function pacifier_status ($status) {

    if ($status == "active") {
        echo "I'm happy and I might even fall asleep";
        sleep("still contemplating");
    } else if ($status == "inactive") {
        echo "Too lazy to work on it, maybe I should cry?";
        sleep("no way");
    } else if ($status == "dropped" {
        echo "zzz... zzz...";
        sleep(1000);
    }

}