# The Happy Haiku Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547>\
**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:** 15

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**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, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/281 "2003-11-15T18:21:28Z")

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My dad buys _used_ cars  
But sadly with all of them,  
Their **engines** blow up

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**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/282 "2003-11-15T18:25:44Z")

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exploding _engines_  
well sounds like quite a good time  
but maybe **danger**

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**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/283 "2003-11-15T18:28:38Z")

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_Danger_ do you think?  
How did you figure that out?  
You brainless monkey…:rolleyes:

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**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/284 "2003-11-15T18:30:28Z")

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Woops, “brainless” is the new word.

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**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, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/285 "2003-11-15T18:34:02Z")

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i may be _brainless_  
but at least i **remember**  
to embolden stuff

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**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/286 "2003-11-15T18:35:19Z")

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i just cant italicise

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**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, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/287 "2003-11-15T18:52:38Z")

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Yeah but **unlike** you  
I easily _remember_  
How to use my brain

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**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/288 "2003-11-15T18:58:07Z")

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**RCracer** can we not use this as a way to settle our differences

_unlike_ and alike  
singular and **conformist**  
none exist alone

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**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/289 "2003-11-15T19:42:13Z")

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Lonely _conformist_  
**Couple** walking arm and arm  
Cold, wet, dreary day

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**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/290 "2003-11-15T21:44:29Z")

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What a great _couple_  
A man and a **woman** make  
Right in every way

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**Author:** ![mambozzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@mambozzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambozzy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/291 "2003-11-15T22:06:57Z")

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But don’t you see that  
is the man and _woman_’s taste?  
There’s no **right** and wrong.

You suggest that just  
Heterosexual **love**  
is _right_. How narrow.

A taste means nothing  
concerning **morality**.  
_Love_ thy neighbor, man!

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**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/292 "2003-11-15T22:27:12Z")

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why no one respects  
**personal** _morality_  
is beyond my mind

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**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/293 "2003-11-15T22:41:42Z")

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_person_ality  
Ranges from one to the **next**  
It’s never the same

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**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/294 "2003-11-15T22:45:50Z")

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there once was a thread  
called “predict the _next_ poster”  
wish it was not **gone**

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/295 "2003-11-16T02:52:34Z")

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Though it may be _gone_,  
It might be linked in future  
If not deleted

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/296 "2003-11-16T02:53:44Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sternvogel \*  
> \*\*Though it may be _gone_,  
> It might be linked in future  
> If not **deleted** \*\*

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/297 "2003-11-16T02:54:51Z")

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Whoops, only **deleted** should have been bolded.

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**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 16, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/298 "2003-11-16T03:01:59Z")

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The mods _deleted_  
a few **frivolous** threads.  
Oh well, nichevo.

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**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/299 "2003-11-16T10:48:29Z")

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_frivolous_ **humans**  
flit from one thing to others  
short attention span

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**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/300 "2003-11-16T10:50:49Z")

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_Humans_ are tiny  
compared to the power that  
is God **Almighty**.

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