diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+                   Version 2, December 2004
+ 
+Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
+copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
+as the name is changed.
+ 
+           DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+  TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+
+ 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# The (un)Official Lain's Diction Book
+
+Quote / Definition / Pastebin bot
+
+it takes text from irc and stores it in a database
+
+    13:56 <@kashire> We need to make our own dictionary.
+    13:56 <@kashire> The (un)Official Lain's Diction Book.
diff --git a/db.c b/db.c
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+++ b/db.c
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+/* <https://gist.github.com/enile8/2424514> */
+
+#include <assert.h>             /* assert */
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+#include <stdio.h>              /* size_t */
+#include <stdlib.h>             /* malloc */
+#include <string.h>             /* strdup */
+/* TODO: libircclient for basic IRC functionality.
+ * Perhaps a database backend and a client frontend that's separate. */
+
+#ifndef UNUSED
+#define UNUSED(x) (void)(x)
+#endif
+
+#include "io.c"
+
+static int callback(void *NotUsed, int argc, char **argv, char **azColName) {
+    int i;
+    UNUSED(NotUsed);
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+        printf(" => %s = %s\n", azColName[i], (argv[i] ? argv[i] : "NULL"));
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int test_db(char *script_filename) {
+    char *orig_statements;
+    char *saveptr1;
+    char *statements;
+    char *str1, *token;
+    char *zErrMsg;
+    const char *db_name;
+    int j;
+    int rc;
+    int nstatements;
+    sqlite3 *db;
+
+    nstatements = 0;
+    zErrMsg = 0;
+    orig_statements = file_read(script_filename);
+    if (orig_statements) {
+        statements = strndup(orig_statements, 4096);
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error reading file: %s\n", script_filename);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    db_name = "familyGuy.db";
+    rc = sqlite3_open(db_name, &db);
+    if (rc) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Can't open database: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Open database successfully\n");
+    }
+
+    for (j = 1, str1 = statements;; j++, str1 = NULL) {
+        token = strtok_r(str1, "\n", &saveptr1);
+        if (token == NULL)
+            break;
+        printf("%d: %s\n", j, token);
+        rc = sqlite3_exec(db, token, callback, 0, &zErrMsg);
+        if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "SQL error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+            sqlite3_free(zErrMsg);
+            break;
+        }
+        nstatements++; /* Number of successfully executed statements */
+    }
+
+    free(orig_statements);
+    free(statements);
+    sqlite3_close(db);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Bye!\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST_DB
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    char *script_filename;
+    if (argc > 1) {
+        script_filename = argv[1];
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <script>\n", argv[0]);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return test_db(script_filename);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
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+++ b/io.c
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+#include <assert.h>             /* assert */
+#include <stdio.h>              /* FILE* */
+#include <stdlib.h>             /* malloc, free */
+
+/* <https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Read_entire_file#C> */
+char *file_read(const char *filename) {
+    char *buffer;
+    FILE *fh;
+    long size;
+    size_t nread;
+    assert(filename != NULL);
+    buffer = NULL;
+    fh = fopen(filename, "rb");
+    if (fh != NULL) {
+        fseek(fh, 0L, SEEK_END);
+        size = ftell(fh);
+        rewind(fh);
+        buffer = malloc(size);
+        if (buffer != NULL) {
+            assert(buffer != NULL);
+            nread = fread(buffer, 1, size, fh);
+            fclose(fh);
+            fh = NULL;
+            if (size != (long)nread) {
+                free(buffer);
+                buffer = NULL;
+            }
+            assert(size == (long)nread);
+        }
+        if (fh != NULL)
+            fclose(fh);
+    }
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+/* <https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Write_entire_file#C> */
+size_t file_write(const char *fileName, const void *data, const size_t size) {
+    size_t numberBytesWritten = 0;
+    FILE *file;
+    assert(fileName != NULL);
+    assert(data != NULL);
+    assert(size > 0);
+    if (fileName != NULL && *fileName != '\0') {
+        file = fopen(fileName, "wb");
+        if (file != NULL) {
+            if (data != NULL) {
+                numberBytesWritten = fwrite(data, 1, size, file);
+            }
+            fclose(file);
+        }
+    }
+    return numberBytesWritten;
+}
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
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+++ b/makefile
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+CFLAGS += -ggdb -O0 -std=c89 -W -Wall -Wextra -pedantic
+LDFLAGS += -lpthread -lircclient -lsqlite3
+
+all: spammer
+
+spammer: spammer.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+# TODO: client side / offline access
+db: db.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) -DTEST_DB
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) -rf spammer db a.out *.o *.db
diff --git a/script.sql b/script.sql
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+++ b/script.sql
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+create table myTable (FirstName varchar(30), LastName varchar(30), Age smallint, Hometown varchar(30), Job varchar(30))
