# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/161 "2003-11-07T21:36:01Z")
SixSWordS missed two posts Many \* words\* went passed unread pay more \*\* attention\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/162 "2003-11-07T21:40:37Z")
pay _attention_ or get **detention** are the words they used to tell 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 7, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/163 "2003-11-07T21:41:51Z")
The _unshaven_ bum Didn’t pay _attention_ to **Sartorial** grace. ---
**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 7, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/164 "2003-11-07T21:43:55Z")
I’m in _detention_! Didn’t preview my reply **Oops**! once again. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/165 "2003-11-07T21:47:51Z")
_Sartorial_. _Oops!_ Perhaps I should look up the damn **definition**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/166 "2003-11-07T21:48:35Z")
now _oops_ is a word often **exclaimed** as a curse heard a lot at school ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/167 "2003-11-07T21:53:10Z")
Ha Ha! He _exclaimed_! A simulpost snuck in here. I beat you to it! The last bold word is still **definition**. ---
**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 7, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/168 "2003-11-07T22:02:21Z")
My _definition_ Of a really good time is Far from the **mainstream**. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/169 "2003-11-07T22:13:44Z")
screw the dumb _mainstream_ BREAK FREE from **society** it will hold you back ---
**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:** [November 7, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/170 "2003-11-07T22:19:48Z")
_Society_ **Balls** Are a must for a young deb. Especially mine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/171 "2003-11-07T23:27:16Z")
Furry, unshaven Found near a young man’s fancy (Oh, I can’t do it!) Swat! green tennis _balls_ Heads turn to left and to right All in **unison** ---
**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 8, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/172 "2003-11-08T03:42:39Z")
All of my eight cats **Seasonally** prompted to Shed in _unison_. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/173 "2003-11-08T04:26:50Z")
_Seasonally_ cold I **wrap** up in warm blankets I dig this weather. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/174 "2003-11-08T18:15:49Z")
we all walk around \*wrap\*\*ped up in out own small **worlds** when will we wake up? ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/175 "2003-11-08T18:17:03Z")
ARGH preview is my friend preview is my friend coffee is as well coffee is as well ---
**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 8, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/176 "2003-11-08T18:56:07Z")
“When _Worlds_ Collide”: Another pseudoscience Piece of **codswallop**. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/177 "2003-11-08T19:05:12Z")
_Codswallop_ abounds! Comical absurdity, this board has it **all**! ---
**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 8, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/178 "2003-11-08T19:53:49Z")
Is that _all_ there is? Ye gods and little fishes! Isn’t it **enough**? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/179 "2003-11-08T19:58:16Z")
Lordy, I’ve been licked! A shite state of **affairs** , yes. _enough_ Trainspotting. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-happy-haiku-game/209547/180 "2003-11-08T23:18:41Z")
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