Post by: Jitter on June 17, 2021, 04:47:46 PM
Suggested by cookie chef
Let your words flow free
Spoiler: What’s this? • show
Post by: wavewright62 on June 17, 2021, 05:20:51 PM
Readers of a certain age
know what happened next.
Truly what we wish -
may all the Hotakainens
gain their sweet closure.
Post by: Jitter on June 17, 2021, 05:30:33 PM
Rid of monsters free of pain
Lie still in my arms
Post by: Kitty on June 17, 2021, 05:52:01 PM
As roses bloom on your chest
Rain will hide the tears
Post by: Opaque on June 17, 2021, 06:56:42 PM
Following from the last words
See a new moment
Post by: catbirds on June 17, 2021, 11:59:38 PM
Drifting in benighted skies
Around you, clouds clear
Post by: muidole on June 18, 2021, 01:36:10 AM
As petrichor fills the air
Deep breaths in and out
Post by: thegreyarea on June 18, 2021, 05:19:07 AM
Ready to cross the river
Overcome your fear
Post by: Yastreb on June 18, 2021, 05:28:04 AM
Better than crossing bridges
Trolls lurk underneath!
Post by: Jitter on June 18, 2021, 06:17:22 AM
Your footsteps carry me on
The tranquil dream sea
Post by: Opaque on June 18, 2021, 09:49:25 AM
Where a shadow looms above
These waves on the blue
Post by: Alkia on June 18, 2021, 05:56:36 PM
rising up above them all
Luonto, stand tall
Post by: muidole on June 18, 2021, 06:04:55 PM
Protection against the sea
Seems to work for now
Post by: JoB on June 19, 2021, 03:23:25 AM
to take one line and twist it
y'all having fun?
Post by: Jitter on June 19, 2021, 07:09:22 AM
crafting haikus with my friends?
I know I sure am
Post by: Opaque on June 19, 2021, 09:42:46 AM
When words become roused to life
Clinging to your soul
Post by: Jitter on June 19, 2021, 01:33:37 PM
feelings warm like rays of sun
could this thing be love
Edited to remove a typo
Post by: Opaque on June 19, 2021, 02:11:54 PM
Standing poised in the shallows
The wind calls us home
Post by: muidole on June 19, 2021, 03:15:40 PM
Follow the sounds of the past
Finding peace at last
Post by: catbirds on June 19, 2021, 03:49:54 PM
With time-travelling techniques
Piece of cake, you said
Post by: JoB on June 20, 2021, 02:29:13 AM
How could I have known, you say
Hotakainens flock
Post by: thegreyarea on June 20, 2021, 03:02:44 AM
One is missing, gone from the cold
Two are expected
Post by: wavewright62 on June 20, 2021, 03:20:12 AM
but as the rites progress, they
reveal multitudes
Post by: muidole on June 20, 2021, 03:29:22 AM
Will those souls be saved at last?
So much paperwork...
Post by: Opaque on June 20, 2021, 09:31:34 AM
Much too busy to stray far
It keeps heaping up
Post by: Alkia on June 20, 2021, 05:05:32 PM
all those crazed red Kade eyes
Three mages and pup
Post by: Opaque on June 21, 2021, 09:48:17 AM
One mage with a bird of prey
One mage by a lynx
Post by: Jitter on June 21, 2021, 10:22:10 AM
The solitary prowler
Suddenly, with friends
Post by: muidole on June 21, 2021, 03:03:20 PM
A horse, bull, and a poodle
Just to list a few
Post by: wavewright62 on June 21, 2021, 04:45:11 PM
All forest birds trill as they
converge and attack
Converge and attack
turn all those eyes into birds
to travel Bird's Path
(sorry, I couldn't resist editing to answer myself)
Post by: Opaque on June 21, 2021, 05:09:47 PM
Where calming sleep calls to you
Finally at peace
Post by: thorny on June 21, 2021, 05:20:08 PM
Kade, aren't you tired too? Go,
Rest in your death now.
Post by: muidole on June 21, 2021, 07:26:52 PM
After ninety painful years
Eternal slumber
Post by: midwestmutt on June 22, 2021, 11:54:55 AM
In a frozen Finnish Lake
Endless Long Night Moon
Post by: Alkia on June 22, 2021, 07:17:32 PM
Purple stars shine far away
The other side: hope?
Post by: Yastreb on June 22, 2021, 09:50:56 PM
Endless possibilities
And hope never dies
Post by: wavewright62 on June 23, 2021, 06:56:24 PM
at least, not until mages
end her misery
Post by: Opaque on June 23, 2021, 07:20:00 PM
As one in a fearful void
Ever we stand tall
Post by: muidole on June 23, 2021, 07:45:06 PM
That is, until we all fall
Thrown from underneath
Post by: Yastreb on June 24, 2021, 12:00:36 AM
Out of season Easter egg
Quite unexpected!
Post by: thegreyarea on June 24, 2021, 07:37:26 AM
Haiku forest were branches touch
Filled with surprises
Post by: Yastreb on June 24, 2021, 08:15:35 AM
Is the swinging pinata
Line up to strike it!
Post by: Opaque on June 24, 2021, 09:40:58 AM
Says the voice within your heart
Become tenacious
Post by: muidole on June 24, 2021, 02:11:49 PM
Though obstacles block your path
Stay true to your goals
Post by: wavewright62 on June 26, 2021, 03:10:44 AM
except if it involves you
wiping out your kin
Post by: muidole on June 26, 2021, 03:34:38 AM
Is a pretty big mistake
Please do not do it
Post by: wavewright62 on June 26, 2021, 03:39:29 AM
Sorta like when they tell you
Stand Still stay Silent
Post by: JoB on June 26, 2021, 03:50:39 AM
Yes, a motto to live by
... uSUalLy, ThAt iS ...
Post by: thegreyarea on June 26, 2021, 05:23:02 AM
... I miGHt gO, fInd OthEr pReY ...
... bUt nO, NoT tOdaY!
Post by: Jitter on June 26, 2021, 06:52:07 AM
mY HuNtinG dAYs aRe oVeR
fiNaLLy At pEacE
Post by: Yastreb on June 26, 2021, 07:08:27 AM
Ah, my cap lock is repaired!
What else could go wrong?
Post by: midwestmutt on June 26, 2021, 12:03:00 PM
Don't ever ask that question!
Only fools tempt fate.
Post by: Yastreb on June 26, 2021, 05:07:09 PM
It accepts all challenges
No willpower, see?
Post by: JoB on June 27, 2021, 03:46:16 AM
Inventors tried to collect
But there's nothing there (https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/12/1816581115).
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on June 27, 2021, 05:53:05 AM
Let me check the map again
X marks the spot, right?
Post by: midwestmutt on June 27, 2021, 09:05:15 AM
Punchline of many comics.
On a sandy beach.
Post by: Opaque on June 27, 2021, 09:24:27 AM
Far from the fires of home
Traveling farther
Post by: muidole on June 27, 2021, 06:03:50 PM
Running away from something?
How predictable.
Post by: Yastreb on June 28, 2021, 12:37:22 AM
I hate cliches like the plague
Oops, did I say that?
Post by: muidole on June 28, 2021, 01:52:23 AM
I really didn't mean to.
It was a mistake.
Post by: Jitter on June 28, 2021, 05:17:07 AM
We should never have come here
She was not immune
Post by: midwestmutt on June 28, 2021, 10:27:32 AM
things have worked out pretty well
acceptable loss
Post by: thorny on June 28, 2021, 02:48:56 PM
Is what generals call it
When planning the war.
Those waiting at home
and the ones in the foxholes
may have other thoughts.
Post by: wavewright62 on June 28, 2021, 04:52:54 PM
even stupid trivia!
Will away the void.
Post by: Yastreb on June 28, 2021, 06:14:20 PM
And fill it with bright new thoughts
That's the way forward!
Post by: Alkia on June 28, 2021, 07:44:24 PM
Past bears, Kade, and Surma
Piece of cake, right?....right?
Post by: muidole on June 28, 2021, 10:34:00 PM
It wasn't cake after all!
The cake is a lie!
Post by: Opaque on June 28, 2021, 11:34:33 PM
Like all tasty sweets in dreams
Still delicious though
Post by: Yastreb on June 29, 2021, 01:40:58 AM
My lover's lips are so sweet
Oh, kiss me again!
Post by: midwestmutt on June 29, 2021, 09:44:53 AM
I like kisses from scammers
political lies!
Post by: Yastreb on June 29, 2021, 06:21:13 PM
Are so much easier to spread
Through the world wide web
Post by: thorny on June 29, 2021, 06:40:01 PM
International friendships
Also much trouble
Post by: Yastreb on June 30, 2021, 03:06:59 AM
Redecorating my house
Throw away paint brush!
Post by: thegreyarea on June 30, 2021, 03:58:39 AM
Scattered tools lie on the ground
This job is over!
Post by: muidole on June 30, 2021, 04:16:57 AM
Did my best, and oh how nice!
On to the next one!
Post by: Opaque on June 30, 2021, 01:47:05 PM
Stolen precious jewels in hand
Another target
Post by: muidole on June 30, 2021, 05:37:15 PM
Have to plan it thoroughly
Cannot mess this up
Post by: Yastreb on July 01, 2021, 06:05:09 AM
Is not a wise thing to say
It's tempting fate for sure
Post by: thegreyarea on July 01, 2021, 09:12:56 AM
to cross that improvised bridge
Time to roll the dice
Post by: Opaque on July 01, 2021, 02:47:15 PM
Could this be toward destiny?
I speed up my pace
Post by: muidole on July 01, 2021, 03:33:27 PM
Time to make a leap of faith
Well, here goes nothing!
Post by: Róisín on July 01, 2021, 04:42:01 PM
Time and chance wait for no man.
Mortal are we all.
Post by: midwestmutt on July 01, 2021, 06:17:34 PM
Though we sure don't act like it
Extinction awaits.
Post by: muidole on July 02, 2021, 01:27:17 AM
We cannot escape this fate
Unavoidable
Post by: thorny on July 02, 2021, 07:51:47 AM
But dance while we're still living.
Joy is no less real.
Post by: Róisín on July 02, 2021, 09:48:11 AM
Sing, laugh, eat, drink, kiss your love.
Plant a garden. Live!
Post by: Yastreb on July 02, 2021, 10:05:19 AM
It's a lovesome thing, Gods wot!
(For someone else, though)
Post by: Jitter on July 02, 2021, 10:05:43 AM
Maybe Rash will consume all
But tonight we dance
Post by: muidole on July 02, 2021, 12:45:07 PM
I guess dancing can be fun...
(For someone else, though)
Post by: Yastreb on July 03, 2021, 07:26:09 AM
With those parentheses, it's
Not a good first line.
Post by: thegreyarea on July 03, 2021, 11:35:28 AM
she told him under the trees.
"Shut up and kiss me!"
Post by: Jitter on July 03, 2021, 02:48:02 PM
He never had many words
Still, I understand
Post by: muidole on July 03, 2021, 03:02:21 PM
that people can make mistakes.
Learn from them and grow.
Post by: Yastreb on July 04, 2021, 08:14:24 AM
And always seek the high ground
Just don't fall off it!
Post by: Jitter on July 04, 2021, 09:23:15 AM
Riding an aerial whale
Is tricky business
Post by: Opaque on July 04, 2021, 09:28:21 AM
Boss says to 'take out the trash'
And that's what I do
Post by: Jitter on July 04, 2021, 09:55:34 AM
It’s not nice, it’s not pretty
But it is a job
Post by: thorny on July 04, 2021, 11:39:17 AM
And it does need doing. So
Respect those who do.
Post by: wavewright62 on July 05, 2021, 07:38:21 PM
or do not, and those who try.
Update your thinking.
Post by: Yastreb on July 05, 2021, 10:30:00 PM
Always try to learn new things
Hold on to what works
Post by: Opaque on July 05, 2021, 10:48:36 PM
Changing something needlessly
Is a bad idea
Post by: Yastreb on July 06, 2021, 07:43:55 AM
To try to juggle chainsaws
Take my word for it
Post by: midwestmutt on July 06, 2021, 08:50:24 AM
Of all the things to do nude
Never fry bacon
Post by: Yastreb on July 06, 2021, 09:11:51 AM
When you can grill it just right
It never disappoints!
Post by: wavewright62 on July 06, 2021, 05:39:53 PM
Asking very wrong questions
Bring on the brain bleach!
Post by: muidole on July 06, 2021, 08:16:25 PM
I wish I could unsee that.
Mistakes have been made.
Post by: thegreyarea on July 07, 2021, 04:36:06 AM
Past events can't be changed.
We can try again.
Post by: Yastreb on July 07, 2021, 05:23:07 AM
But you have to remember
Elephants don't bounce
Post by: wavewright62 on July 07, 2021, 04:51:19 PM
Next you'll tell me pigs don't fly.
What utter nonsense.
Post by: SkyWhalePod on July 07, 2021, 05:25:46 PM
This attempt wound up yielding.
Reincarnating!
Post by: midwestmutt on July 08, 2021, 10:55:04 AM
Frugal nature recycles
Nothing is wasted
Post by: thorny on July 08, 2021, 01:50:27 PM
And Nature never has to
Pay trash pickup bills.
Post by: Opaque on July 08, 2021, 04:10:19 PM
There must be something inside
That can still be used
Post by: wavewright62 on July 08, 2021, 04:48:47 PM
don't the Scots make Irn-Bru from
rusted detritus?
