NAME

  sik -	Shakspearean Insult Kit	(aka, Vendor Response Kit)

SYNOPSIS

  sik [count]

DESCRIPTION

  The sik command started as an	example	program	for C structures, pointers,
  and use of random number generators.

  sik was subsequently found to	be useful for venting frustrations in what to
  call vendor support organizations who	give inane advice to problems such
  as:
    Re-install the operating system from scratch.
    Upgrade to the newest release.
    You	have too many patches applied.
    I've never seen that before.
    That's not supposed	to happen.  [ahem, that's why we called!]

  The default count is 50 insults.

EXAMPLES

  Generate five	insults:

   snkac@java: sik 5
   Thou	warped earth-vexing apple-john.
   Thou	beslubbering beef-witted malt-worm.
   Thou	saucy folly-fallen coxcomb.
   Thou	infectious crook-pated haggard.
   Thou	rank onion-eyed	strumpet.

  Use an insult	as the subject of a mail message:

   snkac@java: echo "hello, ;-)" | mailx -s "`sik -1`" snkac

   snkac@java: mail
   From	snkac Mon May 17 19:04:24 1999
   Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 19:04:24 -0800 (AKDT)
   From: kurt carlson <snkac>
   To: snkac
   Subject: Thou churlish toad-spotted miscreant.

   hello, ;-)

   ? d1

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  Written at the University of Alaska.	Do we really want to admit that?