[rexarex]

Juniper networking equipment has a hidden CLI command that spits out a nerdy or sleep deprived haiku:

E.G

  Juniper> show version and haiku;

  IS-IS Screams,
  BGP peer flapping;
  I want my mommy!

  TTL down one
  the end nearer with each hop
  little packet, poof.

  Amazing photons
  Carry our data worldwide
  Never seem to stop

  My session is dead:
  Forgot to commit confirm.
  Where are my car keys?

For some reason, it’s hard to find all of them compiled in one place. I think it changes over time depending on the version of JUNOS and the hardware platform.

It was always a little uplifting when you had an incident occurring and you needed a little something—anything—to keep you going (: