saddles, |
| bridles, tents and tent poles, and all |
| manner of sundry items for which His |
| Majesty's Government holds me |
| accountable. I have dispatched reports |
| on the character, wit, and spleen of |
| every officer. Each item and every |
| farthing has been accounted for, with |
| two regrettable exceptions for which I |
| beg your indulgence. |
| |
| Unfortunately the sum of one shilling |
| and ninepence remains unaccounted for |
| in one infantry battalion's petty cash |
| and there has been a hideous confusion |
| as the the number of jars of raspberry |
| jam issued to one cavalry regiment |
| during a sandstorm in western Spain. |
| This reprehensible carelessness may be |
| related to the pressure of |
| circumstance, since we are war with |
| France, a fact which may come as a bit |
| of a surprise to you gentlemen in |
| Whitehall. |
| |
| This brings me to my present purpose, |
| which is to request elucidation of my |
| instructions from His Majesty's |
| Government so that I may better |
| understand why I am dragging an army |
| over these barren plains. I construe |
| that perforce it must be one of two |
| alternative duties, as given below. I |
| shall pursue either one with the best |
| of my ability, but I cannot do both: |
| |
| 1. To train an army of uniformed |
| British clerks in Spain for the benefit |
| of the accountants and copy-boys in |
| London or perchance: |
| |
| 2. To see to it that the forces of |
| Napoleon are driven out of Spain. |
| |
| -- Duke of Wellington, to the British |
| Foreign Office, |
| |
\ London, 1812 /
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$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay");
echo $output;