# The Happy Haiku Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547 "2003-10-25T20:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/261 "2003-11-13T06:45:45Z")
OOPS…I even Previewed it. Grr. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/262 "2003-11-13T14:32:09Z")
Don’t worry about it, no one will notice it unless you say something. Oh. Well, too late now … 😛 “Will Bennifer _wed_?” Pop-celebrity culture is our **destiny**. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/263 "2003-11-13T14:39:41Z")
_Wed_ you not in haste Or you shall repent it at **Leisure** , bitterly. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/264 "2003-11-13T15:44:31Z")
I love my _leisure_. I **wander** wherever wished and see what I see. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/265 "2003-11-13T16:06:22Z")
To _wander_ perhaps To visit **count** less cities A nomadic life. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/266 "2003-11-13T16:09:11Z")
OK, so I only posted the above so I could post this one. Scooby Dooby Doo, We’ve got some **things** to do now, If we can _count_ on you. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/267 "2003-11-13T17:25:37Z")
what is a human person? _thing_? or **animal**? or something deeper? ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/268 "2003-11-13T18:12:25Z")
_Animals_ hate me They bite me, hit me, strike me And **shit** on me…uuh… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/269 "2003-11-13T19:36:29Z")
The roiling _shit_storm Brewed far on the horizon The Peace Corps **fired** him. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/270 "2003-11-13T20:35:39Z")
BOOM! gun was _fired_ SPLAT **body** fell to the floor CLANK the cell door shut ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/271 "2003-11-14T07:52:02Z")
Madonna acted in a movie with that guy. **Began** with “_Body_.” ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/272 "2003-11-14T16:44:48Z")
When the Earth _began_ There were three main types of life: Plants, **mammals** , and me. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/273 "2003-11-14T20:49:44Z")
reptiles, _mammals_ birds, fish, plants, amphibians all these things **alive** ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/274 "2003-11-14T21:32:51Z")
I’m so **excited** And I really can’t hide it I feel so _ALIVE!_😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/275 "2003-11-15T04:19:11Z")
Fans were _excited_ As the point guard **launched** the shot Just before the horn. ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/276 "2003-11-15T15:55:58Z")
The shuttle was _launched_ Went of into outer space To see **Mercury** ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/277 "2003-11-15T16:48:00Z")
_Mercury_shining, quicksilver dancing liquid. **Poisonous** to touch. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/278 "2003-11-15T17:19:24Z")
_poisonous_ people like **horrific** pathogens are hard to avoid ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/279 "2003-11-15T17:32:57Z")
_horrific_ chicken Bell **peppers** bagel cream cheese Why is a duck, what? ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/280 "2003-11-15T17:40:58Z")
all i said was “hi” all i asked was “how are you?” she **used** _pepper s_pray [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=15)