rw wrote:

Jeff Taylor wrote:

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Abviously.



Knee slapper! Woo hoo!


O.k. I QUIT.


OK. Somebody tag Jeff and get into the ring with Wolfgang. I don't have
the energy for it.

I do, however, have a great idea for a 'bot. I'd call it the Wolfgang
Analog Nifty Neutralizing Bellyache Engine, or WANNABE. The programming
problem is pretty straightforward. You'd need a module to model
Wolfgang's syntax and style -- an off-the-shelf context-free-syntax
parser/generator would be adequate. You'd need a lexicon module --
basically a database of Wolfgangisms. There is an IMMENSE text of these
available in the ROFF archives. You'd need a cut-and-paste module with
access to the Google Usenet archive. You'd need an identity-generation
module for when Wolfgang finally gives up. That's about it.

You're making this far too hard. Someone googled up a list of Wolfie's
canned phrases the other day. Randomly pick one, toss in generic
insults, call people liars and you can pass any Wolfgang Turing test.