Spoiler: irn bru • show
Post by: Jitter on July 08, 2021, 05:38:56 PM
what will remain when we all
are gone from this Earth
Post by: Yastreb on July 08, 2021, 09:51:34 PM
For romance in zero-gee
Kissing in orbit
Post by: Groupoid on July 09, 2021, 01:11:48 AM
Not watching the earth below,
And the rising sun.
Post by: muidole on July 09, 2021, 02:31:10 AM
waves back at the setting moon.
A new day has come.
Post by: thegreyarea on July 09, 2021, 05:53:56 AM
Gentle waves crash on the beach
Stranded, a siren
Post by: Yastreb on July 09, 2021, 08:06:26 AM
Sings a sad sorrowful song
And calls the police
Post by: SkyWhalePod on July 09, 2021, 02:17:07 PM
"My name is And, I need help!"
"Sorry, who are you?"
Post by: midwestmutt on July 09, 2021, 09:57:48 PM
The stranger in the mirror
I've become my dad.
Post by: Yastreb on July 10, 2021, 02:11:35 AM
That's a likely outcome of
Unlicensed cloning
Post by: wavewright62 on July 10, 2021, 03:20:09 AM
Seems to me that would include
identical twins?
Post by: Yastreb on July 10, 2021, 05:40:56 AM
According to the cliche
One will be evil
Post by: Opaque on July 10, 2021, 06:29:51 PM
Even hearts of the noble
Shed darkness for light
Post by: Yastreb on July 11, 2021, 07:47:17 AM
Throw it off like a garment
For transparency
Post by: JoB on July 11, 2021, 09:03:10 AM
I wore a cellophane suit
Now cops wanna check
Post by: Yastreb on July 11, 2021, 05:09:37 PM
The contents of my briefcase
And go through my briefs
Post by: wavewright62 on July 12, 2021, 03:22:19 AM
Calm? Wise? Respectful? Alas.
Don't play by the rules.
Post by: Groupoid on July 12, 2021, 03:18:22 PM
Kissing Jules in front of fools,
All over the place.
Post by: Opaque on July 12, 2021, 04:18:17 PM
Lies the remains of a house
Torn by tornadoes
Post by: moredhel on July 12, 2021, 05:42:22 PM
is what you normally get
but it could be oz
Post by: Yastreb on July 12, 2021, 08:34:14 PM
Or more likely kilograms
Outside the U.S.
Post by: Buteo on July 13, 2021, 01:12:29 AM
Logical standards prevail
In some fields at least.
Post by: muidole on July 13, 2021, 06:58:09 AM
people grow fruits and veggies.
Rest are for livestock.
Post by: thegreyarea on July 13, 2021, 07:35:18 AM
We run on the city jungle
We want to be wolves
Post by: Keep Looking on July 13, 2021, 08:26:15 AM
That is, if I had four legs
My teeth would be sharp
Post by: Yastreb on July 13, 2021, 08:55:46 AM
If I filed them properly
Put them under 'T'
Post by: muidole on July 13, 2021, 03:07:46 PM
Also, put "us" under 'U'
And "you" under 'Y'
Post by: Yastreb on July 13, 2021, 06:43:12 PM
The cross-pall of the Mohunes
Why oh why oh why
Post by: Opaque on July 13, 2021, 06:50:45 PM
Chasing down dangerous beasts
In the deep dark sea
Post by: muidole on July 13, 2021, 08:57:25 PM
a lone figure slowly sinks.
The breath of life, gone.
Post by: thegreyarea on July 14, 2021, 04:49:25 AM
Rest on the silent seabed
Time to reborn, now!
Post by: Opaque on July 14, 2021, 02:05:35 PM
The constant of life and death
This is samsara
Post by: Yastreb on July 14, 2021, 08:01:09 PM
And it's chock full of peanuts
Or is that satay?
Post by: thorny on July 14, 2021, 09:31:01 PM
-- No, I said sashay: as right
Or left in the dance.
Post by: Yastreb on July 14, 2021, 11:08:39 PM
Hell of a way to break up
Watching the ballet
Post by: muidole on July 15, 2021, 12:40:23 AM
The dancers look so graceful
Gosh their toes must hurt
Post by: thegreyarea on July 15, 2021, 04:48:16 AM
Yet all paths hold rocks to climb
That pain means alive
Post by: thorny on July 15, 2021, 11:16:14 AM
For now, at least. To stay so
Needs treat that pain's source.
Post by: moredhel on July 15, 2021, 12:59:42 PM
before perpetual pain
causes troll madness
Post by: muidole on July 15, 2021, 09:47:54 PM
too late to save you or me
no turning back now
Post by: Yastreb on July 16, 2021, 08:04:41 AM
Half-way over the ocean
Engines working fine
Post by: thegreyarea on July 16, 2021, 09:29:36 AM
The sea awaits us, endless
The mist covers all
Post by: moredhel on July 16, 2021, 12:07:45 PM
Silence between the damp trees
The big forest sleeps
Post by: Jitter on July 16, 2021, 12:22:10 PM
Drowsy after heat of days
Only squirrels move
Post by: muidole on July 16, 2021, 06:01:27 PM
Scampering along the ground
Looking for shelter
Post by: Yastreb on July 17, 2021, 12:14:26 AM
Hark, the monsters are coming!
Quick, let's climb this tree!
Post by: muidole on July 17, 2021, 02:18:20 AM
No worries, let's be carefree!
Youth, how I miss thee...
Post by: Yastreb on July 17, 2021, 04:49:26 AM
Luckily my ladyfriend
Is understanding.
Post by: SkyWhalePod on July 18, 2021, 06:17:20 PM
Really a requirement
To pass physics class? D:
Post by: corncobman on July 18, 2021, 10:33:20 PM
Even though I had breakfast
I'm still so hungry
Post by: Yastreb on July 19, 2021, 12:18:53 AM
And someone hid the Tim Tams!
How much punishment?
Post by: Buteo on July 19, 2021, 03:43:25 PM
Would be enough to repay
Transgressing my rules?
Post by: thorny on July 19, 2021, 04:06:11 PM
Happens to me all the time.
I live with three cats.
Post by: Jitter on July 19, 2021, 04:16:59 PM
He was the first here to fall
Remember Cat Man
Post by: Opaque on July 19, 2021, 07:49:21 PM
Fur is always everywhere
You can never win
Post by: thorny on July 19, 2021, 09:41:28 PM
But if you get to pat cats
Losing's not so bad.
Post by: Yastreb on July 19, 2021, 09:50:54 PM
Depending on the game played
Also by how much
Post by: muidole on July 22, 2021, 04:07:38 PM
He glares, narrowing his eyes,
"Eighty gold still owed.”
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on July 22, 2021, 07:49:29 PM
A dead horse and some spilled booze
For this Doc Brown died
Post by: thegreyarea on July 23, 2021, 02:08:21 AM
In the hands of evil men
Look, he lives again!
Post by: JoB on July 23, 2021, 03:34:20 AM
doc Brow(https://apps-cloud.n-tv.de/img/20973854-1555489047000/16-9/750/b615c5af03253c5795eb4ed6f65b64df.jpg) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Waigel)
Post by: thegreyarea on July 23, 2021, 04:08:11 AM
[/url]Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
And already rectified it! Another one to join my (in)famous "particle beans"! 
Post by: Yastreb on July 23, 2021, 06:13:38 AM
(Ah, but little do they know
The bullets were blanks)
Post by: midwestmutt on July 23, 2021, 09:22:59 AM
That's what the autopsy said
They have killed before
Post by: Jitter on July 23, 2021, 01:06:00 PM
But never such innocents
A cruel world this one
Post by: Opaque on July 23, 2021, 02:46:02 PM
When pain and beauty are mixed
It is difficult
Post by: Jitter on July 23, 2021, 03:35:12 PM
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on July 23, 2021, 03:42:01 PM
I like him very much but
I don’t like people
Post by: muidole on July 23, 2021, 03:58:05 PM
Good thing I have animals
To talk with instead
Post by: Opaque on July 23, 2021, 04:16:14 PM
Though they are on four legs
They are people too
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on July 24, 2021, 02:57:52 AM
So don't be nasty to Aelves
Bless those pointed ears
Post by: midwestmutt on July 24, 2021, 11:29:10 AM
They made my entire career
-Gene Roddenberry
Post by: muidole on July 24, 2021, 03:17:35 PM
Wait, I don't know who that is...
Oh! He made Star Trek.
Post by: Opaque on July 24, 2021, 05:09:19 PM
We will miss Leonard Nimoy
He was a great man
Post by: Róisín on July 25, 2021, 01:09:10 AM
And a truly wondrous poet.
Leonard, rest you well.
Post by: wavewright62 on July 25, 2021, 04:40:05 AM
Blessing from kohanim now
"Live long and prosper"
Post by: Jitter on July 25, 2021, 04:49:06 AM
A daunting task now, after
The apocalypse
Post by: Yastreb on July 25, 2021, 07:13:30 AM
Joseph Conrad would not have
Recognised the plot
Post by: Jitter on July 25, 2021, 12:22:30 PM
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: muidole on July 25, 2021, 10:40:52 PM
Despite never watching it
Pop culture knowledge
Post by: Yastreb on July 25, 2021, 11:49:16 PM
Helps to win trivia games
"Bloody know it all!"
Post by: corncobman on July 26, 2021, 12:02:25 AM
There's always someone better
Nobody likes one
Post by: wavewright62 on July 26, 2021, 02:56:49 AM
sorta like potato chips,
whole packs are better.
Post by: muidole on July 26, 2021, 03:03:42 AM
Good for snacking on the go
Power through the day
Post by: Jitter on July 26, 2021, 05:43:13 AM
These fuel tanks are so heavy
Damn you flamethrower
Post by: thegreyarea on July 26, 2021, 06:47:48 AM
All those trees turned ashes
Yet our foes escaped
Post by: Yastreb on July 26, 2021, 09:07:25 AM
And think they've got away clean
Let's follow the fools
Post by: Opaque on July 26, 2021, 09:21:37 AM
To where they hide in secret
They're going to pay
Post by: midwestmutt on July 26, 2021, 09:52:12 AM
A villain monologuing
Heroes! Now's your chance
Post by: SkyWhalePod on July 26, 2021, 05:06:17 PM
To be legend eternal!
Just $9.99
Post by: Jitter on July 26, 2021, 05:26:48 PM
For Uncle Emil’s Homemade
Napalm and Hot Sauce!
Post by: wavewright62 on July 26, 2021, 05:58:07 PM
to transform waffles into
Breakfast of Champions
Spoiler: show
Post by: corncobman on July 26, 2021, 10:08:25 PM
Eggs, sausage, potato bread
Bacon, lots of fat
Post by: muidole on July 26, 2021, 10:25:22 PM
It tastes so good, but alas
Not good for my weight
Post by: catbirds on July 27, 2021, 02:50:27 AM
But balanced with vegetables
Now, get a good cook
Post by: Jitter on July 27, 2021, 02:50:50 AM
Goo and troll guts everywhere
Never eat again
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on July 27, 2021, 03:03:04 AM
These foul instant meals I will
Never eat again.
Post by: Jitter on July 27, 2021, 05:03:58 AM
Had my share of candle soup
Give me proper food
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on July 27, 2021, 07:51:16 AM
Telegraphs the blessed feline
... whose standards apply?
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on July 27, 2021, 11:49:06 AM
Are they traceable to NIST?
I mean, it's my job.
Post by: wavewright62 on July 27, 2021, 06:26:25 PM
Said the cleanser, as Stockholm
burnt to the ground
Post by: Opaque on July 27, 2021, 06:46:47 PM
Cinders fly high with the wind
Only ash remains
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on July 27, 2021, 08:21:27 PM
The salesman and the hero
Fear the Evil Dead
Post by: Opaque on July 28, 2021, 12:12:32 AM
Or throw on your chainsaw arm
And just say "Groovy"
Post by: muidole on July 28, 2021, 01:08:10 AM
Just go with the flow, my man
Live without a care
Post by: Yastreb on July 28, 2021, 03:44:30 AM
Don't think about tomorrow...
On second thoughts, no
Post by: thorny on July 28, 2021, 09:06:21 AM
Not going to drink that milk
That's long past its date.
Post by: midwestmutt on July 28, 2021, 09:19:41 AM
Says the tag on my ol' bod
warranty expired
Post by: Róisín on July 28, 2021, 05:08:23 PM
Yet our lives exigency
Needs us to go on.
Post by: wavewright62 on July 28, 2021, 05:47:32 PM
consuming ever new goods
Capitalism
Post by: thorny on July 28, 2021, 11:28:32 PM
doesn't work well but neither
does communism.
Post by: Yastreb on July 29, 2021, 02:51:52 AM
Win Marx for at least trying?
Fine, I'll get my coat
Post by: corncobman on July 29, 2021, 02:53:38 AM
Madam, we are leaving now
Stop roaring at us
Post by: Yastreb on July 29, 2021, 02:55:52 AM
No exceptions for lions
At least show some pride
Post by: Jitter on July 29, 2021, 04:50:32 AM
Flying the rainbow colors
All love is just love
Post by: Yastreb on July 29, 2021, 06:12:40 AM
Except when it's forty-love
And also match point.
Post by: muidole on July 29, 2021, 06:09:22 PM
is a tennis term, correct?
I’ve never played, so...
Post by: Jitter on July 29, 2021, 06:33:22 PM
Please excuse my ignorance
Of the game of thrones
Post by: Yastreb on July 29, 2021, 08:18:43 PM
Once said Cersei Lannister
"You win or you die."
Post by: thorny on July 29, 2021, 11:22:53 PM
Or, of course, you can do both.
