IMPORT sys
IMPORT SOCKET
IMPORT STRING
sock = SOCKET.socket()
sock.connect("irc.blessed.net", 6667)
sock.send("NICK " + nick)
sock.send("USER " + user
while 1:
    LINE = sock.recv(500)
    print LINE
    IF LINE.find("004")
        sock.send("JOIN #thebot")
    IF LINE[0] == "PING"
        sock.send("PONG " + LINE[1] + "\n")