Humorous Algorithms

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1. A real recipe
   • Considered as an algorithm, what's wrong with it?
   • Could you translate it into your favorite programming language (e.g., Java, Lisp, etc.)?

2. A recipe for water
3. A simple algorithm for computing your birthdate
4. "Dilbert": a simple algorithm
5. "Motley's Crew": a simple procedure
6. "Willy 'n Ethel": a recursive algorithm (with base case = mustard)???
7. "Shoe": a named procedure
8. "Hagar the Horrible": an incomplete algorithm
9. "Nancy": an ambiguous instruction
10. "Shoe": another ambiguous instruction
11. A real-life procedure with an extremely ambiguous (because highly context-dependent) first statement
12. "Nancy": a procedure for learning to ride a bike, with an infinite loop
13. "Baby Blues": algorithm for a snowman
14. "Zits": how to put clean laundry in a room.

15. 
    Jamieson, Wendell (2010), "In the Event of a Strike, How to Open the Doors", New York Times (20 April): A15.