1. // Nothing is more arousing than numbers inside function names
   bool IfBefore01011900ModifyIt(string& dateString);
2. // Could we make this functionality any less generic?
   string SubtractOneDayFromDate(string& sDate);
3. // Looks like it’s time to call Mulder and Scully
   void EncodeFileX2();
4. // Let me tell you about this new member function of the String class
   // called ‘replace’…
   int ReplaceCharacters(targetString, charExisting, charReplacement);
5. // Good thing Mulder and Scully are here. Now arrest that man for crimes
   // against humanity.
   int CreateTransactionSeqForIllegalProcedure(…);

Peter Bolton is the author of Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story and has also been known to be a grumpy bastard on occasion.