All winners die too.
Post by: Opaque on July 30, 2021, 01:22:36 PM
But they will pass on their strength
To the next in line
Post by: muidole on July 30, 2021, 02:32:17 PM
please approach the register.
We don't have all day!
Post by: thegreyarea on July 30, 2021, 02:37:24 PM
Get me the crown, says the prince
Yet he killed the King
Post by: Yastreb on July 30, 2021, 04:36:22 PM
In a "hunting accident"
Nudge, wink, say no more!
Post by: Opaque on July 30, 2021, 11:47:30 PM
I'm afraid I don't follow...
Follow me, that's good!
Post by: muidole on July 31, 2021, 12:41:22 AM
I will get you out of here.
Just stay calm, ok?
Post by: Yastreb on July 31, 2021, 02:58:52 AM
But the sea didn't hear you
Can you fly, Bobby?
Post by: JoB on July 31, 2021, 04:28:07 AM
"Oh, yes, I bought me a Plane (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Abdeckung)).
Doesn't everyone?"
Post by: Yastreb on July 31, 2021, 07:22:40 AM
Believe in love at first sight?
No reason not to!
Post by: muidole on July 31, 2021, 01:17:35 PM
give others a helping hand.
What's the harm in it?
Post by: Opaque on July 31, 2021, 01:24:10 PM
These famous last words spoken
When things fall apart
Post by: Yastreb on July 31, 2021, 07:33:17 PM
And the centre cannot hold...
You know what happens
Post by: muidole on August 01, 2021, 01:40:06 AM
when you eat too many sweets...
A bad sugar crash.
Post by: Yastreb on August 01, 2021, 03:56:16 AM
Needs more than a sugar rush
To turn things around
Post by: muidole on August 01, 2021, 04:12:02 AM
and rewrite our current fate,
we mustn't give up.
Post by: thegreyarea on August 01, 2021, 05:03:03 AM
cross the river, escape our fate.
Oh, the bridge is gone!
Post by: thorny on August 01, 2021, 08:04:48 AM
-- Someone had to build that one.
We can build also.
Post by: Yastreb on August 01, 2021, 08:24:58 AM
Wait; but in which direction?
It's not always up!
Post by: thorny on August 01, 2021, 02:30:51 PM
Sideways may be more useful
And interesting.
Post by: muidole on August 01, 2021, 04:29:45 PM
You managed to make that work.
Didn't expect that.
Post by: Yastreb on August 01, 2021, 05:09:16 PM
A joke without a punchline
Why am I laughing?
Post by: corncobman on August 02, 2021, 01:28:15 AM
Must be something in the air
I think it's poodles
Post by: Yastreb on August 02, 2021, 01:50:43 AM
Lying around on the floor
Hey! Don't step on them!
Post by: wavewright62 on August 02, 2021, 05:21:27 AM
That rattling is a warning.
Leave them be; just go.
Post by: Yastreb on August 02, 2021, 06:58:32 AM
Hand grenades are dangerous
Pins notwithstanding
Post by: moredhel on August 04, 2021, 01:56:02 PM
who on earth designs this stuff?
error-prone systems
Post by: Jitter on August 04, 2021, 02:14:12 PM
all human activities
we are bound to fail
Post by: Yastreb on August 04, 2021, 06:11:09 PM
If we think negatively
Positive thoughts please!
Post by: corncobman on August 04, 2021, 10:21:44 PM
No charged discussions at all
Be neutral, grounded
Post by: Yastreb on August 05, 2021, 03:48:19 AM
In bad weather conditions
No flying today!
Post by: Opaque on August 05, 2021, 09:18:27 AM
A massive storm is coming
For now we can rest
Post by: Yastreb on August 05, 2021, 10:13:46 AM
They've declared a new lockdown
Oh gods, not again!
Post by: wavewright62 on August 06, 2021, 05:14:20 PM
The dreaded chapter break. But
soon it all will end.
Post by: Yastreb on August 06, 2021, 10:40:34 PM
That would be the real message
Of Melancholia
Post by: Opaque on August 12, 2021, 07:29:20 PM
Keep walking through the darkness
Until the day breaks
Post by: muidole on August 12, 2021, 10:02:52 PM
like shards of glass crashing down.
When nothing is left.
Post by: wavewright62 on August 12, 2021, 10:51:49 PM
Flip it over, start anew
and nothing is right.
Post by: Yastreb on August 13, 2021, 04:30:00 AM
When going anti-clockwise
But digital? Well...
Post by: Jitter on August 14, 2021, 04:58:40 AM
All knowledge of human race
Why we pump up filth?
Post by: Yastreb on August 14, 2021, 06:05:05 AM
You have to search through the dross
To find diamonds
Post by: corncobman on August 15, 2021, 11:46:51 PM
You must be prepared to search
Lots of useless tat
Post by: Yastreb on August 16, 2021, 06:08:56 AM
Sums up most airport fiction
So choose carefully
Post by: Opaque on August 18, 2021, 08:37:04 PM
Red or blue, to stay or go
Down the rabbit hole
Post by: wavewright62 on August 19, 2021, 05:01:36 AM
What's in those cool side burrows?
Worms and bugs and roots!
Post by: Yastreb on August 19, 2021, 05:55:02 AM
Not everyone's first choice
But they beat starving
Post by: Jitter on August 19, 2021, 06:17:52 PM
Learn agriculture from scratch
Not an easy task
Post by: Yastreb on August 20, 2021, 03:56:04 AM
Thinking up a new haiku
I'll give it a shot
Post by: corncobman on August 22, 2021, 11:53:22 PM
Maybe, I'll give many more
Non-alcoholic
Post by: Yastreb on August 23, 2021, 12:50:15 AM
That is how I've always been
I can't stand the taste
Post by: tehta on August 23, 2021, 03:07:05 AM
Of my partner's espresso
I will never tell
Post by: Yastreb on August 23, 2021, 03:50:02 AM
About the ten teacups; I
Will not say a word
Post by: Opaque on August 23, 2021, 10:06:47 AM
Too many have been spoken
Time we stay silent
Post by: tehta on August 23, 2021, 10:12:33 AM
And hold still in our mouse-holes
The cat is hunting
Post by: Jitter on August 23, 2021, 12:12:51 PM
Gliding oh so silently
Feel the lynx in me
Post by: thorny on August 23, 2021, 02:10:12 PM
I will now end our silence
Crying out our names!
Post by: tehta on August 23, 2021, 02:36:21 PM
Is how you summon our kind
Spirits of power
Post by: Opaque on August 23, 2021, 03:27:20 PM
Lend us your courage and strength
We stand together
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on August 23, 2021, 04:24:44 PM
Quoth the wise statesman of old
Or hang sep'rately
Post by: tehta on August 23, 2021, 04:30:11 PM
We stand together
Until the bowling ball comes
Then nine of us fall
So:
"Hang separately"?
No! It's "wash separately".
Now all shirts are pink.
Post by: Jitter on August 23, 2021, 05:16:34 PM
Better than being a redshirt
Redshirts always die
Post by: tehta on August 23, 2021, 05:21:18 PM
Grounds for a bad pickup line:
"Babe, it's my last chance."
Post by: Yastreb on August 23, 2021, 06:11:09 PM
Those pathetic words merit
A slap in the face
Post by: wavewright62 on August 24, 2021, 01:43:26 AM
No insult, just a mozzie,
I guess you showed her.
Post by: tehta on August 24, 2021, 03:52:19 AM
your collection of rat skulls.
Why else would she run?
Post by: Yastreb on August 24, 2021, 04:08:10 AM
Werewolves are hunting tonight
So fleeing makes sense
Post by: tehta on August 24, 2021, 04:21:48 AM
and fighting makes sense; petting
the riled beast does not.
Post by: Keep Looking on August 24, 2021, 08:30:16 AM
contend to sniff my hand, it
flees under the desk
Post by: thorny on August 24, 2021, 09:15:30 AM
but will come out when offered
this dish of tuna.
Post by: Yastreb on August 24, 2021, 09:47:47 AM
Needs to be dolphin-safe, or
I'm not touching it
Post by: Jitter on August 24, 2021, 10:27:17 AM
It’s an abomination
Must be a Grossling
Post by: tehta on August 24, 2021, 10:49:36 AM
Not a chance I would flee from
a fluffy bunny
Post by: Opaque on August 24, 2021, 12:52:01 PM
So vicious! Look at the bones!
We must run away
Post by: moredhel on August 24, 2021, 01:15:12 PM
it is better than staying
in an awful place
Post by: tehta on August 24, 2021, 03:29:51 PM
Each ghastly day gives us all
An excuse to drink
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on August 24, 2021, 08:19:21 PM
Is hardly needed today
It's forty-three degrees
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on August 24, 2021, 10:11:25 PM
then northwest sixteen degrees.
Dig for treasure there.
Post by: corncobman on August 25, 2021, 01:11:01 AM
Before everyone else does
And it's gone, too late!
Post by: tehta on August 25, 2021, 02:33:36 AM
I press the shutter button.
The bird has flown away.
Post by: Yastreb on August 25, 2021, 03:33:33 AM
It was a Norwegian Blue
Pining for the fjords
Post by: tehta on August 25, 2021, 03:48:18 AM
Fills the time between meals, then
I pine for the feasts
Post by: Yastreb on August 25, 2021, 06:08:23 AM
When we gather in good cheer
Make merry, my friends!
Post by: midwestmutt on August 25, 2021, 02:50:50 PM
life is mostly tragedy
so dance while you can
Post by: Opaque on August 25, 2021, 05:39:39 PM
Twirling and swaying along
The music beckons
Post by: muidole on August 25, 2021, 06:37:51 PM
Further into the forest
Trapped, you’ll never leave
Post by: thorny on August 25, 2021, 10:25:05 PM
Until you see the cage holds
All of Planet Earth
Post by: Opaque on August 25, 2021, 11:44:38 PM
Beauty immeasurable
No other like it
Post by: Yastreb on August 26, 2021, 01:25:12 AM
In the whole Universe
So let's respect it
Post by: tehta on August 26, 2021, 07:15:28 AM
The sign asking for silence
People are reading.
Post by: Yastreb on August 26, 2021, 09:01:37 AM
But are they taking it in?
Only time will tell
Post by: tehta on August 26, 2021, 09:07:03 AM
whether the mullet hairstyle
is timeless fashion.
Post by: Yastreb on August 26, 2021, 10:16:10 AM
A snare and a delusion?
I don't have a clue
Post by: wavewright62 on August 27, 2021, 03:39:26 AM
in fact, no games that need two -
no Monopoly
Post by: tehta on August 27, 2021, 02:56:57 PM
Say the haters who claim to
prize innovation
Post by: Yastreb on August 28, 2021, 03:52:43 AM
From conformity's dead hand...
Wait, did you mean that?
Post by: tehta on August 28, 2021, 05:01:03 AM
I do want to be king, but
regicide seems harsh.
Post by: Yastreb on August 28, 2021, 08:42:01 AM
Which is why it's avoided
In the game of chess
Post by: tehta on August 28, 2021, 09:05:54 AM
you like to plan far ahead,
while I like to cheat.
Post by: Yastreb on August 28, 2021, 10:25:10 AM
When guns are on the table
It's not a wise move
Post by: Jitter on August 28, 2021, 12:01:53 PM
To leave all the explosives
At the headquarters
Post by: Opaque on August 28, 2021, 01:33:59 PM
There is a cute fluffy cat
It is the true boss
Post by: Yastreb on August 29, 2021, 02:32:23 AM
And really believes it's worth
One million dollars
Post by: tehta on August 29, 2021, 04:33:54 AM
An awkward pile to sleep on.
I choose moss and leaves
Post by: Yastreb on August 29, 2021, 06:24:11 AM
There's a spell to change such things
Into faerie gold
Post by: Opaque on August 29, 2021, 11:42:22 PM
More brightly than mortal gold
That's how polish works
Post by: tehta on August 30, 2021, 03:15:05 AM
are better-made than Swedish:
our ships don't just sink.
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on August 30, 2021, 03:23:22 AM
sometimes they disintegrate
like they'd never been.
Post by: thorny on August 30, 2021, 09:19:54 AM
at any such place before!
We all knew they had.
Post by: Yastreb on August 30, 2021, 09:35:28 AM
Secrets better left untold
But not so well kept
Post by: corncobman on August 31, 2021, 12:07:29 AM
Butlers, butt lacking buttons
Butter not so good
Post by: tehta on August 31, 2021, 02:38:40 AM
As part of a healthy diet.
Switch to olive oil.
Post by: Yastreb on August 31, 2021, 03:38:04 AM
Bull whip to linseed oil... wait!
That doesn't make sense
Post by: Jitter on August 31, 2021, 05:19:51 AM
Sudden twists from here to there
That’s haiku for you
Post by: Yastreb on August 31, 2021, 07:06:31 AM
Often self-referential
That's how I like them
Post by: wavewright62 on August 31, 2021, 11:25:47 PM
(While sounding plural, just a
single entity)
Post by: Yastreb on August 31, 2021, 11:58:12 PM
Was reported recently
We need more data
Post by: tehta on September 01, 2021, 04:03:54 AM
as to which haiku subjects
impress our readers.
Post by: thorny on September 01, 2021, 08:31:02 AM
Force them to join the navy?
That shouldn't happen!
Post by: Yastreb on September 01, 2021, 08:56:48 AM
But you can depend on it
Better learn to swim
Post by: tehta on September 01, 2021, 09:02:40 AM
Spoiler: show
Better learn to swim.
