# 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:** 23
**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 4, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/441 "2003-12-04T03:06:53Z")
_Glittering_ eyes in A darkened room; what **lurks** there In darker darkness? ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/442 "2003-12-04T04:13:37Z")
Pain, now pleasure _lurks_ below the fragile teeming. **Breathe** in heady scent. ---
**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 4, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/443 "2003-12-04T15:19:56Z")
Who can _breathe_ fresh air when other exhalations make the **atmosphere**? ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/444 "2003-12-04T19:45:04Z")
Patient _atmosphere_, calmed by our **need** to relax. Smell your daily rose. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/445 "2003-12-04T19:53:02Z")
what are our true _need_s? sustenance? **friendship**? or love? love does not feed us ---
**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 4, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/446 "2003-12-04T19:55:03Z")
“The **wish** is father To the deed.” Is desire the Mother to the _need_? ---
**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 4, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/447 "2003-12-04T20:10:46Z")
The _wish_ for _friendship_ the most **selfish** instinct known “I deserve your love.” ---
**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 5, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/448 "2003-12-05T02:46:38Z")
Took a bus to work. Driver wouldn’t make me **change**. Man, that’s so _selfish_. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/449 "2003-12-05T02:59:09Z")
To make exact _change_ For a dollar bill, you could Give someone ten **dimes**. ---
**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 5, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/450 "2003-12-05T04:26:19Z")
_Dimes_ are very thin. Nickels are wider, **fatter** But are worth less. Why? ---
**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 5, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/451 "2003-12-05T19:42:24Z")
What we get from life can be summed up in two words: **older** and _fatter_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/452 "2003-12-05T20:41:33Z")
An _older_ woman Can fulfill younger men’s **dreams** And be pleased as well ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/453 "2003-12-05T22:04:23Z")
from my _dreams_ it came now it is a part of me its **symbiosis** ---
**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 5, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/454 "2003-12-05T22:20:46Z")
BigDaiv and this thread have a strange _symbiosis_. This thread, a **lifeform**? ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/455 "2003-12-05T22:27:09Z")
a _lifeform_? this thread? no just **electrons** and light but then who can tell? ---
**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 5, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/456 "2003-12-05T22:42:36Z")
All thoughts and senses are crapulent _electrons_ in Brownian **dance** ---
**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 5, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/457 "2003-12-05T22:45:14Z")
[aside] Is crapulent cromulent? [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/458 "2003-12-05T22:48:47Z")
one night we did _dance_ to the tune of the **moonlight** and the song of stars ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/459 "2003-12-05T23:39:32Z")
“_Moonlight_ in **Vermont** ” Playing on the stereo – Memory of 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:** [December 6, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/460 "2003-12-06T02:33:57Z")
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