Here is the fun bit hidden away in the comments page of this post:
> Randal L. Schwartz said:
> 27 Apr 2008 02:30 AM GMT (#1 of 1 comment)
> Glad you enjoyed that bit. That was Tom's humor on that one. I could never have been that clever. :)
It is heartwarming to see the author of a popular Perl book providing credit for a joke to his co-author in the comments of an early 2000 blog post by an independent blogger.
> Randal L. Schwartz said:
> 27 Apr 2008 02:30 AM GMT (#1 of 1 comment)
> Glad you enjoyed that bit. That was Tom's humor on that one. I could never have been that clever. :)
It is heartwarming to see the author of a popular Perl book providing credit for a joke to his co-author in the comments of an early 2000 blog post by an independent blogger.