# 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:** 22
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/421 "2003-12-01T20:26:59Z")
I’ve got **candidates** For _frontal_ lobotomies. I bet so do you. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/422 "2003-12-01T20:54:38Z")
all the lies spewed by **political** _candidates_ why bother voting? ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/423 "2003-12-02T06:08:38Z")
_Political_ lies, cycle hate, deliver rage! **Mankind** is unkind… ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/424 "2003-12-02T21:55:49Z")
_mankind_ is petty destructive, hateful daemons **fallen** is our nature ---
**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:** [December 2, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/425 "2003-12-02T22:41:43Z")
Oh for the _fallen_ an everlasting **debt** which cannot be repaid. ---
**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 3, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/426 "2003-12-03T02:09:56Z")
I am in the _debt_ Of all who’ve helped me through **Meandering** life. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/427 "2003-12-03T05:15:30Z")
Soul _meandering_, I walk in solitude now. Dark is my **shadow**. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/428 "2003-12-03T07:07:52Z")
A _shadow_ person, UFOs, **conspiracies** – Art Bell’s late-night show ---
**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 3, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/429 "2003-12-03T13:46:12Z")
_Conspiracies_ **haunt** The mind that sees too many Links that are not there. ---
**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 3, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/430 "2003-12-03T16:07:44Z")
An old _haunt_ I had was smoke-filled, dark, and lonely. No one **visited**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/431 "2003-12-03T17:50:08Z")
_visited_ were we yesternight by the **demons** and they came to ME ---
**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/432 "2003-12-03T18:28:27Z")
_demons_ dwell in us our souls their smoking **chambers** cloven slippered feet ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/433 "2003-12-03T18:43:28Z")
enter enter come now **welcome** to my _chambers_ never will you leave Welcome **Ex Machina** ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/434 "2003-12-03T20:52:31Z")
the old, green one lied. _welcome_ to the dark side, son. but quit the **incest**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/435 "2003-12-03T21:03:35Z")
the social taboos: _incest_ **canibalism** oh so many sins none of which i have or intend to commit… ---
**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:** [December 3, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/436 "2003-12-03T21:29:11Z")
Aw c’mon BigDaiv, isn’t _cannibalism_ your **favorite** “ism”? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/437 "2003-12-03T21:32:05Z")
Now wait that doesn’t quite work. Is “ism” one or two syllables? ---
**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 3, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/438 "2003-12-03T21:35:33Z")
My _favorite_ game On the Straight Dope Message Board? Don’t ask me to **choose**! ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/439 "2003-12-03T21:47:49Z")
to _choose_ and have choice human rights for all to have? **society** ’s choice? ---
**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 4, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/440 "2003-12-04T00:28:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \* > \*\*Now wait that doesn’t quite work. Is “ism” one or two syllables? \*\* I say it’s two. But I’m inclined to let it slide. **Glittering** chip stack. Bells, lights. Those dice are loaded. High _society_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=23)