No practical purpose to this tip, but it does have entertainment value. This little shell script fetches and parses a fortune from the thinkgeek site. Enjoy!
#!/bin/shOccassionally a blank one is returned; just try again.
#
# fetch a fortune from thinkgeek
#
curl -s http://www.thinkgeek.com/fortune.shtml | \
sed -n '/(refresh for another)/,/table\>/p' | \
sed -n '/<p>/,/<\/p>/{/[.]/p; }' | \
sed '{/^<[/]*p>/d; s/<[BbRr]*>//g; s/<\;/</g; s/>\;/>/g; }'
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