Badgers are funny

On plasticbag.org, Tom was describing some Good things to do with noises…

One of the items he mentioned was SpeechGear‘s Compadre, a voice-to-speech translation system. His less-than-optimistic description of its probable success:

In all likelihood, it’s going to work like a dog strapped to a badger in a big bowl of custard.

Hit me right in the funnybone. I needed a good laugh.