beescroll

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/beescroll.lua b/beescroll.lua
index 45815f4..4de86fa 100644
--- a/beescroll.lua
+++ b/beescroll.lua
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ end
 
 local norm_color = colors.gray
 
-local urgent = { "URGENT", "WARNING", "ALERT", "CRITICAL", "BREAKING" }
+local urgent = { "URGENT", "WARNING", "ALERT", "CRITICAL", "BREAKING", "INFORMATION", "IMPORTANT", "PLEASE NOTE" }
 local orgs = {"Council", "Committee", "Board", "Division", "Bureau", "Team", "Task Force", "Secretariat" }
 local orgtype = { "Executive", "Leadership", "Management", "Control", "Command", "Planning" }
 local function pretitle()
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ local function pretitle()
 end
 
 local function beecount()
-	if math.random() < 0.4 then return {colors.yellow, "all bees ", norm_color} end
-	local n = ("%4d"):format(math.random(9999))
-	return {colors.yellow, n, " bees ", norm_color}
+	if math.random() < 0.2 then return {colors.yellow, "all the bees in the world ", norm_color} end
+	local n = math.random(9)
+	while math.random() < 0.75 and n < 1000 do n = n*10 + math.random(0,9) end
+	return {colors.yellow, ("%4d"):format(n), " bees ", norm_color}
 end
 
 local function timeframe()
@@ -84,10 +85,12 @@ local function news_item()
 		colors.red, choice(urgent), norm_color, ": ",
 		choice {
 		-- the council has condemned all bees for [being/having been] boiled [illegally/without a permit/behind schedule]
-			{ "The ", council, " has condemned ", beecount(), "for ", choice{"being","having been"}, " ", colors.blue, choice(verbs),
-				norm_color, " ", choice{"illegally","without a permit","behind schedule"} },
+			{ "The ", council, " has ", choice{"condemned","disowned"}, " ", beecount(), "for ", choice{"being","having been"}, " ", colors.blue, choice(verbs),
+				norm_color, " ",
+				choice{"illegally","without a permit","behind schedule","wrongly","badly"} },
 		-- the council has decreed that 1234 bees shall be skewed by next tuesday
-			{ "The ", council, " has decreed that ", beecount(), "shall be ", colors.orange, choice(verbs),
+			{ "The ", council, " has ", choice{"decreed","ordered","decided"},
+				" that ", beecount(), "shall be ", colors.orange, choice(verbs),
 				norm_color, " by ", timeframe() },
 		-- the council has scheduled 9998 bees to be translated by next thursday
 			{ "The ", council, " has scheduled ", beecount(), "to be ", colors.brown, choice(verbs),