diff --git a/plugins/Utilities/locale/fr.po b/plugins/Utilities/locale/fr.po
index 932921d94..e488e35ca 100644
--- a/plugins/Utilities/locale/fr.po
+++ b/plugins/Utilities/locale/fr.po
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Supybot-fr\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-10-20 09:39+CEST\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-20 11:27+CET\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: \n"
 "Last-Translator: Valentin Lorentz <progval@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Supybot-fr <progval@gmail.com>\n"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "<arg> [<arg> ...]\n"
 "\n"
-"        Shuffles the arguments given it.\n"
+"        Shuffles the arguments given.\n"
 "        "
 msgstr ""
 "<argument> [<argument> ...]\n"
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: plugin.py:109
 msgid ""
+"<num> <arg> [<arg> ...]\n"
+"\n"
+"        Randomly chooses <num> items out of the arguments given.\n"
+"        "
+msgstr ""
+"<nombre> <argument> [<argument> ...]\n"
+"\n"
+"Choisi de façon aléatoire un certain <nombre> d'<argument>s."
+
+#: plugin.py:122
+msgid ""
 "<command> <text>\n"
 "\n"
 "        Tokenizes <text> and calls <command> with the resulting arguments.\n"
diff --git a/plugins/Utilities/messages.pot b/plugins/Utilities/messages.pot
index c7187afce..58272ab07 100644
--- a/plugins/Utilities/messages.pot
+++ b/plugins/Utilities/messages.pot
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-10-20 09:39+CEST\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-20 11:27+CET\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -66,13 +66,22 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "<arg> [<arg> ...]\n"
 "\n"
-"        Shuffles the arguments given it.\n"
+"        Shuffles the arguments given.\n"
 "        "
 msgstr ""
 
 #: plugin.py:109
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
+"<num> <arg> [<arg> ...]\n"
+"\n"
+"        Randomly chooses <num> items out of the arguments given.\n"
+"        "
+msgstr ""
+
+#: plugin.py:122
+#, docstring
+msgid ""
 "<command> <text>\n"
 "\n"
 "        Tokenizes <text> and calls <command> with the resulting arguments.\n"
diff --git a/plugins/Utilities/plugin.py b/plugins/Utilities/plugin.py
index 5f7fa72eb..767b51a88 100644
--- a/plugins/Utilities/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Utilities/plugin.py
@@ -98,12 +98,25 @@ class Utilities(callbacks.Plugin):
     def shuffle(self, irc, msg, args, things):
         """<arg> [<arg> ...]
 
-        Shuffles the arguments given it.
+        Shuffles the arguments given.
         """
         random.shuffle(things)
         irc.reply(' '.join(things))
     shuffle = wrap(shuffle, [many('anything')])
 
+    @internationalizeDocstring
+    def sample(self, irc, msg, args, num, things):
+        """<num> <arg> [<arg> ...]
+
+        Randomly chooses <num> items out of the arguments given.
+        """
+        try:
+            samp = random.sample(things, num)
+            irc.reply(' '.join(samp))
+        except ValueError, e:
+            irc.error('%s' % (e,))
+    sample = wrap(sample, ['positiveInt', many('anything')])
+
     @internationalizeDocstring
     def apply(self, irc, msg, args, command, rest):
         """<command> <text>
diff --git a/plugins/Utilities/test.py b/plugins/Utilities/test.py
index 7241b2d61..851a6cae0 100644
--- a/plugins/Utilities/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Utilities/test.py
@@ -59,4 +59,10 @@ class UtilitiesTestCase(PluginTestCase):
     def testShuffle(self):
         self.assertResponse('shuffle a', 'a')
 
+    def testSample(self):
+        self.assertResponse('sample 1 a', 'a')
+        self.assertError('sample moo')
+        self.assertError('sample 5 moo')
+        self.assertRegexp('sample 2 a b c', '^[a-c] [a-c]$')
+
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