Apropos learning Perl

[jrv at mbunix.mitre.org (Jim Van Zandt)]

>> Perl: You chop off $thousands of %feet at once, &convert %them
>> into %ears, &make them look good, and &show them to your $boss.
>> 
>You also &show all the other methods you can shoot your foot to
>your $boss (since Perl has at least 5 ways of doing anything).

How about: 

Your boss discovers you've developed five ways to shoot yourself in the
foot, and he shoots you in the head.

                              - Jim Van Zandt