It's superb exercise, and
most mermen are hot.
Post by: Opaque on September 01, 2021, 10:53:26 AM
Mermaids make good eye candy
The ocean is fun
Post by: wavewright62 on September 01, 2021, 05:14:18 PM
full of fish, krill, and plastic
also horrific
Post by: thorny on September 01, 2021, 08:35:07 PM
fire, flood, and drought in the news.
Still we persevere.
Post by: tehta on September 02, 2021, 12:17:38 PM
Through danger, cold, and thin air.
We will reach this peak
Post by: Jitter on September 02, 2021, 01:11:59 PM
Best I’ve ever felt in life
All downhill from here
Post by: Róisín on September 02, 2021, 01:43:23 PM
As a friend once said to me
On turning seventy.
Post by: Yastreb on September 02, 2021, 02:11:58 PM
Impossible to do when
Playing baccarat
Post by: Róisín on September 02, 2021, 02:45:55 PM
Is not wise so late at night.
Yastreb, get some sleep!
Post by: tehta on September 02, 2021, 03:23:39 PM
Maybe Winnowill can help.
(Good luck to you then.)
Post by: Yastreb on September 02, 2021, 08:15:06 PM
But a rabbit's foot won't help
Just ask the rabbit
Post by: Jitter on September 03, 2021, 02:33:50 AM
Spoiler: show
Post by: Róisín on September 03, 2021, 04:06:10 AM
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on September 03, 2021, 04:11:20 AM
Spoiler: Elfquest • show
Post by: tehta on September 03, 2021, 04:37:47 AM
Spoiler: show
Just ask the rabbit.
He will know the exact time;
he carries a watch.
Post by: JoB on September 03, 2021, 04:57:55 AM
but as the Chinese suggest,
he won't carry two.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on September 03, 2021, 05:57:12 AM
Firing handguns akimbo
Is not accurate
Spoiler: show
Post by: Opaque on September 03, 2021, 06:22:28 PM
The scope needs some adjustment
Let's try that again
Post by: wavewright62 on September 03, 2021, 07:14:05 PM
'cause there ain't no stunt doubles
practice makes perfect
Spoiler: show
Post by: Opaque on September 03, 2021, 07:42:20 PM
It's hard to master making
Tasty chocolate
Post by: Yastreb on September 03, 2021, 07:48:19 PM
Is it really the answer?
(What was the question?)
Post by: Róisín on September 04, 2021, 01:53:08 AM
No matter. Chocolate is of course
The answer to all.
Post by: wavewright62 on September 04, 2021, 03:11:04 AM
The final word - chocolate!
Thus sayeth our sage.
Post by: corncobman on September 04, 2021, 08:39:56 AM
Rosemary, parsley and thyme
Stuffing for an age
Post by: Opaque on September 04, 2021, 07:48:24 PM
Old tradition of gorging
Into food comas
Post by: Yastreb on September 04, 2021, 09:28:48 PM
We fall all too eagerly
Will we ever learn?
Post by: tehta on September 05, 2021, 12:24:03 AM
how to travel back in time?
I want to see Troy.
Post by: Buteo on September 05, 2021, 01:01:16 AM
Before the topless towers
Toppled into ruin.
Post by: wavewright62 on September 05, 2021, 05:21:07 AM
Troy's not - at least, the one that's
right outside Detroit.
Post by: JoB on September 05, 2021, 06:59:30 AM
Windsor, Dearborn, Tecumseh,
O-T maps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_and_O_map) would say.
Post by: tehta on September 06, 2021, 05:09:09 AM
strange things about distance, and
stump navi systems.
Post by: JoB on September 06, 2021, 05:43:40 AM
is as easy as taking
the local ferry.
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on September 06, 2021, 05:53:46 AM
can host wedding receptions:
True ferry tale endings!
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on September 06, 2021, 06:10:56 AM
Are often predictable
(You saw that coming?)
Post by: tehta on September 07, 2021, 04:46:35 AM
Knew the ants would enslave us?
I don't believe you.
Post by: JoB on September 07, 2021, 05:18:44 AM
You saw that coming?I don't believe you -
Knew the ants would enslave us?
I don't believe you.
you never got the memo
from '74 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070531/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)?
Post by: Opaque on September 07, 2021, 08:42:52 PM
To 75 years old
It's tough getting old
Post by: Buteo on September 07, 2021, 09:45:32 PM
All that experience gained
But I can't use it.
Post by: Yastreb on September 07, 2021, 10:14:13 PM
Not because of willingness
But geography
Post by: wavewright62 on September 07, 2021, 10:47:51 PM
presents hazards to those with
no technology
Post by: Yastreb on September 08, 2021, 12:38:11 AM
Would make most panic, but not
People like Róisín
Post by: Róisín on September 08, 2021, 01:33:37 AM
Have lived long without much tech
Too stubborn to die.
Post by: Yastreb on September 08, 2021, 02:30:49 AM
Some people are too busy
And Death says, ALL RIGHT
Post by: Jitter on September 08, 2021, 05:22:06 AM
FOLLOW ME INTO DARKNESS
Everything must end
Post by: tehta on September 08, 2021, 06:19:17 AM
this summer, this vacation
and this hangover.
Post by: Opaque on September 08, 2021, 09:53:22 AM
Is certainly killing me
Best to quit drinking
Post by: tehta on September 08, 2021, 12:55:01 PM
give up meat, take up yoga.
Starting tomorrow.
Post by: Jitter on September 08, 2021, 03:31:03 PM
It will all be different
Eat well, sleep, repent
A bonus from tonight in the garden
time to go to go
excited shrieks fill the air
geese ploughing the sky
Post by: Buteo on September 10, 2021, 08:42:22 PM
What penance can be enough
Past chances are gone
Post by: Yastreb on September 10, 2021, 08:59:22 PM
It's time to make new mistakes
That is how we learn
Post by: wavewright62 on September 11, 2021, 04:47:41 PM
by repetition, and so
history repeats
Post by: moredhel on September 11, 2021, 05:01:13 PM
I hope it does not do so
evil things were done
Post by: Opaque on September 11, 2021, 05:10:27 PM
It leaves us a little scarred
But we'll not be scared
Post by: Jitter on September 11, 2021, 05:23:22 PM
Our minds and souls remain free
We will fly again
Post by: tehta on September 11, 2021, 05:34:00 PM
if the eagles carry us.
How can be bribe them?
Post by: Yastreb on September 11, 2021, 07:43:42 PM
We stop them being hunted
At least that's a start
Post by: Opaque on September 13, 2021, 01:13:29 PM
Trying to set new habits
Can be challenging
Post by: tehta on September 13, 2021, 02:00:41 PM
That pull tab is too easy.
Modern life bores me.
Post by: Opaque on September 13, 2021, 08:32:04 PM
Don't use guns to hunt quarry
Use a knife instead
Post by: Yastreb on September 13, 2021, 08:34:56 PM
Not only is it silent
You save ammunition
Post by: muidole on September 13, 2021, 10:38:18 PM
I heard it was expensive
Though I don't partake
Post by: Yastreb on September 13, 2021, 11:53:51 PM
Of liver and onions (yuk!)
Others may do so
Post by: wavewright62 on September 14, 2021, 02:03:06 AM
but I pay no attention.
My life is my own.
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on September 15, 2021, 02:31:17 PM
or was: now it belongs to
the necromancer.
Post by: Jitter on September 15, 2021, 04:06:11 PM
Not popular with the Swan
Oh the paperwork
Post by: Opaque on September 15, 2021, 04:55:44 PM
Won't be done anytime soon
I just need a break
Post by: thorny on September 15, 2021, 07:33:54 PM
But not of a bone! oh please
Don't take my words wrong.
Post by: muidole on September 15, 2021, 08:30:44 PM
Misinterpretations are
so inconvenient.
Post by: wavewright62 on September 16, 2021, 01:57:16 AM
I tell them no, don't, but still
they follow me, heh.
Post by: tehta on September 16, 2021, 03:29:00 AM
the rats drawn by my music.
Hope the town pays me.
Post by: muidole on September 16, 2021, 04:22:35 AM
lest I take their children too.
It is only fair.
Post by: Yastreb on September 16, 2021, 06:39:03 AM
Most definitely not blonde
You'll be spared those jokes
Post by: wavewright62 on September 16, 2021, 08:02:58 PM
but that faceplant? As they say,
rolling on the floor
Post by: tehta on September 17, 2021, 02:57:23 AM
a weird way to make dumplings.
Let's buy a table.
Post by: Yastreb on September 17, 2021, 03:26:19 AM
And get enough chairs as well
So who's got the cards?
Post by: JoB on September 17, 2021, 07:55:03 AM
Not enough for Bill Jackson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aufCfiS0AA)!
"House" rules suspended.
Post by: Yastreb on September 17, 2021, 06:46:15 PM
No time for quirky doctor's
Faux Yankee accent
Post by: Opaque on September 17, 2021, 07:36:26 PM
Are funny to listen to
Even we think so
Post by: tehta on September 18, 2021, 05:35:46 PM
You painted our house, and we
paid in exposure.
Post by: Yastreb on September 18, 2021, 08:04:27 PM
Nude actors and actresses
Gave you fan service
Post by: wavewright62 on September 19, 2021, 04:50:12 AM
Maybe not your faves kissing,
Reynir's floofy hair
Post by: JoB on September 19, 2021, 05:14:12 AM
Truly, it's the stuff of dreams -
Nightmares of scissors
Post by: Yastreb on September 19, 2021, 07:31:54 AM
And all things called cutting edge
In short, all cliches
Post by: tehta on September 19, 2021, 08:13:57 AM
That is the most precise way
to describe my book.
Post by: thorny on September 19, 2021, 10:26:17 AM
Won't take very long at all:
It's not written yet.
Post by: Yastreb on September 19, 2021, 06:43:13 PM
The delinquent author said
"Why? These things take time"
Post by: corncobman on September 20, 2021, 04:19:47 AM
You don't rush important work
Fast track to failure
Post by: tehta on September 20, 2021, 06:50:14 AM
or slow drift towards failure?
You must choose wisely.
Post by: Yastreb on September 20, 2021, 07:20:16 PM
If you join the haiku chain
Ir's so addictive
Post by: JoB on September 21, 2021, 02:17:47 AM
Experiment, classify
Mad scientists' life (http://"https://addictivescience.kemono.cafe/)
Post by: Opaque on September 21, 2021, 07:27:30 PM
Intense pressures to succeed
Must stop the heroes
Post by: Yastreb on September 21, 2021, 11:20:03 PM
Ere they destroy everything
By their heroism
SPECIAL HAIKU
We've had an earthquake
Yes, the earth shook for us all
Don't worry, we're fine
Post by: Róisín on September 22, 2021, 01:08:23 AM
We could feel the earthquake too.
Nothing big broken.
Post by: tehta on September 22, 2021, 05:13:39 AM
You are right, my heart is small.
It held only you.
Post by: wavewright62 on September 25, 2021, 05:16:39 AM
on an adventure, Laika,
hurtling through space
Post by: Yastreb on September 25, 2021, 06:02:16 AM
planet Melancholia...
It's all in the mind
Post by: tehta on September 25, 2021, 06:58:12 AM
But where is the mind: is it
a brain in a vat?
Post by: muidole on September 25, 2021, 02:51:28 PM
Sounds pretty sci-fi to me.
Or maybe horror?
Post by: Jitter on September 25, 2021, 03:01:36 PM
Can shine the light on us and
Help us save the world
Post by: Opaque on September 25, 2021, 03:36:32 PM
Is our fate to go extinct
Like all the others?
Post by: thorny on September 25, 2021, 05:13:06 PM
we will die out. Yet I hope
we'll leave descendants.
Post by: muidole on September 26, 2021, 12:21:53 AM
who will learn from our mistakes.
Hopefully, at least.
Post by: Yastreb on September 26, 2021, 02:40:29 AM
The lockdown here will end soon
Ere I go crazy
Post by: JoB on September 26, 2021, 02:58:18 AM
And keep doing silly ... oh.
Too late already.
Post by: tehta on September 26, 2021, 03:25:52 AM
All the pool chairs have been claimed.
Damn German tourists!
Post by: JoB on September 26, 2021, 03:49:09 AM
all you want - truth still is, it
takes two to tango (https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nintchdbpict000381318890.jpg).
(Or whatever you want to call it (http://wtA9Q2xpOU0kSZTeuroOMcnqGVAh8kbZyZ3pVyUt82G5tkXmSqpDyoWB96x45AFjj5dUR5vh2hUgKlNpkCnCIOXPCE8WdJW16O896LDRQ4bmGjSk6S).)
Post by: wavewright62 on September 26, 2021, 04:23:39 AM
I much prefer folk dances
in lines and circles
Post by: Jitter on September 26, 2021, 05:26:54 AM
ancient symbols sent from gods
resides my magic
Post by: Yastreb on September 26, 2021, 06:17:55 AM
Within me, from the Dragon
The power of life
Post by: Jitter on September 27, 2021, 04:29:33 AM
forever balancing with
the power of death
Post by: Opaque on September 27, 2021, 09:55:26 AM
It's heavier than it looks
Few can understand
Post by: thorny on September 27, 2021, 12:10:55 PM
The power of death's the same
As the one of life.
Post by: corncobman on September 28, 2021, 12:02:06 AM
Make the most of what you have
You have just the one
Post by: Yastreb on September 28, 2021, 01:47:51 AM
So don't give your heart away
Solely for beauty
Post by: tehta on September 28, 2021, 05:58:58 AM
that is why I exercise.
