#!/usr/bin/python

# 99 bottles of beer on the wall.
# Inspired by (who'd of thunk) beer!

from os import popen
from time import sleep

def printsay(sometext):
  print sometext
  voicehandle.write("(SayText \""+sometext+"\")")
  # Start talkin' you varmint!
  voicehandle.flush()
  # It'd be nice if festival would tell us when it's done talking.
  sleep(3)

# 2 bottles, 1 bottle, no bottles
def pluralize(somenumber,sometext):
  if ( somenumber > 1 ):
    retval = str(somenumber)+" "+sometext+"s"

  if ( somenumber == 1):
    retval = str(somenumber)+" "+sometext

  if ( somenumber == 0):
    retval = "No "+sometext+"s"

  return retval

# Open up a pipe to festival so we don't keep respawning
voicehandle = popen("festival","w")

# Start with 99 bottles
num_bottles = 99

# Do what now?
refrain = "Take one down, pass it around."

# As long as there's beer, we drink!
while ( num_bottles > 0 ):
  printsay(pluralize(num_bottles,"bottle")+" of beer on the wall.")
  printsay(pluralize(num_bottles,"bottle")+" of beer.")
  printsay(refrain)
  num_bottles = num_bottles - 1
  printsay(pluralize(num_bottles,"bottle")+" of beer on the wall.")
  print "---"