1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rbot/core/utils/extends.rb b/lib/rbot/core/utils/extends.rb
index b812a676..950ad678 100644
--- a/lib/rbot/core/utils/extends.rb
+++ b/lib/rbot/core/utils/extends.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ::String
   # stripped off and some of it converted to IRC formatting
   #
   def ircify_html
-    txt = self
+    txt = self.dup
 
     # remove scripts
     txt.gsub!(/<script(?:\s+[^>]*)?>.*?<\/script>/im, "")
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ class ::String
     return txt.strip
   end
 
+  # As above, but modify the receiver
+  #
+  def ircify_html!
+    old_hash = self.hash
+    replace self.ircify_html
+    return self unless self.hash == old_hash
+  end
+
   # This method will strip all HTML crud from the receiver
   #
   def riphtml