# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/381 "2003-11-27T02:00:28Z")
_dentist’s_ office fun remove large **sectors** of teeth please take my money ---
**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 27, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/382 "2003-11-27T02:41:41Z")
All _sectors_ rejoice! A linking **rhymer** returns! I missed you, RH!!! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/383 "2003-11-27T04:23:53Z")
_rhymer_ rotorhead recklessly relocated. **rapturous** return. ---
**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 27, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/384 "2003-11-27T04:39:05Z")
Rhyming? _Rapturous_? **Alliteration**. That’s all. So it seemed to me. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/385 "2003-11-27T04:55:30Z")
_Alliteration_, that is the logical **key** … if you have logic. ---
**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 27, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/386 "2003-11-27T21:54:02Z")
If the _key_ of E Is the people’s key, **what** is The bourgeoise’s key? An obscure song reference, if you’re wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/387 "2003-11-28T02:39:43Z")
_What_ is on **second**. Who is the first baseman’s name. .[Bud and Lou’s routine.](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/388 "2003-11-28T07:06:53Z")
_Second_ to none is my sexy SO I love. That **man** is all mine! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/389 "2003-11-28T19:05:07Z")
_Man_ is the measure So said the philosopher Why not a **Baboon** ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/390 "2003-11-28T19:17:14Z")
“_baboon_ is better.” “ **Hobbes** and Mill were no mere men,” said Plato the ape. ---
**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 28, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/391 "2003-11-28T19:25:21Z")
Calvin, tiger _Hobbes_. I miss them miserably. **Nothing** worth reading. ---
**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 28, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/392 "2003-11-28T20:02:43Z")
“Money for _nothing_ And your chicks for free.” **Dire** Straits Made money on that. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/393 "2003-11-28T21:11:26Z")
who can we turn to when the straights become _dire_? Wheres your **messiah**? (Credits on the last line to Yoko Kanno and the Seatblets - _Blue BeBop_) ---
**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 28, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/394 "2003-11-28T21:42:16Z")
My _Messiah_ split. Don’t know rightly where she went. I hope she **comes** back. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/395 "2003-11-29T06:03:24Z")
**Christmas** _comes_ next month, Yet Yuletide seems to arrive Earlier each year. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/396 "2003-11-29T06:35:27Z")
Spirit of _Christmas_, Money is the **offering** but where is the light? ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/397 "2003-11-29T07:11:42Z")
_offering_ to me repose of glorious kind my bed **whispers** “come.” ---
**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 29, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/398 "2003-11-29T07:16:45Z")
Soft _whispers_ barely breathed. Music in another room, **pounding** bass line. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/399 "2003-11-29T11:08:54Z")
Wind and sea _pounding_ Against the **cliffs** of dover How long can they last? ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/400 "2003-11-29T20:30:45Z")
Standing on _cliffs_ edge the **dreadful** imaginings would wind sweep me off [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=21)