# 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:** 24
**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, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/461 "2003-12-06T02:44:33Z")
Oh, bad word. Very bad word! :smack: “Quaint” is all that should have been bolded. Carry on. :rolleyes: ---
**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 6, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/462 "2003-12-06T07:25:58Z")
No **cellular** phone. I can’t believe it, Luddite! How so very _quaint_. There’s a story behind this. Maybe I’ll start a pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/463 "2003-12-06T08:02:41Z")
I, too, am low-tech. I have no cellular phone. Somehow, I survive. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/464 "2003-12-06T08:02:44Z")
I, too, am low-tech. I have no cellular phone. Somehow, I **survive**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/465 "2003-12-06T11:46:20Z")
in **horrific** times a person has two choices to _survive_ or not ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/466 "2003-12-06T17:19:14Z")
My honor denied, _horrific_ consequences. Wear shame like a **mask**. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/467 "2003-12-06T20:24:18Z")
A _mask_ of pious **Righteousness** hides the evil Of a bigot’s mind. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/468 "2003-12-06T21:25:51Z")
so **many** people claim their high great _righteousness_ but they are liars ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/469 "2003-12-07T14:05:00Z")
So _many_ great threads Appear on this **message** board Only to die out. ---
**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 7, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/470 "2003-12-07T15:26:36Z")
_Message_ boards reflect The **diversity** of the World wired to the Net. Hmmmmmmm… is “wired” one syllable or two? Or lurking in some limbo between? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/471 "2003-12-07T18:18:33Z")
_Diversity_, the Greatest **achievement** we have, Enriching our lives. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/472 "2003-12-07T18:24:46Z")
we all have our **goal** s we all have our _achievement_s what can’t we achieve? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/473 "2003-12-07T18:28:53Z")
“First down, _goal_ to go” Says the football announcer As the **crowd** erupts ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/474 "2003-12-07T18:34:13Z")
dont follow the _crowd_ unless you were going that way **before** the crowd ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/475 "2003-12-09T06:45:09Z")
Endless **parodies** Of “The Night _Before_ Christmas” Come up in [this search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%2B+%22Night+Before+Christmas%22+%2B+%22parodies%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=site%3Dsearch) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/476 "2003-12-09T07:08:41Z")
These crap term papers. _Parodies_ of worthwhile work. I **slave** through the night. ---
**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 9, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/477 "2003-12-09T13:53:26Z")
A _slave_ to habits, Good or bad, needs to break free Get out of the **rut**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/478 "2003-12-09T16:15:47Z")
i’m stuck in a _rut_ but i can see the way out forward to **future** ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/479 "2003-12-09T20:31:42Z")
The _future_ **foibles** we have purchased by living, only ours to own. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/480 "2003-12-09T20:54:07Z")
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