diff --git a/da_detector.py b/da_detector.py
index 0cd1eea..de0b93d 100755
--- a/da_detector.py
+++ b/da_detector.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class da_detector:
 		return obj
 
 	def pick_ngrams(self, what_grams: int, how_many: int, text: str):
+		from random import randint
 		if not isinstance(what_grams, int):
 			raise TypeError("what_grams has to be an int")
 		if not isinstance(how_many, int):
@@ -62,14 +63,40 @@ class da_detector:
 		if (len(text) <= 10):
 			raise ValueError("not doing anything with text shorter than 10 characters")
 
-		#  TODO(me): complete n-gram picking method implementation
+		t_len = len(text)
+		# list of random n-grams
+		r_ngrams = []
+		# how many times to attempt to skin the cat
+		insanity_threshold = 1000
+		sanity_ctr = 0
+
+		while (len(r_ngrams) < how_many and sanity_ctr < insanity_threshold):
+			# not truly random, but hey..
+			r_position = randint(0, t_len - 1)
+			if (r_position + what_grams >= (t_len - 1)):
+				continue
+
+			# this is the block where we start counting how many times we've
+			# been there
+			++sanity_ctr
+			candidate_ngram = text[r_position:r_position + what_grams]
+			if (candidate_ngram not in r_ngrams):
+				r_ngrams.append(candidate_ngram)
+		print(r_ngrams)
 
 
 freqs_folder = "./freqs/"
 test_str = "what freaking ever, nobody cares one bit of a heck"
 
 detector = da_detector()
-detector.pick_ngrams(3, 10, test_str)
+detector.pick_ngrams(
+	what_grams=3,
+	how_many=10,
+	text=test_str)
+detector.pick_ngrams(
+	what_grams=2,
+	how_many=10,
+	text=test_str)
 
 sk_json = detector.parse_freqs("sk.json")
 cz_json = detector.parse_freqs("cz.json")