<boily> echo "a-\xc3\xa9-ro-g-liss-e-ur. If you mention eels, you\'ll get smacked with one of them in a most unappropriate manner." >wisdom/hovercraft

#!/bin/sh
topic=$(echo "$1" | sed 's/ .*//' | lowercase)
info=$(echo "$1" | sed 's/[^ ]* //')
echo "$1" >"wisdom/$topic"
echo "I knew that."