Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay
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/ The Worst Musical Trio \
| |
| There are few bad musicians who have a |
| chance to give a recital at a famous |
| concert hall while still learning the |
| rudiments of their instrument. This |
| happened about thirty years ago to the |
| son of a Rumanian gentleman who was |
| owed a personal favour by Georges |
| Enesco, the celebrated violinist. |
| Enesco agreed to give lessons to the |
| son who was quite unhampered by great |
| musical talent. |
| |
| Three years later the boy's father |
| insisted that he give a public concert. |
| "His aunt said that nobody plays the |
| violin better than he does. A cousin |
| heard him the other day and screamed |
| with enthusiasm." Although Enesco |
| feared the consequences, he arranged a |
| recital at the Salle Gaveau in Paris. |
| However, nobody bought a ticket since |
| the soloist was unknown. |
| |
| "Then you must accompany him on the |
| piano," said the boy's father, "and it |
| will be a sell out." |
| |
| Reluctantly, Enesco agreed and it was. |
| On the night an excited audience |
| gathered. Before the concert began |
| Enesco became nervous and asked for |
| someone to turn his pages. |
| |
| In the audience was Alfred Cortot, the |
| brilliant pianist, who volunteered and |
| made his way to the stage. |
| |
| The soloist was of uniformly low |
| standard and next morning the music |
| critic of Le Figaro wrote: "There was a |
| strange concert at the Salle Gaveau |
| last night. The man whom we adore when |
| he plays the violin played the piano. |
| Another whom we adore when he plays the |
| piano turned the pages. But the man who |
| should have turned the pages played the |
| violin." |
| |
| -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic |
\ Failures" /
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$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay");
echo $output;