+
+insert into myTable (FirstName, LastName, Age, Hometown, Job) values ('Peter', 'Griffin', 41, 'Quahog', 'Brewery')
+insert into myTable (FirstName, LastName, Age, Hometown, Job) values ('Lois', 'Griffin', 40, 'Newport', 'Piano Teacher')
+insert into myTable (FirstName, LastName, Age, Hometown, Job) values ('Joseph', 'Swanson', 39, 'Quahog', 'Police Officer')
+insert into myTable (FirstName, LastName, Age, Hometown, Job) values ('Glenn', 'Quagmire', 41, 'Quahog', 'Pilot')
+
+select * from myTable
+delete from myTable
+drop table myTable
diff --git a/script2.sql b/script2.sql
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+++ b/script2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+create table if not exists quotedb (date_added text not null, added_by text not null, subject text not null, words text not null)
+
+insert into quotedb (date_added, added_by , subject, words) values (datetime('now'), 'strike', 'Flisk', "<Flisk> yeah hate when hookers who give free blowjobs won't finger my asshole for free too")
+insert into quotedb (date_added, added_by , subject, words) values (datetime('now'), 'oda', 'nimbius', ' * nimbius is no longer thinking about those beans')
+
+select * from quotedb
+
+delete from quotedb
+drop table quotedb
diff --git a/spammer.c b/spammer.c
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+++ b/spammer.c
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+/* code adapted from:
+ * <https://gist.github.com/enile8/2424514>
+ * <https://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Write_entire_file#C>
+ * <https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Read_entire_file#C>
+ * libircclient-1.10/examples/spammer.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Georgy Yunaev gyunaev@ulduzsoft.com
+ * Copyright (C) 2021      Bubblegumdrop <Bubblegumdrop@lain.church>
+ *
+ * This example is free, and not covered by LGPL license. There is no 
+ * restriction applied to their modification, redistribution, using and so on.
+ * You can study them, modify them, use them in your own program - either 
+ * completely or partially. By using it you may give me some credits in your
+ * program, but you don't have to.
+ *
+ *            DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+ *                    Version 2, December 2004
+ *  
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Bubblegumdrop <Bubblegumdrop@lain.church>
+ * 
+ * Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
+ * copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
+ * as the name is changed.
+ *  
+ *            DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
+ *   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
+ * 
+ *  0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
+ *
+ * Quote bot. WIP.
+ */
+#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500       /* strdup */
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L /* strtok_r, strndup */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>             /* assert */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>              /* size_t */
+#include <stdlib.h>             /* malloc */
+/* TODO: libircclient for basic IRC functionality.
+ * Perhaps a database backend and a client frontend that's separate. */
+#if defined (_WIN32)
+#include <windows.h>
+#define CREATE_THREAD(id,func,param)	(CreateThread(0, 0, func, param, 0, id) == 0)
+#define THREAD_FUNCTION(funcname)		static DWORD WINAPI funcname (LPVOID arg)
+#define thread_id_t		DWORD
+#define sleep(a)		Sleep (a*1000)
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#define CREATE_THREAD(id,func,param)	(pthread_create (id, 0, func, (void *) param) != 0)
+#define THREAD_FUNCTION(funcname)		static void * funcname (void * arg)
+#define thread_id_t		pthread_t
+#endif
+#include "libircclient.h"
+
+#ifndef UNUSED
+#define UNUSED(x) (void)(x)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * We store data in IRC session context.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    char *channel;
+    char *nick;
+} irc_ctx_t;
+
+/*
+ * Params that we give to our threads.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+    irc_session_t *session;
+    const char *phrase;
+    const char *channel;
+    int timer;
+} spam_params_t;
+
+#include "db.c"
+
+/* <https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance#C>
+ * TODO: use this for quote duplicate removal */
+int dist(const char *s, const char *t, int *d, int ls, int lt, int i, int j) {
+    int x, y;
+
+    if (*(d + i * ls + j) >= 0)
+        return *(d + i * ls + j);
+
+    if (i == ls)
+        x = lt - j;
+    else if (j == lt)
+        x = ls - i;
+    else if (s[i] == t[j])
+        x = dist(s, t, d, ls, lt, i + 1, j + 1);
+    else {
+        x = dist(s, t, d, ls, lt, i + 1, j + 1);
+
+        if ((y = dist(s, t, d, ls, lt, i, j + 1)) < x)
+            x = y;
+        if ((y = dist(s, t, d, ls, lt, i + 1, j)) < x)
+            x = y;
+        x++;
+    }
+    return *(d + i * ls + j) = x;
+}
+
+int levenshtein(const char *s, const char *t) {
+    int i, j, n;
+    int ls = strnlen(s, 128), lt = strnlen(t, 128);
+    int *d;
+    d = malloc(sizeof(int) * ((ls + 1) * (lt + 1)));
+    for (i = 0; i <= ls; i++)
+        for (j = 0; j <= lt; j++)
+            *(d + i * ls + j) = -1;
+    n = dist(s, t, d, ls, lt, 0, 0);
+    free(d);
+    d = NULL;
+    return n;
+}
+
+THREAD_FUNCTION(gen_spam) {
+    spam_params_t *sp = (spam_params_t *) arg;
+    while (1) {
+        if (irc_cmd_msg(sp->session, sp->channel, sp->phrase))
+            break;
+        sleep(sp->timer);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void event_join(irc_session_t * session, const char *event, const char *origin, const char **params, unsigned int count) {
+    irc_ctx_t *ctx;
+    UNUSED(count);
+    UNUSED(event);
+    if (!origin)
+        return;
+    ctx = (irc_ctx_t *) irc_get_ctx(session);
+    /*
+     * We need to know whether WE are joining the channel, or someone else.
