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Old 02-26-2010, 01:35 PM
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could not be much worse
than the google ads I see
I will not buy that!

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Old 02-26-2010, 01:38 PM
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I will not buy that!
no matter how cheap it is
your product is crap
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Old 02-26-2010, 01:40 PM
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Your product is crap
but wait there's more! Call right now
And we'll double that.
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Old 02-26-2010, 01:43 PM
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And we'll double that
Great that's just what I needed
consumerism
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Old 02-26-2010, 01:44 PM
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Consumerism
bane of American life
how I love it so!
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Old 02-26-2010, 01:47 PM
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How I love it so!
'till the wolves came to my door
Go to hell Citi
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Old 02-26-2010, 01:51 PM
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Go to hell Citi
Egregious greedy bastards
how they sicken me


Sorry, but I immediately had a part 2!
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Old 02-26-2010, 01:58 PM
Intergalactic Gladiator Intergalactic Gladiator is offline
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Could not be much worse
These horrible haiku rules
What is this, Russia?

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Go to hell Citi
Egregious greedy bastards
how they sicken me
Oops

How they sicken me
So called computer experts
Who can't hit refresh

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Old 02-26-2010, 02:01 PM
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Who can't hit refresh?
I wish I could at times when
Life goes by too slow.
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Old 02-26-2010, 02:06 PM
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Life goes by too slow
Only if you're just watching
waiting for new posts
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Old 02-26-2010, 02:58 PM
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Waiting for new posts
Must bore you to tears by now
Hey, we're back at it!
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:00 PM
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Waiting for new posts
hitting "User CP" just
one more time... what's new?
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:11 PM
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Hey, we're back at it!
submitting without preview
waiting for new posts

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Waiting for new posts
hitting "User CP" just
one more time... what's new?
one more time . . . what's new?
In the world under the sun
Thank Og for Fridays
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:12 PM
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Thank Og for Fridays
Except when the damn phone rings
Recorded voice greets

(actually just happened as I was composing this response)

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Old 02-26-2010, 03:13 PM
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one more time...what's new?
the ungulate asks of me
no I say, you're gnu
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:21 PM
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recorded voice greets
please hang up and dial again
stupid fat fingers


ignore previous
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:23 PM
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stupid fat fingers
always hitting the wrong keys
keep up with edits


(I almost had the gnu 'ku done! getting tricky with the edits!)
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:46 PM
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Keep up with edits
Or you may find yourself chid
Quickness is needed
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Old 02-26-2010, 03:48 PM
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quickness is needed
At the 100 yard dash
most narcolepse lose
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:19 PM
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most narcolepse lose
sleep at night (of course they do)
too much daydreaming
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:48 PM
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Too much daydreaming
Not enough effort at work
First to be downsized.
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Old 02-26-2010, 04:52 PM
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First to be downsized
my wiener because I looked
At Roseanne naked
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Old 02-26-2010, 05:17 PM
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At Roseanne naked!
You're trying to make me quit
This haiku business?
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Old 02-26-2010, 05:24 PM
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This haiku business
No thanks as I much prefer
dirty limericks
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Old 02-26-2010, 05:35 PM
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Dirty limericks
Feature men from Nantucket
Along with big tits.
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Old 02-26-2010, 06:21 PM
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Along with big tits
I have many other good
attributes, good sir.
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Old 02-26-2010, 08:53 PM
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"Attributes, good sir,"
said the man from Nantucket,
"are what make you great."
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:08 PM
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Are what make you great
Your skills at writing haikus,
Or are they more than that?
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:42 PM
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Or are they more than that?
do you mean more syllables
than are allowed now?
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Old 02-26-2010, 09:59 PM
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"Than are allowed now?"
That's not a correct sentence.
Subject, verb must jibe.
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:06 PM
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Or are they more than that?
FOUL! Cries the Haiku Cop.
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:09 PM
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subject, verb must jibe
Little Richard, though, must jive
or so he has said
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:17 PM
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Or so he has said,
Often quoting rare poets
No one cares about
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Old 02-26-2010, 10:46 PM
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no one cares about
this last slice of cheese pizza?
I do. Very much.
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:43 AM
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I do very much
said Queen G'lacta when asked if
She thinks IG's cute?
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Old 02-27-2010, 09:33 AM
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She thinks IG's cute?
Optometrist appointment
In her near future.
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Old 02-27-2010, 10:58 AM
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In her near future
Hillary flies overseas
as a diplomat.
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Old 02-27-2010, 12:05 PM
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As a diplomat
The bear's diplomacy skills
were surely lacking
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Old 02-27-2010, 12:12 PM
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We're surely lacking
a better way to spend time
Bored Dopers amuse




**Is adding punctuation allowed?
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Old 02-27-2010, 01:30 PM
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Bored Dopers amuse
Themselves with attempts at wit.
Too lazy to wank.
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Old 02-27-2010, 02:04 PM
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Too lazy to wank?
I don't think I could ever
be described that way.
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Old 02-27-2010, 02:13 PM
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Be described. That way,
your inevitable death
will not wipe you out
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Old 02-27-2010, 02:28 PM
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Will not wipe? You! Out
Of my freshly-cleaned bathroom
Right now, filthy slob!

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Old 02-27-2010, 02:55 PM
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Right now, filthy slob!
she uttered, from her back, prone
in discount brothel
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Old 02-27-2010, 04:35 PM
Intergalactic Gladiator Intergalactic Gladiator is offline
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In discount brothel
They re-use all the condoms
Turn inside out, shake

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Old 02-27-2010, 04:41 PM
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Turn inside out, shake
all carcinogens, be gone
cure for lung cancer
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Old 02-27-2010, 06:51 PM
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cure for lung cancer
remains unknown, even though
I walked for the cure
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Old 02-27-2010, 07:22 PM
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I walked for the cure
only to need a salve for
butt sweat and blisters
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:24 PM
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butt sweat and blisters
are not recommended for
anyone's behind
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Old 02-27-2010, 08:32 PM
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Anyone's behind
May be kicked, or might be kissed
The whims of fortune
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