# 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:** 21
**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 29, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/401 "2003-11-29T20:42:40Z")
A _dreadful_ prospect: Endless tables of **banquets** My appetite’s gone. ---
**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, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/402 "2003-11-29T20:56:06Z")
_banquet_ was stolen our pick-a-nick **basket** gone YOGI give it BACK ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/403 "2003-11-30T12:41:21Z")
Hey, Boo Boo, look here! BigDaiv’s pick-a-nick _basket_ Ladies underwear! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/404 "2003-11-30T12:43:36Z")
Oops! That’s my Boo-boo Should have added a new word **Underwear** will do ---
**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 30, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/405 "2003-11-30T14:12:10Z")
I got for Christmas _Underwear_ again! Not even Sexy; just **flannel** , ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/406 "2003-11-30T16:10:23Z")
_Flannel_ of my loins, so soft, so **comfortable**. No sexy, no more… ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/407 "2003-11-30T16:32:32Z")
Today I was shot Crushed, eaten, **buried** alive What a _dreadful_ day… ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/408 "2003-11-30T16:34:00Z")
Woops, ain’t quite got the hang of this have I? Today I was shot Crushed, eaten, **buried** alive What a _dreadful_ day… ---
**Author:** ![RCracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RCracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RCracer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/409 "2003-11-30T16:35:26Z")
Again, woops, wrong linking word…I give up with this haiku game. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/410 "2003-11-30T18:07:19Z")
Awwww… it’s ok! Try, try again, right? But Yoda says, “Do or do not, there is no try.” (basically, and SORRY if I got Yoda’s quote wrong. Im a LOTR fan not a Star Wars junkie so don’t kill me). ---
**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 30, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/411 "2003-11-30T19:05:53Z")
We won’t kill you here, **SanguineSpider** – there are better places for _that_. _Buried_ in pillows, So _comfortable_; **snoozing** By the warm hearthside. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/412 "2003-11-30T22:19:42Z")
one day a’_snoozing_ was i upon the **paving** too long got sunburnt ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/413 "2003-11-30T22:51:32Z")
_Paving_ stones, cobbled, the walk was long and tiring. I did make it **home**. ---
**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 30, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/414 "2003-11-30T23:47:02Z")
_Home_ for holidays: Do we really **want** to go There? Sometimes not so. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/415 "2003-12-01T04:28:21Z")
I want _love_, need it. With a soft touch, heavy gaze his lips took so **much**. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/416 "2003-12-01T04:29:43Z")
BLARGH!!! I italicized the wrong word… so sue me! You know what I meant… _want_. NEXT!! ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/417 "2003-12-01T04:44:14Z")
so _much_ confusion spider spins **abnormal** web which word do I choose. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/418 "2003-12-01T05:29:52Z")
“Bob, meet my friend, the _abnormal_ **psychologist**.” “Aren’t they all?”, I asked. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/419 "2003-12-01T05:38:52Z")
A _psychologist_ Walks into a bar and says: (Ummmm… what’s the **punchline**?) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/420 "2003-12-01T07:19:52Z")
wow…you spend a day away and look at what happens. The _punchline_ is not: I thought you meant the **frontal** lobe, old chum. Scotch, please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=22)