This program would generate, each time it is run, a random specific answer to a problem someone may have. Kind of like those magic 8 balls, but with many more potential entries.

"Forgive him: he's a keeper."
"Use a three-pronged tin pitchfork to hold the animal down, and a stick of gum to confuse it."
"Half a Tylenol should do the trick. Call Dr. Johnson in Peadiatrics if it doesn't."
"Use this key sequence: F-6, <control>e, and then hold down <alt><shift> and type DGD. If it happens again, call Bob in HR. He had this problem before."
"Your aunt Yuki has just the recipe"
-- Voice, May 29 2008

same again http://lord.xopl.com/ulpage3a/8-ball.html
three, and there are also build your own database of answers versions. [4whom, May 29 2008]

yet another reason to shout "Micro$oft made me do it"... but I have friends like that.
-- FlyingToaster, May 29 2008


It's called I Ching.
-- daseva, May 29 2008


Just about any philosphy book will do this ... at a much lower resolution.

{tosses gum aside}

Now what was I doing?
-- MikeD, May 29 2008


I don't need a book - the voices in my head tell me what to do.
-- coprocephalous, May 29 2008


My girlfriend tells me what to do.
-- theleopard, May 29 2008


My girlfriend tells everybody what to do. :/
-- FlyingToaster, May 29 2008


We tell your girlfriend what to do. She does it. We are very happy.
-- 8th of 7, May 29 2008


Why not just randomly read ideas from this website? They are all (well, mostly) solutions to problems.

eg :Is he cheating on me?

The Fidelomatic is a tennis ball sized spy camera that follows your boyfriend at a distance of a hundred feet and records his every move over one day. Now you know whether he is loyal, fooling around with other women or using a Fidelomatic to spy on them.
-- Bad Jim, May 29 2008


I love this idea (or a better version of it)
-- nicholaswhitworth, Apr 16 2010


(ha.  8th of 7.  Perfect.)

(Really.  I forgot the idea I'm reading.  Oh yeah.)

It should be a website.  Your type a question in WhatShouldIDo.com.  Website correlates your question to an answer based on feedback from previous askers.  Or routes it to a behind the scenes expert.

Big waiver acceptance at login.

You should accept a bun.  +
-- Mustardface, Apr 16 2010


There is a website that tells you what to do (link).
-- wagster, Apr 16 2010


ha ha.
-- Mustardface, Apr 16 2010



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