gistfile1.rb

    def publish_for_retry(message, last_resort)
      if message["retry_count_not_exceeded"]
        puts publish(message["body"])
      else
        puts send(last_resort, message["body"])
      end
    end

    def publish(message)
      message
    end

    def say(something)
      something + "last_resort"
    end

    publish_for_retry({"retry_count_not_exceeded" => 1 > 2, "body" => "snakes"}, :say)