cat "food in cans" -- some fun

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

(from pwin1 () umbc8 umbc edu)


Funny Unix csh/sh commands:
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% cat "food in cans"
cat: can't open food in cans


% nice man woman
No manual entry for woman.


% rm God
rm: God nonexistent


% ar t God
ar: God does not exist]


% ar r God
ar: creating God


% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence? 
Unmatched ".


% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ].


% ^How did the sex change operation go? ^ 
Modifier failed.


% If I had a ( for every $ the Congress spent, what   
would I have?
Too many ('s.


% make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop. >
% sleep with me
bad character


% got a light?
No match.


% man: why did you get a divorce? man:: 
Too many arguments.


% !:say, what is saccharine?
Bad substitute.


% %blow
%blow: No such job.


/* not csh but sh */
$ PATH=pretending!/usr/ucb/which sense no 
sense in pretending!


$ drink <bottle; opener
bottle: cannot open


opener: not found