deafgrandma.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby19 -wKu
# Here's the problem: Ruby is playing the part of a deaf grandma. If I 
# don't ask her a question in upcase, she can't hear me. If I ask her any  
# question in upcase, she'll respond in the same fashion unless I shout BYE 
# to her. I need to shout BYE to her 3 times to escape her madness.

puts 'What is it dear?'
question = gets.chomp!
counter = 0
p 'DEBUG: before everything'
while counter < 2
  p 'DEBUG: before first while'
  while question != question.upcase
    p 'DEBUG: in first while'
    puts 'What? Speak up sonny.'
    question = gets.chomp!
  end
  p 'DEBUG: after first while'
  p 'DEBUG: before second if'
  if question != 'bye'.upcase
    p 'DEBUG: in second if'
    puts 'No. Not since 19'+rand(10).to_s+rand(10).to_s
    question = gets.chomp!
  else
    p 'DEBUG: in second else'
    counter += 1
    puts 'What was that dear?'
    question = gets.chomp!
  end
  p 'DEBUG: after second if'
end
p 'DEBUG: after everything'
puts 'Goodbye dear.'