Who cares about health?
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on September 28, 2021, 08:28:02 AM
Well, healthcare shall do, of course!"
-- Mr. Lifestyle Disease
Post by: wavewright62 on September 29, 2021, 03:33:26 AM
These days 'lifestyle' includes us
wearing masks always.
Post by: tehta on September 29, 2021, 04:36:37 AM
a fun way to spice up life
not just at parties.
Post by: Opaque on September 29, 2021, 09:20:10 AM
But shindigs can be quite fun
Dance the night away
Post by: corncobman on September 30, 2021, 12:19:20 AM
But after the morning comes
You'll be dead tired
Post by: tehta on September 30, 2021, 08:19:29 AM
before you reach the summit.
You need to descend!
Post by: Opaque on September 30, 2021, 09:13:25 AM
To reach the sunken kingdom
Study their culture
Post by: thorny on September 30, 2021, 12:43:47 PM
So you can learn how to make
Much better yogurt.
Post by: JoB on September 30, 2021, 01:11:18 PM
to fix your guts - or would you
prefer FMT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_microbiota_transplant)?
Post by: Yastreb on October 01, 2021, 11:15:01 AM
I would rather LOL
Stupid TLAs.
Post by: Jitter on October 01, 2021, 12:46:05 PM
Who would have thought I enjoy
Trans-Lalli AUs
Post by: wavewright62 on October 01, 2021, 04:30:43 PM
Sure! I think, in gender terms,
mages go all ways.
Post by: Yastreb on October 01, 2021, 04:52:17 PM
Light, Dark, and all in between
I stand with the Light
Post by: thorny on October 01, 2021, 08:15:03 PM
At my back, looking into
Enticing shadows.
Post by: Opaque on October 01, 2021, 08:50:26 PM
The stars glittering above
Nighttime is lovely
Post by: muidole on October 01, 2021, 10:16:40 PM
But as the night turns to day
I can't help but smile
Post by: Yastreb on October 02, 2021, 12:21:29 AM
At those two loveable dogs
Olive and Mabel
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on October 08, 2021, 08:28:53 PM
Would write delightful Haiku...
If only they could
Post by: wavewright62 on October 09, 2021, 02:52:10 AM
use cheap renewable fuel
gosh that'd be nice!
Post by: thorny on October 09, 2021, 01:18:22 PM
And we've got all that we'd need --
So let's make that cake!
Post by: Jitter on October 09, 2021, 02:01:15 PM
Reasons for celebration
Birthdays, haikus, friends
Post by: Yastreb on October 10, 2021, 07:26:43 PM
These are things that keep us sane
As lockdown goes on
Post by: corncobman on October 12, 2021, 12:02:19 AM
Gotta find some way to stop
Going stir crazy
Post by: wavewright62 on October 12, 2021, 04:11:46 AM
until the wooden spoon breaks -
get the splinters out
Post by: tehta on October 12, 2021, 05:33:09 AM
and remember for next time:
raw planks make poor slides.
Post by: Yastreb on October 12, 2021, 07:40:02 AM
Find a better use for them
Something constructive
Post by: Jitter on October 15, 2021, 07:58:17 AM
May yet come of all of this
Such as more haikus
Post by: Yastreb on October 21, 2021, 11:42:50 PM
Soothe the soul in troubled times
Are greatly welcomed
Post by: crowbarrd on October 24, 2021, 11:23:03 PM
such as a respite of sorts
from my mental block
Post by: wavewright62 on October 25, 2021, 02:42:16 AM
comes such insights as ...uhhh....mmmm
welp, I got nuthin'?
Post by: Jitter on October 25, 2021, 11:21:54 AM
Lying in bed exhausted
Too many haikus
(In reality it was too many candies)
Post by: JoB on October 25, 2021, 12:33:22 PM
Too many haikus
(In reality it was too many candies)
Too many haikus?
Grab a magnifying glass,
Inspect the last word.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Kiran on October 26, 2021, 10:32:50 AM
Maybe candies or candles?
Not candles for sure.
Post by: Jitter on October 26, 2021, 10:51:13 AM
Surely wouldn’t use tallow
To feed my crew mates
Post by: Opaque on October 26, 2021, 11:04:37 AM
To the hungry sharks below
Now that is a dream
Post by: JoB on October 26, 2021, 12:03:34 PM
That - unlike candies / candles -
Befits hungry sharks!
Post by: crowbarrd on October 27, 2021, 09:02:08 PM
bloody water and fresh meat-
wait, where's my penguin?!
(leg was one syllable too short, but now I feel sorry for this poor penguin :'()
Post by: wavewright62 on October 27, 2021, 11:55:14 PM
Possibly gone with three mates,
off on a mission.
Post by: thorny on October 28, 2021, 10:52:01 AM
To find one more syllable
For crowbarrd's left leg.
Post by: Yastreb on October 28, 2021, 06:00:16 PM
We'll make a fine syllabub
Something delicious
Post by: muidole on October 29, 2021, 12:30:20 AM
I beg to differ, good sir.
You can't cook penguin!
Post by: Keep Looking on October 29, 2021, 01:47:35 AM
Unless you're very hungry
And stranded on ice.
Post by: Jitter on October 29, 2021, 01:56:22 AM
With my mage friend unconscious
Someone please send help
Post by: tehta on October 29, 2021, 04:12:42 AM
or I will die of boredom
in this queue for bread.
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on October 29, 2021, 06:22:48 AM
I flex my Bus Sci exam:
"Giffen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giffen_good)", not "given".
Post by: Jitter on October 29, 2021, 06:51:46 AM
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on October 29, 2021, 06:57:40 AM
Are you a law clerk, or a
Starbucks barrista?
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on October 29, 2021, 08:23:23 AM
I’m sure that will be useful
Now that the world ends
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on October 29, 2021, 08:59:01 AM
I can quit this stupid job,
become a warlord!
Post by: thorny on October 29, 2021, 09:27:52 AM
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on October 29, 2021, 11:54:57 AM
Spoiler: show
Become a warlord
Collect all the resources
Get killed in your sleep
Post by: tehta on October 29, 2021, 12:22:26 PM
when too many war trophies
bring down nearby wall.
Post by: Yastreb on October 29, 2021, 06:55:27 PM
Brick by brick, and in that way
You won't get buried
Post by: crowbarrd on October 29, 2021, 09:08:05 PM
under your own misery
if it falls down first
Spoiler: show
Post by: catbirds on October 29, 2021, 11:22:15 PM
we should have built it better
with engineering
Post by: JoB on October 30, 2021, 04:22:40 AM
The reply will never be
"It's too difficult"
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on October 31, 2021, 12:13:23 AM
Said Hanrahan that morning
"We'll all be ruined"
Spoiler: show
Post by: Kiran on October 31, 2021, 03:01:04 AM
Said Torolf weeping,
For all was burnt.
Post by: JoB on October 31, 2021, 04:00:04 AM
the bakers earmarked the lot:
"Hannu will eat it!"
(¹ Isn't that just four syllables?)
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: catbirds on November 01, 2021, 02:22:18 AM
but he does not live nearby
compost it shall be
Post by: wavewright62 on November 01, 2021, 03:43:16 AM
the worms don't taste so much as
roll around in it
Post by: JoB on November 01, 2021, 04:47:12 AM
Habit of worms *and* dogs, hence
Deworming needed.
Post by: tehta on November 01, 2021, 04:56:06 AM
That appetizing entrée
was not spaghetti.
Spoiler: show
Post by: crowbarrd on November 01, 2021, 06:07:08 AM
are you telling me that I
just ate an earthworm?"
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on November 01, 2021, 07:12:33 PM
Making pranks around dinner
Is so immature
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on November 09, 2021, 03:35:22 PM
argument for childish types.
I answer, "Is not!"
Post by: JoB on November 09, 2021, 03:42:14 PM
any more decent haiku
our new fad's dead end?"
Post by: thorny on November 09, 2021, 06:03:33 PM
road exploration; four wheel
drive might be needed.
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on November 09, 2021, 10:42:45 PM
but bear antics cannot cure
our fandom's malaise
Post by: Yastreb on November 10, 2021, 01:24:38 AM
A premature prediction
It will get better
Post by: Jitter on November 16, 2021, 12:59:58 AM
Anything is fixable
Just add some more boom
Post by: muidole on November 16, 2021, 02:24:29 AM
*Kra-KOOM!* *Zip-Zap-ZOOM!* *Da-DOOM!*
But wait, there's more... BOOM!
Post by: JoB on November 16, 2021, 03:00:25 AM
"Not here!!" - "What? I thought we were
going to EFEE (https://efee2022.com/)!?"
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on November 16, 2021, 08:51:47 PM
A sudden electric shock
Means we'll never know
Post by: wavewright62 on November 18, 2021, 01:56:58 AM
it's gone down since the midpoint -
pretty average.
Post by: Yastreb on November 19, 2021, 10:51:01 PM
Isn't so bad in these times
So I don't complain
Post by: thorny on November 19, 2021, 11:09:26 PM
You should know that doesn't mean
Everything's just fine.
Post by: tehta on November 20, 2021, 07:11:30 AM
With all I gave to get here
I expected more.
Post by: Vulpes on November 20, 2021, 08:56:46 AM
which is flawed, the real world or
my expectations?
Post by: Yastreb on November 21, 2021, 05:10:05 AM
Are probably too modest
Should I aim higher?
Post by: moredhel on November 21, 2021, 06:12:46 AM
it could go horribly wrong
or be successful.
Post by: JoB on November 21, 2021, 07:05:41 AM
I'll go hungry this morning
... or maybe it still ... ?
Post by: Vulpes on November 21, 2021, 08:58:08 AM
... if I trim this mouldy bit...
on second thought, no.
Post by: Yastreb on November 21, 2021, 10:08:08 PM
I won't shoot the pianist
He's doing his best
Post by: tehta on November 22, 2021, 06:59:47 AM
to say 'good job', and failing.
Is that ironic?
Post by: thorny on November 22, 2021, 09:46:51 AM
Long messageboard discussion
on meaning of word.
Post by: Yastreb on November 25, 2021, 04:36:26 AM
It's what I want them to mean
No more and no less
Post by: JoB on November 25, 2021, 04:42:24 AM
than what good ole Duden sez"
for us Powerkrauts
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on November 27, 2021, 02:11:45 AM
sounds vaguely ominous, like
swamp gas on steroids!
Post by: muidole on November 27, 2021, 06:36:35 AM
Well that can't smell good, I'll bet!
Shield your mouth and nose!
Post by: Yastreb on November 27, 2021, 09:39:34 AM
Gets shouted when Dave breaks wind
Silent and deadly
Post by: tehta on November 27, 2021, 11:28:05 AM
is how the cat sees herself.
I see her as cute.
Post by: Jitter on November 27, 2021, 01:15:19 PM
As she’s getting a promotion
Now she is a scout!
Post by: JoB on November 28, 2021, 03:19:19 AM
might want to tell her about
berserker weremice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K9mO5QzOIQ).
Post by: wavewright62 on November 29, 2021, 03:10:31 AM
Tough to pick up from that, but
somebody has to!
Post by: Yastreb on November 29, 2021, 04:12:15 AM
Keep the Haiku Thread alive
While it's possible
Post by: tehta on November 29, 2021, 04:39:34 AM
to cut one's hair with a scythe
it's not sensible
Post by: muidole on November 29, 2021, 05:06:13 AM
to stay up so gosh darn late
and yet, here you are
Post by: Alkia on November 29, 2021, 08:08:53 AM
in your corner of the world
what is it like there?
Post by: wavewright62 on November 29, 2021, 07:29:13 PM
that Greek letters are unknown
to some world leaders?
Spoiler: omnicron • show
Post by: Yastreb on November 29, 2021, 08:46:04 PM
Were and are incompetent
(I'm not saying who)
Post by: wavewright62 on November 30, 2021, 03:16:15 AM
it takes a Certain Type though.
Not a job I'd like!
Post by: JoB on November 30, 2021, 03:48:32 AM
to teach the greek alphabet,
classical or new.
Spoiler: show
Post by: muidole on December 11, 2021, 03:17:25 AM
Why not neo-classical?
I guess that works too.
Post by: Vulpes on December 11, 2021, 12:59:42 PM
though why you'd do it thus is
a myst'ry* to me
*To circumvent complaints that there are too many syll'bles.
Post by: Jitter on December 11, 2021, 01:53:05 PM
The ways of love and friendship
A lone lynx am I
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on December 11, 2021, 05:24:20 PM
The first Sontaran we're shown
A long time ago
Post by: Yastreb on December 11, 2021, 06:15:16 PM
I can still remember when
I first saw Star Wars
Post by: wavewright62 on December 12, 2021, 12:58:10 AM
in an air-conditioned mall
that's now abandoned
Post by: muidole on December 12, 2021, 01:06:39 AM
But the memories remain.
If you don't forget.
Post by: JoB on December 12, 2021, 01:43:09 AM
your culture will stay with you
through apocalypse. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCBA1wii70o)
Post by: Vulpes on December 12, 2021, 09:17:01 AM
a rag-tag band of misfits
somehow comes home safe
Post by: Jitter on December 12, 2021, 12:49:06 PM
standing still staying silent
just may be enough
Post by: thorny on December 12, 2021, 01:23:30 PM
Food and love to go around.
We'd better try it.
Post by: muidole on December 12, 2021, 01:34:49 PM
If there's even a small chance
That it will fix things.
Post by: Yastreb on December 12, 2021, 06:27:57 PM
May be the only hope; we
Should have planned better
Post by: wavewright62 on December 13, 2021, 03:47:44 AM
except, bizarre stuff happens.
