# A celebration of the Straight Dope Message Board and my 1000th post (in Haiku form) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394 "2012-09-11T13:44:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/1 "2012-09-11T13:44:50Z")
Oh SDMB Fighting ignorance where e’r It may rear it’s head Oh SDMB New topics always arise Keeping me from bed Oh SDMB Teaching me how to fight the Ignorance of fools Oh SDMB You welcome all ideas Just follow the rules Oh SDMB Where liars and fools are shamed Yet come back for more Oh SDMB Why must I keep returning To threads about race Oh SDMB Whenever someone is wrong Must I point it out? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/2 "2012-09-11T17:00:10Z")
Congratulations, One thousand posts is a lot. Ignorance sleeps not. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/3 "2012-09-11T22:35:28Z")
Thank you, **swampspruce** , for being the only one (so far) to attend my party. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/4 "2012-09-11T22:38:23Z")
Eh, one thousand posts… I’m well over ten-thousand Where’s my post-count thread? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/5 "2012-09-11T22:40:26Z")
Look at your stats, dude 1.31 posts per day? Need to step up game! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/6 "2012-09-11T22:40:37Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Eh, one thousand posts… > I’m well over ten-thousand > Where’s my post-count thread? > > 😉 I can’t toot your horn That is something every man must do himself ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/7 "2012-09-11T22:43:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Look at your stats, dude > 1.31 posts per day? > Need to step up game! > > 😛 Everyone must have A great goal to work towards Maybe 1.4 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/8 "2012-09-11T22:53:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I can’t toot your horn > That is something every > man must do himself Throw my own party? Takes a lot of ego, but I guess you know that… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/9 "2012-09-11T22:58:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Throw my own party? > Takes a lot of ego, but > I guess you know that… > > 😉 Well I was waiting For someone else to notice But nobody did ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/10 "2012-09-12T01:12:28Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Thank you, **swampspruce** , for being the only one (so far) to attend my party. 🙂 It’s against the rules to throw a post-count party I’ll allow haiku ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/11 "2012-09-12T02:18:53Z")
Post-count parties out? Okay, then, now let’s have a post-post-count party ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/12 "2012-09-12T12:10:56Z")
No post-count parties? Check that. This is no party. It’s just a few friends. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/13 "2012-09-12T16:57:46Z")
How about some free verse? Well, this isn’t exactly free. I paid about $7.49 for it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/14 "2012-09-12T20:53:55Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Thank you, **swampspruce** , for being the only one (so far) to attend my party. 🙂 My Pleasure. Although, I see some more have arrived. Yay! Super Soiree! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/15 "2012-09-15T03:10:41Z")
Just trying Haiku of another sort Likely bad ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/16 "2012-09-15T03:27:44Z")
Messed up the second line: should be different haiku ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/17 "2012-09-15T05:14:36Z")
Friday night Poetry I must write By the firelight Okay, not quite. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-celebration-of-the-straight-dope-message-board-and-my-1000th-post-in-haiku-form/634394/18 "2012-09-17T23:27:21Z")
I was trying to do a proper haiku with morae, instead of syllables, as it’s actually done in Japanese. It’s rather limiting in English. I went by the assumption that all unaccented syllables contain one mora, while accented ones contain two.