diff --git a/plugins/FunCommands.py b/plugins/FunCommands.py
index e8dcb846e..7b1d72c4e 100644
--- a/plugins/FunCommands.py
+++ b/plugins/FunCommands.py
@@ -85,6 +85,30 @@ class FunCommands(callbacks.Privmsg):
                    (self.recvdMsgs, self.recvdBytes,
                     self.sentMsgs, self.sentBytes))
 
+	def ord(self, irc, msg, args):
+		"""<letter>
+
+		Returns the 8-bit value of <letter>.
+		"""
+		letter = privmsgs.getArgs(args)
+		if len(letter) != 1:
+			irc.error(msg, 'Letter must be of length 1 (for obvious reasons)')
+		else:
+			i = ord(letter)
+			irc.reply(msg, str(i))
+
+	def chr(self, irc, msg, args):
+		"""<number>
+
+		Returns the character associated with the 8-bit value <number>
+		"""
+		try:
+			i = int(privmsgs.getArgs(args))
+			irc.reply(msg, chr(i))
+		except ValueError:
+			irc.error(msg, 'That number doesn\'t map to an 8-bit character.')
+					
+				
     def hexlify(self, irc, msg, args):
         "<text>; turn string into a hexstring."
         text = privmsgs.getArgs(args)