On 10/1/08, John Van Enk
There's the well known "How to shoot your self in the foot" list which I have it printed and taped on my desk at work.
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/foot.htm
I had a co-worker ask me how you'd shoot your self in the foot with Haskell. Here's the best I could do:
"You shoot the gun, but the bullet gets trapped in the IO monad."
While compiling your program the compiler produces a type error long enough to overflow a kernel buffer, overwrite the trigger control register and shoot you in the foot. or After trying to decipher the type errors from the compiler, your head explodes. or After you've finally found a way to circumvent the type system and shoot yourself in the foot, Oleg appears out of nothing and shoots you in the foot for coming up with it before him. :-)