# Everyday gripes in haiku **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823 "2003-03-03T20:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/21 "2003-03-04T17:09:01Z")
Phone rings in morning : “Homeowner with septic tank?” No I am not. Click. ---
**Author:** ![nogginhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@nogginhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogginhead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/22 "2003-03-04T17:41:47Z")
People vote with feet George Bush ‘wins’ the election Iraq is toasted ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/23 "2003-03-04T17:59:19Z")
Lunchtime can be saved Mardi Gras food is downstairs Jumbalaya, yum! ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/24 "2003-03-04T18:05:29Z")
Damn this common cold Winter makes my nose run free Coughing to and fro ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/25 "2003-03-04T18:40:27Z")
Travel Manager That is my title for this company. Yeah, right. I rewrite travel policy; to help save cash. And no one listens. So now we spend more on airfare, hotels and cars. They should have listened. Maybe I should just specialize in vacations! Nah. Better off here. Soon they will see the ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/26 "2003-03-04T18:41:43Z")
Travel Manager That is my title for this company. Yeah, right. I rewrite travel policy; to help save cash. And no one listens. So now we spend more on airfare, hotels and cars. They should have listened. Maybe I should just specialize in vacations! Nah. Better off here. Soon they will see the error in their ways, and come pleading for my help. ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/27 "2003-03-04T18:43:28Z")
Boredom all day long Phone rings, fax beeps, other line Quickly, I am swamped ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/28 "2003-03-04T18:51:34Z")
Where’s my god-damned coat? I know I left it right here. Now I’m late for work. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/29 "2003-03-04T19:17:10Z")
Thread title fixed now. My first poem now makes no sense. Moderators suck.\* 😛 - - [sub]not really, but it fit nicely 🙂 [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/30 "2003-03-04T19:17:11Z")
Thread title fixed now. My first poem now makes no sense. Moderators suck.\* 😛 - - [sub]not really, but it fit nicely 🙂 [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/31 "2003-03-04T19:18:23Z")
I double posted. Double click THIS Microsoft! Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Copper\_moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Copper\_moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_moon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/32 "2003-03-04T19:53:22Z")
Incessantly rant, “You will never measure up.” Bite my butt Mother-in-law Precious little babe Giving joy with toothless grins Until the stink comes Haiku! is so cool; But, I am. never quite sure, How to punctuate!? Could this all day do Laundry is screaming for me Alas I must go ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/33 "2003-03-04T20:02:25Z")
Still early morning; Only been at work an hour. Not quite awake yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/34 "2003-03-04T20:04:53Z")
Masturbatory needs. Oops, coworker entered restroom. Zip up now. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/35 "2003-03-04T20:10:37Z")
TMI alert! I did not need to know that. I feel oogy now. ---
**Author:** ![TeleTronOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@TeleTronOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeleTronOne)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/36 "2003-03-04T20:28:08Z")
I am not awake My job can do that to me Still need more coffee Uni-theme haikus Do they indicate problems? Probably. Coffee? ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/37 "2003-03-04T20:32:58Z")
Single espresso, Double mocha to go please- Or drip would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/38 "2003-03-04T21:04:09Z")
“I want use e-mail” says he. So I sign him up. “What means it, password?” ---
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/39 "2003-03-04T22:01:59Z")
message light is lit, to-do list growing longer, let’s check out Straight Dope. grunting in the stall, still cannot un-ass this turd, Plunk! Ah, there it goes! Dopers find post gross, Pit me and flame me but good, “Lurker!” They all cry. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823/40 "2003-03-05T00:06:32Z")
Checking my e-mail, I find the hamsters have died. So I can’t reply. Dead Honda Civic. It dates from 1990. But it’s all I have. Dull meeting today. Co-worker drones on and on. I am nearly asleep. It’s 7pm. There’s still lots of work to do. I’ll never get home. Well, with that in mind, I should stop writing haiku And do useful things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyday-gripes-in-haiku/158823.md?page=3)