temp_rand = random2(9);
        mprf("You hear %s.",
             (temp_rand == 0) ? "snatches of song"                 :
             (temp_rand == 1) ? "a voice call someone else's name" :
             (temp_rand == 2) ? "a very strange noise"             :
             (temp_rand == 3) ? "roaring flame"                    :
             (temp_rand == 4) ? "a very strange noise indeed"      :
             (temp_rand == 5) ? "the chiming of a distant gong"    :
             (temp_rand == 6) ? "the bellowing of a yak"           :
             (temp_rand == 7) ? "a crunching sound"
                              : "the tinkle of an enormous bell");

        if (!silenced(you.x_pos, you.y_pos))
        {
            temp_rand = random2(9);
            mprf("You hear %s.",
                 (temp_rand == 0) ? "snatches of song"                 :
                 (temp_rand == 1) ? "a voice call someone else's name" :
                 (temp_rand == 2) ? "a very strange noise"             :
                 (temp_rand == 3) ? "roaring flame"                    :
                 (temp_rand == 4) ? "a very strange noise indeed"      :
                 (temp_rand == 5) ? "the chiming of a distant gong"    :
                 (temp_rand == 6) ? "the bellowing of a yak"           :
                 (temp_rand == 7) ? "a crunching sound"
                                  : "the tinkle of an enormous bell");
        }