It's that time of year, folks...

[Evan Leibovitch]

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#include <stdio.h>

#define	DEFAULT_HOLIDAY	"CHRISTMAS/CHANUKAH"
#define DAYS_OF_NEGLECT 12

char heading[] = "AN ELECTRONIC %s CARD TO ALL\n\
    Lyrics by Evan Leibovitch, code by Beverly Erlebacher\n\n\
    Dedicated to anyone who's left their computers alone\n\
    just long enough for them to self-destruct:\n\n\
    (Sung to the tune of something or other...)\n\n";

char * cardinal[] = {"And a", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five",
    "Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Eleven", "Twelve"};

char * ordinal[] = {"first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth",
    "seventh", "eighth", "ninth", "tenth", "eleventh", "twelfth", "thirteenth"};

char * item[] = { "burnt-out V.D.T.", "faulty tapes;",
    "heads crashed;", "bad blocks;", "core dumps;", "bad controllers;",
    "blown partitions;", "gettys dying;", "floppies frying;",
    "ports a-jamming;", "chips a-smoking;", "boards a-blowing;" };

char daystr[] = "\nOn the %s day I left it, my Unix gave to me:\n";

char finale[] = 
   "\nOn the %s day I started adapting my Nintendo for the VME bus.\n";

main(argc, argv)
int  argc;
char *argv[];

{
	int i, j;

	printf(heading, argc > 1 ? argv[1] : DEFAULT_HOLIDAY);
	for (i = 0; i < DAYS_OF_NEGLECT; i++) {
		printf(daystr, ordinal[i]);
		if (i == 0)
			printf("\tA %s\n", item[i]);
		else for (j = i; j >= 0; j--)
			printf("\t%s %s\n", cardinal[j], item[j]);
	}
	printf(finale, ordinal[DAYS_OF_NEGLECT]);
	exit(0);
}
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We wish you a Merry Solstice and a Bugfree New Year!
-- 
  Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
          evan at telly.on.ca / uunet!attcan!telly!evan / (416)452-0504
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