This looks like a really fun quiz!

On Oct 21, 2005, at 5:45 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:

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> by Jonas Pfenniger
>
>      __________________________________
>     < Welcome to this week's Ruby Quiz >
>      ----------------------------------
>             \   ^__^
>              \  (oo)\_______
>                 (__)\       )\/\
>                     ||----w |
>                     ||     ||
>
> This week, we will make some ascii-art for fun.
>
> Produce a script that generates funny talking animals. The executable
> consists of three parts.
>
>     Part One : The balloon
>     =====================
>
> The balloon is the surrounding part, in which the text will be  
> shown.  You can
> make it like you want.
>
> Examples :
>
>     One-liner
>      _______________
>     < I love ruby ! >
>      ---------------
>
>     Multiple lines with text wrapping and carriage return
>      __________________________________________
>     / Q:How do you stop an elephant from       \
>     | charging?                                |
>     \ A:Take away his credit cards.            /
>      ------------------------------------------
>
>     Part Two : The template
>     =======================
>
> To make it flexible, we'll need a template language that can  
> combine the animal
> and the text.  You'll have to think about how you want to make it  
> flexible
> enough.
>
> Example :
>
>     # thoughts is the balloon's tail
>     def animal(thoughts = '\', eyes = 'oo', tongue='  ')
>       %[#{baloon}
>               #{thoughts}   ^__^
>              #{thoughts}  (#{eyes})\\_______
>                 (__)\\       )\\/\\
>                  #{tongue} ||----w |
>                     ||     ||
>     ]
>     end
>
>     Part Three : The command-line arguments
>     =======================================
>
> There are no special arguments. I would suggest asking for a text  
> input, but you
> can also get the text from `fortune` or make it editable in place.   
> Optional
> arguments can be given to change the selected template and some of its
> variables like the eyes, the tongue, and the balloon's tail.
>
> Use your imagination !
>
> So that's it for the quiz. Extra points are given to the person who
> provides a duck template.
>
>     Credits
>     =======
>
>     - cowsay : http://www.cowsay.net/
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>
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