# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/341 "2003-11-19T21:24:10Z")
trapped in a _prison_ blinded from the _horizon_ when will **freedom** come? ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/342 "2003-11-19T21:27:18Z")
_freedom_ from _disgrace_ will it **ever** come to him? he, the king of pop ---
**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 19, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/343 "2003-11-19T21:33:23Z")
Who the hell knows that? Oops, better watch my **language**. … Like I _ever_ did! ---
**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 19, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/344 "2003-11-19T21:37:31Z")
_Language_ raises us Above the beasts. **Behavior** Can drop us lower. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/345 "2003-11-19T21:45:47Z")
human _behavoir_ ranges from **stupidly** posh to downright beastlike ---
**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 20, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/346 "2003-11-20T02:22:16Z")
_Stupidly_, I post. I should be doing **almost** Anything else (sigh). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/347 "2003-11-20T04:13:47Z")
They _almost_ broke up, But the **soulmates** remembered The words to [their song](http://users.cis.net/sammy/forever.htm) ---
**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 20, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/348 "2003-11-20T13:24:53Z")
_Soulmates_ find their joy In the soul that meshes so **Perfectly** with theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/349 "2003-11-20T20:19:09Z")
_perfectly_ forméd beutifully prortioned but still a **monster** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/350 "2003-11-20T23:16:51Z")
What is the movie Playing at Bedrock’s **drive-in**? It’s called The _Monster_. ---
**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 20, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/351 "2003-11-20T23:19:22Z")
_Monster_ truck rally! **Bigfoot** crushes old sedans. Roar, screech; mullets cheer. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/352 "2003-11-21T10:48:58Z")
when _BigFoot drove in_ he had a fairly big car it had big **pedals** ---
**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 21, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/353 "2003-11-21T16:54:48Z")
_Pedal’s_ to metal; Souped-up hotrod screeches down The two-lane **blacktop**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/354 "2003-11-21T17:27:06Z")
the red hot _blacktop_ attracts many **kangaroos** who’s for roadkill pie? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/355 "2003-11-21T20:24:29Z")
[Dana Eikenberg’s](http://umkckangaroos.ocsn.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/eikenberg_dana00.html) UMKC Kangaroos Play Kansas tonight ---
**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 22, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/356 "2003-11-22T03:09:25Z")
Hmmmmmmm… no linking word bolded… guess I’ll just have to pick one at random… _Kansas_ is a state In the continent’s middle **Coastal** folks don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/357 "2003-11-22T11:10:58Z")
_coastal_ to coastal the american **postal** service do their job ---
**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 23, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/358 "2003-11-23T03:11:38Z")
Please don’t go _postal_ When I tell you that there’s no **Coffee** for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/359 "2003-11-23T04:29:42Z")
Office _coffee_ break Respite during the workday Mindless **chatter** time ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/360 "2003-11-23T06:11:55Z")
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