Ya can't plan for that!
Post by: Jitter on December 13, 2021, 06:36:53 AM
How was I to know that it
Had three extra legs!
Post by: thorny on December 13, 2021, 09:37:39 AM
Whick Ikea customer
I wonder, needs them?
Post by: Vulpes on December 13, 2021, 01:11:11 PM
do you? Send them Yoda can
if address you send
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on December 13, 2021, 05:06:51 PM
You won't have a dress to wear
But the other will
Post by: Yastreb on December 13, 2021, 05:24:14 PM
Leaving all to Charity
Was found this morning
Post by: wavewright62 on December 14, 2021, 02:12:46 AM
but sadly it was something
needed last weekend
Post by: Jitter on December 14, 2021, 06:07:50 AM
rest and recuperation
maybe some comics
Post by: Yastreb on December 14, 2021, 07:31:38 PM
With brand new material
No, that won't happen
Post by: wavewright62 on December 14, 2021, 11:03:32 PM
no large payment," said the seer.
"I'm a medium."
Post by: Jitter on December 15, 2021, 02:22:57 AM
and you surely wear an S
remember: no capes!
Post by: Yastreb on December 15, 2021, 04:40:38 AM
Or points or headlands or spits
Just promontories
Post by: Vulpes on December 17, 2021, 08:00:37 PM
mete out swift judgement to ships
hugging the lee shore
Post by: Yastreb on December 18, 2021, 01:17:59 AM
Didn't stop the freighter from
Being torpedoed
Post by: wavewright62 on December 18, 2021, 02:17:51 AM
cue Gaultier knock-off cones
from 1990
Post by: Yastreb on December 18, 2021, 07:39:45 AM
Up until the present day
Interesting times
Post by: Vulpes on December 18, 2021, 11:13:15 AM
it is said to be a curse
that you live in them
Post by: Yastreb on December 22, 2021, 10:27:24 PM
Would be reason to recall
The nineteen-sixties
Post by: wavewright62 on December 22, 2021, 11:58:53 PM
I was a child, but I lived.
We can thank vaccines.
Post by: Róisín on December 23, 2021, 07:25:48 AM
Were a time of adventure
Which I did survive.
Post by: JoB on December 23, 2021, 09:37:54 AM
for now-frequent mental leaps
- which I did survive.
Post by: Kiran on December 23, 2021, 11:39:28 AM
Said the crew member
Who had got lost.
Post by: JoB on December 23, 2021, 12:14:40 PM
We found a bunch of fine maps!"
(Pre-Y-Oh of course.)
Post by: midwestmutt on December 25, 2021, 12:18:25 PM
We made it thus far OK.
2021.
Post by: wavewright62 on December 25, 2021, 08:36:54 PM
With all due respect, you can
take it away now.
Post by: Róisín on December 25, 2021, 10:03:20 PM
Back to maker with complaints.
2022?
Post by: thorny on December 25, 2021, 11:00:28 PM
We don't know yet. We await
With both fear and hope.
Post by: Yastreb on December 26, 2021, 12:24:39 AM
But not anticipation
Just resignation
Post by: muidole on December 26, 2021, 04:35:53 AM
With all that's happened so far
Can't say I blame you
Post by: Yastreb on December 27, 2021, 04:00:04 AM
I'm not looking for scapegoats
Bad things just happen
Post by: wavewright62 on December 29, 2021, 08:53:10 PM
but everything's not random
good things take intent
Post by: JoB on December 30, 2021, 02:43:55 AM
one way or another - like,
take away from you
Post by: midwestmutt on January 01, 2022, 11:37:42 AM
Every year is its' own.
2022.
Post by: Yastreb on January 01, 2022, 02:40:58 PM
Please don't disappoint us
Happiness preferred
Post by: Opaque on January 02, 2022, 11:55:53 PM
Wishing things keep improving
No monkey paw please
Post by: muidole on January 03, 2022, 01:37:26 AM
I have read that short story
Do not mess with fate
Post by: Róisín on January 03, 2022, 02:54:17 AM
Never a wise thing to do.
I prefer to live.
Post by: thorny on January 03, 2022, 10:08:00 AM
On this hillside, with wood stove
While snow is falling.
Post by: Opaque on January 03, 2022, 10:50:12 AM
The best time to walk outside
Completely barefoot
(Yes, this is a thing I do)
Post by: tehta on January 03, 2022, 03:55:01 PM
Across hot embers: faith helps,
as do sweaty soles.
Post by: Yastreb on January 03, 2022, 04:32:55 PM
Don't walk on lino, lest you go
Slipping and sliding
Post by: thorny on January 03, 2022, 04:55:36 PM
on ice is unwise for those
in our seventies.
Post by: JoB on January 04, 2022, 01:23:24 AM
Bond started in '62.
"0070"?
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on January 04, 2022, 04:21:45 AM
What? You mean it's septuplets?
Need a bigger house!
Post by: tehta on January 04, 2022, 06:23:44 AM
Try a freshly-cleansed area!
We'll finance your move.
Post by: Jitter on January 04, 2022, 07:27:58 AM
Nothing to worry about
It is very safe
Post by: tehta on January 04, 2022, 07:59:10 AM
I am an expert: I had
Three months of training.
Post by: Yastreb on January 04, 2022, 08:55:18 AM
And then into a Spitfire
I give you three weeks
Post by: Jitter on January 04, 2022, 10:20:58 AM
The great life of a cleanser!
New recruits welcome!
Post by: tehta on January 04, 2022, 12:14:07 PM
Each Silent World adventure
creates vacancies!
Post by: thegreyarea on January 04, 2022, 02:30:33 PM
Scary words soon replaced by
"brings fame and fortune!"
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on January 04, 2022, 02:38:28 PM
Build our new prosperity
Not to forget jobs
Post by: thorny on January 04, 2022, 02:57:25 PM
Though we'd like to; or better
To redesign them.
Post by: Opaque on January 04, 2022, 06:03:04 PM
Can, of course, become costly
We hope it's worth it
Post by: Yastreb on January 04, 2022, 11:16:59 PM
But it's worth remembering
Murphy's famous rule
Post by: Róisín on January 05, 2022, 12:03:35 AM
With Mrs Murphy’s corollary:
“Murphy’s an optimist!”
Post by: Yastreb on January 05, 2022, 02:35:23 AM
A man of sunny outlook
Whatever happens
Post by: Kiran on January 05, 2022, 09:41:52 AM
I can rest well.
It is warm.
Post by: thorny on January 05, 2022, 11:03:37 AM
Seven in the second line
Five again in third.
Post by: JoB on January 05, 2022, 01:12:00 PM
... wait, wasn't that exactly
in reverse order?
Post by: Opaque on January 05, 2022, 02:16:40 PM
Lay out the numbered peices
And the door unlocks
Post by: thegreyarea on January 05, 2022, 02:50:35 PM
Optimistic Murphy said, pleased
before crossing it
Post by: muidole on January 05, 2022, 04:44:15 PM
look to the left and the right
to avoid the cars.
Post by: Opaque on January 05, 2022, 06:52:14 PM
The game the frog is playing
How many lives left?
Post by: Yastreb on January 05, 2022, 08:06:29 PM
Only the cat would know that
And she's not saying
Post by: Opaque on January 13, 2022, 07:03:34 PM
Whether it is here or there
Quite the enigma
Post by: Yastreb on January 14, 2022, 08:09:06 PM
That's wrapped around the riddle
There in Bletchley Park
Post by: JoB on January 15, 2022, 05:33:50 PM
they - Turing, Welchman, Keen etc. -
set up us (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us) the bombe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombe).
Post by: wavewright62 on January 17, 2022, 02:55:54 AM
But Murphy's instructions were
for the sweet dessert.
Post by: Yastreb on January 17, 2022, 03:59:06 AM
Is nothing to trifle with
Death by chocolate
Post by: Opaque on January 18, 2022, 08:22:38 PM
Is how I would like to go
I can't get enough
Post by: Yastreb on January 19, 2022, 03:02:41 AM
No, I'm not admitting what
That's for you to guess
Post by: wavewright62 on January 20, 2022, 04:24:24 AM
The sphinx sighed and regained her
inscrutable stare.
Post by: Yastreb on January 20, 2022, 08:28:47 AM
That is what my cat gives me
If dinner is late
Post by: tehta on January 20, 2022, 09:25:16 AM
there's an excuse to eat snacks.
Where's the cookie stash?
Post by: Vulpes on January 20, 2022, 11:09:27 AM
in the freezer, which is locked
HAH! that won't stop me!
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on January 20, 2022, 05:34:03 PM
Meme shows facing the warning,
"Because I can't read!"
Post by: thegreyarea on January 20, 2022, 07:01:14 PM
no book holds secrets to me.
Life is my teacher"
Post by: Yastreb on January 20, 2022, 07:04:24 PM
That's why I have degrees from
The school of hard knocks
Post by: Róisín on January 20, 2022, 10:43:12 PM
Is a most exacting teacher.
Speaks experience!
Post by: wavewright62 on January 24, 2022, 12:54:43 AM
Dear madame, you provide yours
by the bucketload!
edit: *ahem* Many thanks, Yastreb!
Post by: Yastreb on January 24, 2022, 06:44:21 AM
We drew water from the well
And found lots of coins
Post by: Opaque on January 26, 2022, 09:58:01 AM
When he snuck around the keep
And snuck out quickly
Post by: Yastreb on January 27, 2022, 06:48:09 AM
Choosing to leave between shifts
But he chose poorly
Post by: Kiran on January 31, 2022, 09:08:46 AM
For he ended up on sea,
Destined to far lands.
Post by: thegreyarea on February 03, 2022, 07:36:14 AM
Water, water everywhere,
nor any drop to drink
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on February 03, 2022, 05:15:21 PM
Well, there's no alternative
Let's all start wining!
Post by: wavewright62 on February 07, 2022, 02:33:22 AM
You don't have to whine, you know.
You're all winners, see?
Post by: muidole on February 07, 2022, 02:50:09 AM
Participation trophies!
Just show up, ok?
Post by: Yastreb on February 07, 2022, 04:06:48 AM
And try to be punctual
Don't keep us waiting
Post by: wavewright62 on February 07, 2022, 07:42:32 PM
Hang on, you're wearing what now?
No, go change. We'll wait.
Post by: thorny on February 07, 2022, 09:33:23 PM
for the moon to move to full.
You'll hunt better then.
Post by: wavewright62 on February 08, 2022, 09:28:25 PM
Your thrilling sanguine hunger
glinting off your fangs...
Post by: Jitter on February 09, 2022, 02:34:11 AM
the fear of your helpless prey
the undying death
Post by: thorny on February 09, 2022, 10:25:09 AM
all organisms will eat
and then become food.
Post by: Jitter on February 09, 2022, 02:24:18 PM
a dance of rot and rebirth
the circle of life
Post by: muidole on February 10, 2022, 02:40:32 AM
Hey wait, I watched that movie!
The Lion King, right?
Post by: Yastreb on February 10, 2022, 06:43:34 AM
Or was it Lost Horizons?
...No, best forgotten
Post by: Kiran on February 28, 2022, 12:24:05 PM
Said the captain, scrambling up
A departing boat.
Post by: tehta on February 28, 2022, 12:39:40 PM
sails over the horizon.
Cue months of waiting.
Post by: Kiran on February 28, 2022, 12:47:52 PM
For we stand still, stay silent,
Waiting for replies.
Post by: Jitter on February 28, 2022, 01:57:40 PM
letters sealed with our kisses
the silence draws on
Post by: Yastreb on February 28, 2022, 10:08:32 PM
Rather uncomfortably
Say something, someone
Post by: muidole on March 01, 2022, 12:29:32 AM
I plead into the darkness.
But nobody came.
Post by: Yastreb on March 01, 2022, 02:42:13 AM
There was much embarrassment
Worst orgy ever
Post by: wavewright62 on March 01, 2022, 03:11:45 AM
We could play Naked Poker.
Look, I have a pair!
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on March 01, 2022, 03:13:30 AM
Worst orgy ever.
Why was the room so cold and
filled with clown photos?
Post by: Kiran on March 01, 2022, 03:39:37 AM
The captain exclaimed in joy,
And shouted wildly.
Post by: thorny on March 01, 2022, 10:07:05 AM
But Nor stayed very silent
In that paragraph.
Post by: Kiran on March 02, 2022, 12:17:10 AM
Lies a solution hidden,
To solve our problems.
Post by: Jitter on March 06, 2022, 07:15:47 AM
if only we did before
we were here again
we are here again
once more drowning underneath
the tears of all wars
Spoiler: show
Post by: Kiran on March 06, 2022, 09:31:12 AM
Are no match for hope, as it
Can shine even when dark.
Post by: tehta on March 06, 2022, 09:42:56 AM
A butt hidden from the sun
can come in handy.
Post by: Yastreb on March 06, 2022, 11:31:13 PM
The Gerber Pocket Tool, or
The Swiss Army Knife?
Post by: tehta on March 07, 2022, 01:08:28 AM
has a fine dining version:
the Swiss Army fork.
Post by: Yastreb on March 07, 2022, 02:49:17 AM
Less vexing than Morton's Fork
Which was just unfair
Post by: Kiran on March 07, 2022, 11:24:00 AM
Exclaimed the crying student,
On her paper's scores.
Post by: thorny on March 07, 2022, 06:49:49 PM
Of lines describing which team
Won, and points of loss.
