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Started by walkingcarcass Apr 18, 2006 at 4:23 PM 54 replies 3.6k views
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walkingcarcass
walkingcarcass
At my University (Edinburgh), this guy called Adam recently got too depressed for being stuck in the labs and started to send out Haiku to the newsgroup which only real saddacts like me read.
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Working in the labs: Individual Practical. I love Friday night.
Then this...
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public static void not returning anything emptiness inside
And as if that wasn't enough...
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if(motivation) {
    practical = goodGrade;
} else writeAHaiku();
Can you do better?
spraff.net: don't laugh, I'm still just starting...
superpig
superpig 
mov eax, foomul eax, eaxmov bar, eax
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse
Neex
Neex
I present a "fib" about childish pranks in the software labs in CS:

While1Fork, crashed.Walk away.He will never knowIt was me, logged in remotely.
MrEvil
MrEvil
[depressed]

Wait... I'm pretty sure that has far more syllables than it's meant to... Oh well, I fail
Mattman
Mattman
if (reading(haiku))
print seven syllable line
print one that is five
Mattman
Mattman
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Original post by MrEvil
[depressed]

Wait... I'm pretty sure that has far more syllables than it's meant to... Oh well, I fail

Ha ha ha ha ha
That was almost really cool
But it's not, you fail
RenderTarget
RenderTarget
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Original post by superpig
mov eax, foomul eax, eaxmov bar, eax


Superpig's haiku:
bar is foo squared in three ops.
Dying birds in spring.
[sub]My spoon is too big.[/sub]
Cold_Steel
Cold_Steel
You guys really suck.
I mean you really suck big.
Go to hell and die.

Hmm, I'm not very good at these[wink]

Also, is it me, or did the first one, second line have one too many syllables?
______"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" - J.J. Rousseau
jjd
jjd
The GameDev lounge in spring
Oh noes! I'm in love what to do?!
The cherry unplucked
Neex
Neex
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Original post by Cold_Steel
Also, is it me, or did the first one, second line have one too many syllables?

Yep, it does it you pronounce individual properly (Queen's English). Lots of people would probably pronounce it as in-div-i-jool however.
RenderTarget
RenderTarget
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Original post by jjd
The GameDev lounge in spring
Oh noes! I'm in love what to do?!
The cherry unplucked


Counting syllables:
Leaves caught in the gentle wind
Of a springtime typhoon.
[sub]My spoon is too big.[/sub]
RenderTarget
RenderTarget
Quote:
Original post by RenderTarget
Quote:
Original post by jjd
The GameDev lounge in spring
Oh noes! I'm in love what to do?!
The cherry unplucked


Counting syllables:
Leaves caught in the gentle wind
Of a springtime typhoon.


'Course, I'm one to talk. :P
[sub]My spoon is too big.[/sub]
flounder
flounder
at gamedev.net
my IQ is lowering
all these random posts
agogsoft
jfclavette
jfclavette
This thread is funny.
Please ignore the stupid trolls.
They make Jesus cry.
I teleported home one night; With Ron and Sid and Meg; Ron stole Meggie's heart away; And I got Sydney's leg. <> I'm blogging, emo style
Oberon_Command
Oberon_Command
I was really bored this one day in class, and I was obsessed with Haiku, so I wrote this 24-stanza Haiku love poem:


Dreams can be odd things
But they signify nothing
Except a fool's hope.

You swing your bright hair
Your dark and yet bright eyes wink
Amid the sad crowd.

Hear my voice stutter
See me shiver in delight
When your eyes meet mine.

I know I shouldn't
I am supposed to be strong
As I am the male.

Dammit you're the one
Who is supposed to quiver
When I come around.

And I know you do
I've seen you when I come by
You want me, don't you?

The Sun flares yellow
Lighting the cool and crisp air
Far above the clouds.

You stands before me
Your eyes radiate desire
Spring has come to us.

Golden light comes through
The dawn has finally come
Now we see the light.

We run through the field
Running past the creek, the lake
The grass beats our feet.

Stiff breeze bends the grass
The water laps at the shore
A storm is coming.

We run from the sky
We shelter in the forest
Under the tall trees.

The wind shrieks in rage
The trees writhe as if in pain
The rain pelts in ground.

Through the raging storm
Two voices raised in pleasure
Echo through the trees.

The lightning flashes
The eye of the storm has come
The climax is reached.

The water is still
No longer do the trees bend
Peace has touched the wood.

We rest in silence
Drinking in the warm stillness
Nature has given.

Your eyes glow softly
Even now, the desire shows
While the sunset glows.

The sun dips below
The horizon glows blood-red
Stars begin to sing.

Think on this, young one
Remember the dreams of old
They still carry truth.

Yup, I was really bored... I still have a bunch of Haikus that I wrote sitting in a text file somewhere.

Also see this thread for lots of Haikus.
destron
destron
i thnk this is my all-time favorite -- it was from Homestarrunner.com in one of the halloween toons:

A butt for a face.
Little brother: dork, dork, dork.
Stay out of my room.
You're looking at a wanna-be right now :P
kSquared
kSquared
ownage I dispense
with verbiage unbounded
i r t3h roxxor.
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Sneftel
Sneftel
Quote:
Original post by Oberon_Command
I was really bored this one day in class, and I was obsessed with Haiku, so I wrote this 24-stanza Haiku love poem:

There is something exquisitely tragic about someone actually trying to write serious, good haiku.
Oberon_Command
Oberon_Command
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Original post by Sneftel
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Original post by Oberon_Command
I was really bored this one day in class, and I was obsessed with Haiku, so I wrote this 24-stanza Haiku love poem:

There is something exquisitely tragic about someone actually trying to write serious, good haiku.


What's tragic about it? I do that kind of thing all the time...

On a somewhat related note, I sent that to a girl I'm kind of interested in and she was a lot friendlier after she got it. [grin] She now thinks I'm weird, and tells me so on a regular basis.

Granted, she's also a poet, but meh... This one (not Haikus) both she and the teacher were particularly fond of... everyone calls me lizard man now. [lol]

Oh, and before I forget (wrote this on the spot):

Many have remarked
"So serious, Haiku is"
Sounding like Yoda.
superpig
superpig
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Original post by RenderTarget
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Original post by superpig
mov eax, foomul eax, eaxmov bar, eax


Superpig's haiku:
bar is foo squared in three ops.
Dying birds in spring.


What they say is wrong:
Assembly is not all gone.
Some remember it.
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse

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