Are we there yet?

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
# The author releases this code into the public domain.
# requires 'say' command. OS X is your friend
RANGE=90
LOOPS=10
count=0

# Thanks, interwebs! 
# http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Pick_random_element#Bash
rand() {
    printf $(( $1 * RANDOM / 32767 ))
}
rand_element() {
    local -a th=("$@")
    unset th[0]
    printf $'%s\n' "${th[$(($(rand "${#th[*]}")+1))]}"
}

# loop for a while
echo "looping $LOOPS times"
while [ "$count" -le $LOOPS ]
do
    number=$RANDOM
    let "number %= $RANGE"
    let "count += 1"    
    the_voice=$(rand_element \
    Agnes \
    Albert \
    Alex \
    "Bad News" \
    Bahh \
    Bells \
    Boing \
    Bruce \
    Bubbles \
    Cellos \
    Deranged \
    Fred \
    "Good News" \
    Hysterical \
    Junior \
    Kathy \
    "Pipe Organ" \
    Princess \
    Ralph \
    Trinoids \
    Vicki \
    Victoria \
    Whisper \
    Zarvox)
    say "are we there yet?" --voice "$the_voice"
    echo "...asked $the_voice (loop $count, sleeping $number)"
    sleep $number
done