eggtimer.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# last edited oct 9 2018 by veronica
import time

#Function definitions:
#
def greet():
	egg_art = '''  
'''
	print (r"""
                       .-~-.
                     .'     '.
                    /         \
            .-~-.  :           ;
          .'     '.|           |
         /         \           :
        :           ; .-~""~-,/
        |           /`        `'.
        :          |             \
         \         |             /
          `.     .' \          .'
     jgs    `~~~`    '-.____.-'
""")
	print('The Alton Brown electric kettle egg timer\n')
	input('Boil your egg(s) in the kettle. Press a key when the kettle shuts itself off')
	return
#
#	
def first_wait_period():
	x=6											# Alton recommends eight minutes. So we do
												# six here + 2 1m functions later for msgs
												
	for n in range(0, x):						# Do this loop x times (x mins)
		print('There are',x+2,'minutes left.')	# Print a running count of the time left
		time.sleep(60)							# Sleep one minute per loop iteration
		
		x=x-1									# Iterate
	return										# End of function

#
#
def min_seven():								# With two minutes left,
	print('Only two minutes left now!')			# egg the user on
	time.sleep(60)
	return

#
#
def min_eight():								# One minute
	print('Just sixty seconds to go!')			# warning!
	time.sleep(60)
	return

# Main program
greet()
first_wait_period()
min_seven()
min_eight()
print('Hooray your eggs are cooked, enjoy!')