# 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:** 5
**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:** [October 31, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/81 "2003-10-31T20:46:27Z")
The _perfect_ person Would drive a normal person Utterly **bonkers**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/82 "2003-10-31T21:15:49Z")
**world war** is bonkers yet humans never can learn when comes the next one ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/83 "2003-10-31T21:17:01Z")
soz missed the italicising ---
**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:** [October 31, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/84 "2003-10-31T22:44:16Z")
_World War_ I and II Defined the nineteen hundreds. What **horrors** face us? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/85 "2003-11-01T03:47:54Z")
May all your _horrors_ Come from books, plays, and **movies** – None from daily life ---
**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 1, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/86 "2003-11-01T04:25:51Z")
_Movies_ titillate **Violence** , lust pantomimed. No consequences. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/87 "2003-11-01T05:27:33Z")
No _violence_ here All have come to know my peace I’ve **forced** it on them ---
**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 1, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/88 "2003-11-01T05:34:52Z")
A _forced_ conversion Rings hollow. Salvation is Not to be **press-ganged**. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/89 "2003-11-01T06:07:14Z")
Why, _Press-ganged_ or not You all fall under my blows. **Resistance** has failed ---
**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 1, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/90 "2003-11-01T13:23:36Z")
A **hoary** cliche: “_Resistance_ is futile!” Still Good for a guffaw. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/91 "2003-11-01T15:57:46Z")
ancient and _hoary_ like ruins of old cities **forever** still, dead ---
**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 1, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/92 "2003-11-01T19:21:35Z")
_Forever_ is now. Forever is the far past. The **future** too. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/93 "2003-11-01T19:34:33Z")
look to the _future_ for the past is dead and gone always look **forward** ---
**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 1, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/94 "2003-11-01T21:04:05Z")
_Forward_ and **reverse** , Park, idle, neutral – the gears Of a mobile life. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/95 "2003-11-01T22:26:19Z")
if you _reverse_ time and meet yourself in the past will you **survive** it? ---
**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 2, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/96 "2003-11-02T00:45:23Z")
We _survive_ despite **Heartbreak** , reversals of luck And damn fool goof-ups. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/97 "2003-11-02T17:49:49Z")
my heart is **shattered** who takes sick pleasure in this? this evil _heartbreak_ ---
**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 2, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/98 "2003-11-02T18:48:58Z")
The **mirror** _shattered_. Glass shards flying everywhere. That’s one ugly guy! ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/99 "2003-11-02T18:55:39Z")
the **wicked** witch said ‘_mirror mirror_ on the wall’ the answer was bad ---
**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 2, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/100 "2003-11-02T19:17:18Z")
A _wicked_ woman Brings **grief** to those who trust her. A wicked man does too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547.md?page=6)