> There is a time and place for humor. Important software is not one of them.

Thing is, everyone seems to think the place and time is everywhere but not here and now. Companies today tend to have inflated sense of importance and gloominess stemming from what I believe is a mistaken understanding of professionalism.

> You won't be laughing if $RANDOM_EASTER_EGG has a bug that allows for remote code execution.

Hell yes I'll be laughing, I always laugh from remote code execution bugs ;). Anyway, you can argue that for any piece of code. Sure, an easter egg increases the surface of attack... by 0.1% or something.