diff --git a/app.rb b/app.rb
index af9f69a..d506fc3 100644
--- a/app.rb
+++ b/app.rb
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ end
 
 get '/' do
   if rate_limited?
-    status 429
+    response = [ { status: 402, message: "I'm not paid enough for this." },
+                 { status: 418, message: "I'm just a teapot."},
+                 { status: 429, message: "Not so fast!"} ].sample
+
+    status response[:status]
     content_type :json
-    return { error: "Too Many Requests" }.to_json
+    return { error: response[:message] }.to_json
   end
 
   lang = preferred_language