+     * To do this, we compare the origin with our nick.
+     * Note that we have set LIBIRC_OPTION_STRIPNICKS to obtain 'parsed' nicks.
+     */
+    if (!strcmp(origin, ctx->nick)) {
+        static spam_params_t spam1;
+        static spam_params_t spam2;
+        static spam_params_t spam3;
+        thread_id_t tid;
+        spam1.session = spam2.session = spam3.session = session;
+        spam1.channel = spam2.channel = spam3.channel = ctx->channel;
+        spam1.phrase = "HEHE";
+        spam2.phrase = "HAHA";
+        spam3.phrase = "HUHU";
+        spam1.timer = 2;
+        spam2.timer = 3;
+        spam3.timer = 4;
+        printf("We just joined the channel %s; starting the spam threads\n", params[1]);
+        if (CREATE_THREAD(&tid, gen_spam, &spam1)
+            || CREATE_THREAD(&tid, gen_spam, &spam2)
+            || CREATE_THREAD(&tid, gen_spam, &spam3))
+            printf("CREATE_THREAD failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        else
+            printf("Spammer thread was started successfully.\n");
+    } else {
+        char textbuf[168];
+        sprintf(textbuf, "Hey, %s, hi!", origin);
+        irc_cmd_msg(session, params[0], textbuf);
+    }
+}
+
+void event_connect(irc_session_t * session, const char *event, const char *origin, const char **params, unsigned int count) {
+    irc_ctx_t *ctx;
+    UNUSED(event);
+    UNUSED(origin);
+    UNUSED(params);
+    UNUSED(count);
+    ctx = (irc_ctx_t *) irc_get_ctx(session);
+    irc_cmd_join(session, ctx->channel, 0);
+}
+
+void event_numeric(irc_session_t * session, unsigned int event, const char *origin, const char **params, unsigned int count) {
+    UNUSED(session);
+    UNUSED(origin);
+    UNUSED(params);
+    UNUSED(count);
+    if (event > 400) {
+        printf("ERROR %d: %s: %s %s %s %s\n", event, origin ? origin : "unknown", params[0], count > 1 ? params[1] : "", count > 2 ? params[2] : "", count > 3 ? params[3] : "");
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    char *script_filename;
+    irc_callbacks_t callbacks;
+    irc_ctx_t ctx;
+    irc_session_t *s;
+    unsigned short port = 6667;
+
+    const char *s1 = "rosettacode";
+    const char *s2 = "raisethysword";
+    printf("distance between `%s' and `%s': %d\n", s1, s2, levenshtein(s1, s2));
+
+    /* TODO: getopt */
+    if (argc == 2) {
+        script_filename = argv[1];
+        return test_db(script_filename);
+    } else {
+        if (argc != 4) {
+            printf("Usage: %s <server> <nick> <channel>\n", argv[0]);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    /* Initialize the callbacks */
+    memset(&callbacks, 0, sizeof(callbacks));
+    /* Set up the callbacks we will use */
+    callbacks.event_connect = event_connect;
+    callbacks.event_join = event_join;
+    callbacks.event_numeric = event_numeric;
+    ctx.channel = argv[3];
+    ctx.nick = argv[2];
+    /* And create the IRC session; 0 means error */
+    s = irc_create_session(&callbacks);
+    if (!s) {
+        printf("Could not create IRC session\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    irc_set_ctx(s, &ctx);
+    irc_option_set(s, LIBIRC_OPTION_STRIPNICKS);
+    /* If the port number is specified in the server string, use the port 0 so it gets parsed */
+    if (strchr(argv[1], ':') != 0)
+        port = 0;
+    /*
+     * To handle the "SSL certificate verify failed" from command line we allow passing ## in front 
+     * of the server name, and in this case tell libircclient not to verify the cert
+     */
+    if (argv[1][0] == '#' && argv[1][1] == '#') {
+        /* Skip the first character as libircclient needs only one # for SSL support, i.e. #irc.freenode.net */
+        argv[1]++;
+        irc_option_set(s, LIBIRC_OPTION_SSL_NO_VERIFY);
+    }
+    /* Initiate the IRC server connection */
+    if (irc_connect(s, argv[1], port, 0, argv[2], 0, 0)) {
+        printf("Could not connect: %s\n", irc_strerror(irc_errno(s)));
+        return 1;
+    }
+    /* and run into forever loop, generating events */
+    if (irc_run(s)) {
+        printf("Could not connect or I/O error: %s\n", irc_strerror(irc_errno(s)));
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}