deafgrandma.rb

# 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
counter = 0
while counter < 2
  while question != question.upcase
      puts 'What? Speak up sonny.'
      question = gets
  end
  
  if question != 'bye'.upcase
  puts 'No. Not since 19'+rand(10).to_s+rand(10).to_s
  question = gets
  else
  counter += 1
  puts 'What was that dear?'
  question = gets
  end
end
puts 'Goodbye dear.'