Post by: Yastreb on March 10, 2022, 05:59:42 AM
Monumental trivia
It won't win prizes
Post by: tehta on March 10, 2022, 08:13:02 AM
For grace or conformation
But I love my dog
Post by: thorny on March 10, 2022, 11:41:14 AM
I won't leave her here alone.
We'll flee together.
Post by: Kiran on March 11, 2022, 09:25:42 AM
From misery and darkness,
For a brighter life.
Post by: Jitter on March 11, 2022, 10:01:05 AM
late is better than never
to enjoy flowers
Post by: Kiran on March 11, 2022, 11:11:26 AM
And to walk among the trees,
Ah! Spring's for merriment.
Post by: Yastreb on March 11, 2022, 03:15:32 PM
But take care; don't spring too high
And fall in the lake!
Post by: Kiran on March 12, 2022, 07:00:14 AM
Why, forget ice in the fall,
It's always very hot!
Post by: thorny on March 12, 2022, 10:55:23 AM
For someone in the house; and
Cold for another.
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 12, 2022, 07:57:56 PM
I wear sweaters in summer
I am freezing now
Post by: thorny on March 12, 2022, 09:06:36 PM
Two of three loaves fresh made bread
To eat in summer.
Post by: JoB on March 13, 2022, 03:41:31 AM
You'll need hunger in time - so,
Don't gorge in winter!
Post by: thegreyarea on March 13, 2022, 09:13:17 AM
We bears gorge before, then sleep,
silent dreams of spring
Post by: Jitter on March 13, 2022, 10:01:48 AM
in the earth under the snow
flowers are waiting
Post by: thegreyarea on March 13, 2022, 11:41:07 AM
to blossom on the right time
Better days will come
Post by: Jitter on March 13, 2022, 12:12:13 PM
one day, again, our fields are
full of sunflowers
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 13, 2022, 12:49:26 PM
The fields were beset by them
This made me happy
Post by: thorny on March 13, 2022, 01:29:27 PM
to see sunflowers mentioned
in this haiku chain.
Post by: Jitter on March 13, 2022, 02:58:19 PM
in this haiku chain
we reflect on many things
sometimes sunflowers
sometimes sunflowers
are just flowers other times
they are more than that
Post by: JoB on March 13, 2022, 07:24:35 PM
In the Hierophant's garden (https://www.webtoons.com/en/supernatural/sword-interval/ep-211-sunflowers/viewer?title_no=486&episode_no=232)
Then murders began (https://www.webtoons.com/en/supernatural/sword-interval/ep-225-harbinger/viewer?title_no=486&episode_no=251) :P
Post by: wavewright62 on March 13, 2022, 07:40:43 PM
from second generation.
So legend tells us.
Post by: Kiran on March 13, 2022, 09:32:14 PM
Of the lay of the lands where
We still stay today.
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 13, 2022, 09:32:40 PM
A galaxy far far away
knows nothing of it
Post by: Yastreb on March 13, 2022, 11:45:59 PM
He is deceiving himself
It's common knowledge
Post by: wavewright62 on March 15, 2022, 04:53:06 PM
therefore has little hope of
remaining secret
Post by: Yastreb on March 15, 2022, 06:42:08 PM
Three can keep a secret if
Two of them are dead
Post by: JoB on March 15, 2022, 07:06:06 PM
At a minimum, that is
Someone check pulses!
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 15, 2022, 07:17:40 PM
How would you know, they're trolls
Not touching them, nope!
Post by: Yastreb on March 16, 2022, 07:13:22 AM
Not with a ten-foot pole
That's for damn sure, folks
Post by: Jitter on March 18, 2022, 06:15:50 PM
Our voices will be carried
Over vast distance
Over vast distance
Marvel of technology
Today we see light*
* the James Webb telescope calibration image is even better than expected https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/telescope_alignment_evaluation_image_labeled.png
Post by: JoB on March 19, 2022, 06:41:18 AM
Tomorrow, maybe nothing
Durn variables (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_star)
Post by: Yastreb on March 19, 2022, 07:01:10 AM
Make knitting far less easy
Well, that's what I'm told
Post by: wavewright62 on March 19, 2022, 08:03:10 PM
Purely researched facts only
on the internet.
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 19, 2022, 09:15:16 PM
Where your fondest dreams sleep
Maybe, maybe not?
Post by: Jitter on March 19, 2022, 09:53:46 PM
How can you be so certain
Do your own research
(Seriously though, don’t confuse actual research with random writings on the internet)
Post by: Kiran on March 23, 2022, 06:24:25 AM
Said the professor to me.
"But proceed with care."
Post by: Yastreb on March 23, 2022, 06:30:52 AM
Good advice usually, but not
When dodging snipers
Post by: Jitter on March 23, 2022, 01:07:45 PM
Remember this good advice
One: do not stand up
Post by: Yastreb on March 23, 2022, 05:00:41 PM
Two: do not choose to hide in
An obvious place
Post by: Kiran on March 23, 2022, 11:50:54 PM
Should not be trusted at all.
Three: Stay at one place.
Post by: Jitter on March 24, 2022, 06:46:52 AM
And the most important one:
Stand still stay silent
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 24, 2022, 08:23:35 AM
The dogma to stay alive
You can hide also
Post by: Kiran on March 25, 2022, 09:57:58 AM
But preferably hide where
Bullets cannot reach.
Post by: thorny on March 25, 2022, 12:43:38 PM
Determination; instead
May make it stronger.
Post by: thegreyarea on March 25, 2022, 08:00:31 PM
but not too much, the Wise know.
Trees must bend, or brake.
Post by: JoB on March 25, 2022, 08:20:57 PM
Trees must bend, or brake.This wise guy knows to drive cars.
"Bend all you want, but ... !!"
Post by: Jitter on March 25, 2022, 09:24:30 PM
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 25, 2022, 09:43:43 PM
If trying to touch your toes
The knees are right out
Post by: thorny on March 26, 2022, 12:08:25 AM
there where anyone can see!
Shocking miniskirts!
Post by: JoB on March 26, 2022, 04:20:58 AM
How? They are not sensitive!
Trouble ticket closed.
Spoiler: show
Trouble ticket closed
As there is no problem; pun
Works as intended. 8)
Post by: Yastreb on March 26, 2022, 06:37:46 AM
If you pull the pin out first
Use grenades wisely
Post by: Jitter on March 26, 2022, 09:35:35 AM
For legit cleansing only
Yes, Emil, you too!
Post by: thorny on March 26, 2022, 12:17:26 PM
Will be filed in the order
Of their authors' names.
ETA:
-- Yes, Emil, you too
Might, just like I did, forget
To check the next page.
Post by: thegreyarea on March 26, 2022, 07:05:52 PM
and find changes, or answers
sometimes new questions
Post by: thorny on March 26, 2022, 09:43:09 PM
Are exactly what's needed
To solve old problems.
Post by: Yastreb on March 28, 2022, 05:03:41 AM
May need inspired thinking, but
Not outside the box!
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 28, 2022, 08:09:09 AM
That may be the only way
deviation right?
Post by: Kiran on March 28, 2022, 10:26:27 AM
I know not of other ways
To deviate to.
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 28, 2022, 12:57:06 PM
Frank Zappa, he wrote the song.
Wait!. he has passed on.
Post by: thegreyarea on March 31, 2022, 10:54:08 AM
Life's too short, a mere blink, yet
the legend remains.
Post by: Jitter on March 31, 2022, 11:11:26 AM
Now at the end of all things
Stand still, stay silent
Post by: thegreyarea on March 31, 2022, 12:09:34 PM
watch the end, and a new start
here come the eagles
Post by: thorny on March 31, 2022, 12:13:40 PM
Better keep your cats inside
but oh! see them fly!
Post by: JoB on March 31, 2022, 04:22:57 PM
Sentinel's familiars' swarm -
Summa cum, Sointu!
Post by: Yastreb on March 31, 2022, 11:36:59 PM
Summer is icumen in
Lhude sing cuckoo!
Post by: JoB on April 01, 2022, 01:34:04 AM
Welcome the light, shining out
From atop blighthouse!
Post by: thegreyarea on April 01, 2022, 11:56:12 AM
light shines through the silent woods
no birds in the sky
Post by: tehta on April 01, 2022, 12:12:27 PM
They're all on the ground, pecking
at my dropped sandwich.
Post by: thegreyarea on April 01, 2022, 12:31:18 PM
Damned birds! But I shooed them and
ate it anyway!
Post by: Yastreb on April 01, 2022, 05:37:56 PM
Then realised the flaws in
The five-second rule
Post by: Róisín on April 03, 2022, 04:25:57 AM
Cannot be too well applied
To mess made by birds.
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 03, 2022, 08:47:16 AM
Can be considered lucky
Once cleaned out of hair
Post by: thorny on April 03, 2022, 10:03:33 AM
The burdock seeds need to be
Disposed of with care.
Post by: tehta on April 03, 2022, 11:17:20 AM
What an odd way to describe
A pet cat's burial
Post by: thegreyarea on April 03, 2022, 12:27:38 PM
suddenly becomes scary
when you hear "meow"
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 03, 2022, 12:31:18 PM
you know they want something now
Where is the treat jar?
Post by: thorny on April 03, 2022, 03:38:39 PM
If you're shutting me inside
you need to give treats!
Post by: Yastreb on April 03, 2022, 05:55:09 PM
Or suffer the dreadful pains
Of the Cat's Revenge!
Spoiler: show
Post by: midwestmutt on April 03, 2022, 11:03:52 PM
after years now you only
Stand Still, Stay Silent
Post by: Jitter on April 04, 2022, 01:05:41 AM
You may escape if you just
Stand still stay silent
Post by: tehta on April 04, 2022, 02:09:26 AM
but for the sound of your breath.
Hold that Dancer's Pose.
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on April 04, 2022, 02:37:45 AM
We need a title shot for
"A Discofox' Dream"!
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 05, 2022, 06:10:42 AM
Is meeting a kitsune
Bring on the fox fire!
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on April 05, 2022, 06:22:05 AM
the boring three-bear dance troupe.
The crowd grows restless.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 05, 2022, 09:59:24 AM
And then a voice announces
"There's no show tonight..."
Post by: JoB on April 05, 2022, 04:28:46 PM
Until we have hashed this out -
Say it slower, dude! (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Ja-Kitsune.oga)
Post by: Yastreb on April 05, 2022, 06:20:00 PM
This nine-tailed kitsune here
Has three syllables
Post by: wavewright62 on April 08, 2022, 04:32:03 AM
Mein hut, der hat drei ecke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Hat,_It_Has_Three_Corners)
Learnt that, age seven
Post by: Yastreb on April 08, 2022, 07:06:58 AM
Meant just one thing in Spain; the
Guardia Civil
Post by: JoB on April 08, 2022, 07:27:26 AM
Is, like the Gendarmerie,
No "police" to me.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 11, 2022, 06:43:13 AM
Because they are not needed
For I am the law!
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 11, 2022, 07:55:11 AM
Patience and understanding
Prevent violence please.
(For me violence is pronounced with 2 syllables, some pronounce it with 3)
Post by: Yastreb on April 11, 2022, 09:20:48 AM
Against blameless syllables
They deserve better
Post by: wavewright62 on April 12, 2022, 06:04:50 AM
'really' is unclear while
'ambiguous' ain't
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on April 12, 2022, 05:52:05 PM
And then the murders began
But... wrong thread, maybe?
Post by: thegreyarea on April 12, 2022, 07:32:27 PM
What if murders become links
on our Haiku Chain?
Spoiler: show
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on April 12, 2022, 07:51:37 PM
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: thegreyarea on April 12, 2022, 08:58:02 PM
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 12, 2022, 11:49:34 PM
There are many strange verses
Nothing wrong with that!
Post by: wavewright62 on April 13, 2022, 12:39:56 AM
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 13, 2022, 05:34:03 AM
Spoiler: show
Post by: thegreyarea on April 13, 2022, 06:41:33 AM
Syllables are in the ears
of the beholder
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 13, 2022, 07:43:09 AM
Well, the less said the better
Shun the Eye Tyrant!
Post by: JoB on April 13, 2022, 09:44:28 AM
Spoiler: show
Shun the eye tyrant,
Quit the precision clicking,
Let's grease a monkey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey).
Post by: Yastreb on April 13, 2022, 07:32:03 PM
But that is all you can do
No spanking allowed!
Post by: Kiran on April 14, 2022, 02:15:35 AM
Shouted the teacher in class.
We were left shell-shocked.
Post by: JoB on April 14, 2022, 03:15:27 AM
At the beach party - who knew
They are that naughty?
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on April 14, 2022, 04:07:05 AM
Kindling and a lump of coal
Shall be their lot, then
Post by: Yastreb on April 14, 2022, 04:12:43 AM
To vanish as wisps of smoke?
Don't play with matches!
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 14, 2022, 08:10:05 AM
That poor Emil always heard
Oh glorious fire!!
Post by: wavewright62 on April 15, 2022, 05:56:38 AM
says Emil, or so we're told.
(of course I'd say that)
Post by: Yastreb on April 15, 2022, 08:30:26 AM
I'm a real source of wisdom
(Believe it or not)
Post by: thegreyarea on April 17, 2022, 03:39:43 PM
reality doesn't care", says
the pink unicorn
Post by: JoB on April 18, 2022, 02:21:15 AM
Welcomes your solution of
The Trolley Problem (https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2021/05/30)
Post by: Yastreb on April 18, 2022, 03:36:48 AM
Is usually more deadly
This one is better
Post by: thegreyarea on April 18, 2022, 06:59:30 PM
Gaudí (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaudí#Death_and_legacy) would agree, and add:
"Always look both ways!"
