Sprichwoerter/Proverbs

Have fun with random stupidity

Motivation

A German parlor game “Verrückte Sprichwörter” (“Crazy Proverbs”) turned out to be much more fun than its title let anticipate ...
I was eager to use the idea to create “random proverbs” in a little fun project.
Okay.., the output of this program is not guaranteed to be funny as computers are too dumb to understand humour while the original game engages the players' own intelligence.

Requirements

Linux
The gem can be installed on Windows®, but I do not know if it works on that operating system. Also, I do not care to know.

A recent Ruby interpreter.

Functionality

The program comes in two versions (both included in the gem): proverbs creates new proverbs in English, sprichwoerter does the same in German. Call with the argument '-h' to see the options in each language.

For details and a usage-example, refer to one of the manuals:

• in English for “proverbs”
• in German for “sprichwoerter”.

Technology

Developed in Ruby

License

WTFPL 2.0 or later. Accessing the linked webpage also establishes connections to Facebook, Google and Twitter. Either block these sites, or do not click here.

Documentation

The documentation can be found in the doc subdirectory of the expanded Ruby gem, available in several formats.