Why does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange · Nov 22, 2017
Answer by Colin Watson for Why does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30?
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After some reflection, I've removed this Easter egg . It'll be gone in the upcoming man-db 2.8.0. I'm glad that it made some people smile, which after all was the whole purpose of it, and my Twitter notifications and so on today suggest that most people thought it was more amusing than annoying. Still, some people did find it annoying, and six years seems like a pretty good run for that sort of…

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