jokes.rb in waylon-jokes-0.2.0

- old
+ new

@@ -13,15 +13,27 @@
         }
       )
 
       def tell_a_joke
         conn = Faraday.new(headers: { accept: "application/json" }) do |f|
-          f.request :retry
           f.response :json
         end
         response = conn.get("https://icanhazdadjoke.com/")
 
         reply(response.body["joke"])
+      rescue Faraday::Error
+        reply(fallback)
+      end
+
+      def fallback
+        [
+          "I was addicted to the hokey pokey…but I turned myself around.",
+          "What invention allows us to see through walls? Windows.",
+          "The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.",
+          "What's the least-spoken language in the world? Sign language.",
+          "Why do cows wear bells? Because their horns don't work.",
+          "Police arrested a bottle of water because it was wanted in three different states: solid, liquid, and gas."
+        ].sample
       end
     end
   end
 end