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 18, 2022, 09:36:35 PM
But learn which way to look first
Right's not always right
Spoiler: show
Post by: Róisín on April 18, 2022, 11:43:59 PM
Post by: JoB on April 19, 2022, 01:26:41 AM
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Right's not always right
Said the tourist visiting
Commonwealth by car
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 19, 2022, 09:59:58 AM
Massachusetts drivers Yikes!!
Be brave and gun it!
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on April 19, 2022, 11:18:19 AM
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Be brave and gun it
They said in TÜV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technischer_%C3%9Cberwachungsverein#The_brand_%22T%C3%9CV%22) training, but
Owners love their cars
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 19, 2022, 01:22:07 PM
Spoiler: show
It is actually a traffic sign in Boston. There is another that is worse, but for some reason I cannot find the link
Post by: Yastreb on April 21, 2022, 08:31:02 PM
But sometimes I feel the urge
To blow up a car
Post by: Jitter on April 22, 2022, 04:39:33 AM
Uncle Emil’s homemade stuff
Is right for the job!
(Unfortunately line 2 was a tad too short, but we all know what the ”stuff” is)
((The stuff is napalm))
Post by: JoB on April 22, 2022, 06:37:43 AM
((The stuff is napalm))Thermite (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1m0fje4SGM), please.
It's right for the job,
Takes the proper part away.
Enjoy your ragtop!
Post by: thegreyarea on April 22, 2022, 08:28:01 AM
Nature is beautiful! And
includes mosquitoes!
Post by: tehta on April 22, 2022, 08:32:17 AM
Not what one expects to read
on a tin of soup.
Post by: Yastreb on April 22, 2022, 08:43:15 AM
You are promised a banquet
Not disappointment
Post by: Jitter on April 22, 2022, 12:54:36 PM
But this often follows the
Serving suggestion
(Sorry, JoB, Uncle Emil’s Homemade Napalm is a valuable brand and will not be altered)
Post by: tehta on April 23, 2022, 08:45:25 AM
Melt candles in slowly, and
garnish with squirrel.
Post by: JoB on April 23, 2022, 08:59:37 AM
Cheap way to protect trees from
Vegetarians.
Post by: wavewright62 on April 23, 2022, 05:32:15 PM
Many sects bound (or not) by
fiber consumption
Post by: naclenix on April 23, 2022, 08:18:42 PM
please do it regularly,
or else you'll get clogged
Post by: Yastreb on April 27, 2022, 10:13:14 PM
In Lancashire or Holland
If you don't watch out
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on April 28, 2022, 01:52:02 AM
Plans suddenly get ruined
Damn 'em saboteurs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabot_(shoe))!
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 28, 2022, 11:32:25 AM
The left one pinches badly
I maybe wear socks?
Post by: Kiran on April 28, 2022, 08:44:31 PM
For it is cold in the house.
The floor's freezing cold.
Post by: Yastreb on April 28, 2022, 11:06:09 PM
It's so cold, in fact, that, I'm
Walking above it
Post by: wavewright62 on April 30, 2022, 03:11:47 AM
Reynir never notices what
horrors lie submerged
A reference to this page (http://www.sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=65)
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on April 30, 2022, 04:25:19 AM
Right below the two duckies
I think Kitty sees
A reference to this page (http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=276)
Post by: tehta on May 03, 2022, 05:47:21 PM
Let's put her out of the room
Before we begin.
Post by: thegreyarea on May 03, 2022, 06:45:51 PM
let's take time to know ourselves,
to find what we want
Post by: Yastreb on May 03, 2022, 07:54:57 PM
Lots of money is spent and
Wrong conclusions drawn
Post by: thegreyarea on May 04, 2022, 08:50:37 AM
Too often those are called
human history
Post by: thorny on May 04, 2022, 09:41:29 AM
Includes too much tragedy
Also some haikus.
Post by: wavewright62 on May 04, 2022, 09:36:57 PM
providing much silliness
in these trying times
Post by: JoB on May 05, 2022, 02:44:14 AM
Communication needs to
Get to the point fast.
(Hence, haiku. ;) )
Post by: Yastreb on May 05, 2022, 10:45:08 AM
For ammunition and crew
To win War Thunder
Spoiler: show
Post by: Kiran on May 12, 2022, 09:48:15 AM
Click here and get lots of points!"
Never believed those sites.
Post by: wavewright62 on May 13, 2022, 12:32:39 AM
"You loved them in that old show,
but look at them now!"
Post by: JoB on May 13, 2022, 02:00:56 AM
Ah, the sense of betrayal
By old role models.
Post by: wavewright62 on May 13, 2022, 05:28:32 AM
you mean, models who played roles,
who we idolised.
Post by: Yastreb on May 13, 2022, 05:52:16 AM
So often had feet of clay
(Not literally)
Post by: thegreyarea on May 19, 2022, 07:03:42 PM
That was the note he sent me
after his statement
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 19, 2022, 08:33:44 PM
I still do not understand
I missed a few days
Post by: wavewright62 on May 19, 2022, 08:51:48 PM
Perhaps time and distance is
accelerating
Post by: JoB on May 20, 2022, 02:12:09 AM
Let's take a scientist's stance:
Blame Dark Energy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy#Change_in_expansion_over_time).
Post by: Róisín on May 20, 2022, 03:14:02 AM
For the unique flavour of
Our squirrel cookies!
Post by: Yastreb on May 20, 2022, 06:31:55 AM
Tend to disappear quickly
So only two each!
Post by: Jitter on May 20, 2022, 10:46:18 AM
This divine delicacy
Mind the crunchy bits
Post by: JoB on May 20, 2022, 03:36:27 PM
Leave the first mouthful to a
Texturometer (https://www.textureanalyzers.com/how-texture-analyzer-works).
Post by: Yastreb on May 21, 2022, 01:41:38 AM
I thought it was spurious
Colour me surprised
Post by: wavewright62 on May 21, 2022, 05:01:49 AM
I thought those brown bits were nuts?
Ewww, colour me green
Post by: Jitter on May 21, 2022, 06:08:20 AM
It’s not improved by adding
Some squirrel in it
Post by: tehta on May 21, 2022, 06:20:56 AM
That explains the soup's flavour,
but raises questions.
Post by: Yastreb on May 21, 2022, 08:45:42 AM
It's the risk we all must take
For education
Post by: thegreyarea on May 23, 2022, 06:56:49 PM
we must value teachers that
give young people wings
Post by: Yastreb on May 23, 2022, 07:23:23 PM
Yes, but with this caveat
They're not all angels
Post by: wavewright62 on May 24, 2022, 02:26:11 AM
sometimes they drive us batty,
much to our (r)egret
Post by: Yastreb on May 24, 2022, 04:36:38 AM
They lost on Saturday
Some are bad losers
Post by: tehta on May 24, 2022, 04:40:37 AM
quite a few are bad winners.
Some (like me) are both.
Post by: Yastreb on May 24, 2022, 08:11:13 AM
Hero and villain in one
Which am I right now?
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 24, 2022, 09:00:45 AM
A hero is a villain
From the other's view.
Post by: thegreyarea on May 24, 2022, 04:32:29 PM
the killer's disguise is gone
Revenge time arrived
Post by: Yastreb on May 24, 2022, 04:35:53 PM
And I've come to collect, so
Be very afraid.
Post by: tehta on May 24, 2022, 05:07:33 PM
The dentist is riled today.
His work may suffer.
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 24, 2022, 06:33:06 PM
Or you will be suffering?
no novacane, none!
Post by: Jitter on May 25, 2022, 02:27:56 AM
The pains we must endure now
Post apocalypse
Post by: JoB on May 25, 2022, 03:00:58 AM
"I'll have some Simva..." [haiku'd!]
Death by the meter.
Post by: Yastreb on May 25, 2022, 03:23:43 AM
A possible outcome of
Fiddling with the gas
Post by: tehta on May 25, 2022, 04:20:08 AM
before playing with matches...
Time for a new house!
Post by: thegreyarea on May 25, 2022, 06:52:09 AM
Follow the stars, find a place
The pack must go South
Post by: Kiran on May 25, 2022, 10:12:07 AM
For it is cold up in North:
Winter is still on.
Post by: wavewright62 on May 25, 2022, 10:21:59 PM
Best not get this far south, then -
it's winter here now!
Post by: Kiran on May 26, 2022, 09:17:34 AM
I asked in a puzzled way.
Time indeed moves fast.
Post by: Yastreb on May 26, 2022, 07:32:47 PM
In direct relation to
The level of fun
Post by: wavewright62 on May 28, 2022, 04:45:26 AM
also, the time left for packing
to not miss transport.
Post by: thegreyarea on May 30, 2022, 06:50:42 PM
That made me ran through the city.
Funny memories!
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on May 30, 2022, 07:32:21 PM
Can make me laugh out loud at
Just the wrong moment
Post by: thegreyarea on May 31, 2022, 03:04:09 PM
Says the frog to the scorpion
While they sink, embraced
Post by: Yastreb on June 03, 2022, 12:42:54 AM
Deep into the sea of love
All else forgotten
Post by: dmeck7755 on June 03, 2022, 08:30:07 AM
In your eyes I see your love
makes things so perfect!
Post by: wavewright62 on June 03, 2022, 05:33:28 PM
"Ev'rybody needs a friend,"
as Bob Ross paints trees.
Spoiler: bob ross • show
Post by: Yastreb on June 11, 2022, 12:02:12 AM
But Nature makes works of art
Of birds everywhere
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on June 11, 2022, 05:30:27 AM
Works of their art have sprung forth
(Loaning Onnis hands (http://sssscomic.com/comic2.php?page=173)).
Post by: Yastreb on June 12, 2022, 05:35:38 PM
Should I just knuckle under
And accept de-feet?
Post by: thegreyarea on June 12, 2022, 08:46:04 PM
"Never!" says the shoemaker
"These shoes will save you!"
Post by: Yastreb on June 15, 2022, 11:13:51 PM
From sinking into the snow
Give thanks to Skadhi!
Post by: thegreyarea on June 16, 2022, 03:20:41 PM
bow hunter, and remember:
Prey hides in the snow
Post by: thegreyarea on June 16, 2022, 03:21:14 PM
Beware sometimes the hunter
becomes the hunted
Post by: thegreyarea on June 21, 2022, 06:58:52 PM
or thinks twice and decides it's
better go fishing
Post by: Yastreb on June 22, 2022, 01:28:27 AM
For kind words and compliments
Well... good luck with that
Post by: Yastreb on July 27, 2022, 07:18:12 AM
Trying to clean my cat's teeth
Means starting from scratch
Post by: dmeck7755 on July 27, 2022, 08:39:48 AM
This can be beneficial
When things are successful
Post by: wavewright62 on July 27, 2022, 08:03:31 PM
(such as a well-crafted pun)*
We scarcely believe it
*oHO Yastreb nice one!
Post by: Jitter on July 28, 2022, 05:58:17 AM
But we have some evidence:
The scars we still bear
* not too bad yourself, Wave!
Post by: thorny on July 28, 2022, 10:44:34 AM
Will forever remind us.
But still we go on.
Post by: tehta on July 28, 2022, 10:49:17 AM
And on, while our bored audience
try to hide their yawns.
Post by: Vulpes on July 29, 2022, 02:36:49 PM
is not something cats will do
showing off their fangs
Post by: Jitter on July 29, 2022, 02:40:03 PM
how interesting is beauty
for the vampires
Post by: JoB on July 29, 2022, 05:45:06 PM
The comic's anathema:
Sparkly Emil, fie!
Post by: tehta on July 30, 2022, 05:31:08 AM
Edward Cullen feels outclassed.
He weeps in envy.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on July 30, 2022, 01:12:10 PM
And laughs in Euphoria
Long time between roles
Post by: thegreyarea on August 04, 2022, 07:52:33 AM
harms one's career. Better be
a sparkling vampire
Post by: Yastreb on August 04, 2022, 07:59:49 AM
Is a loathsome thing, God wot
So many would say
Post by: JoB on August 04, 2022, 08:05:01 AM
That vampires, from square one,
Were a dead topic ...
Post by: wavewright62 on August 08, 2022, 04:47:36 AM
Maybe Jerry Garcia,
but not Keith Richards.
Post by: dmeck7755 on August 08, 2022, 08:32:55 AM
but not Keith Richards.
I thought he was immortal
Though he looks like crap
Post by: Kiran on August 08, 2022, 09:30:10 AM
Said a friend before leaving,
Leaving us all shocked.
Post by: Jitter on August 08, 2022, 02:45:11 PM
Wizard, apologizing
Um, my bad, wrong page
Post by: thegreyarea on August 08, 2022, 06:53:17 PM
Said the witch to the princess.
The pig stared back.
Post by: wavewright62 on August 09, 2022, 05:31:05 AM
"Some Pig" dangling above him
saving his bacon
Post by: Yastreb on August 09, 2022, 06:50:48 AM
Shakespeare had to keep secrets
All's well that ends well
Post by: thorny on August 09, 2022, 09:18:27 AM
may not be much comfort to
those in the middle.
Post by: Buteo on August 09, 2022, 11:33:07 AM
Are the connection between
The start and the end.
Post by: dmeck7755 on August 09, 2022, 02:15:18 PM
That is the circle of life.
Ear Worm anybody?
Spoiler: show
Post by: thegreyarea on August 10, 2022, 08:17:20 AM
Now endless replays trap us
inside the circle
Post by: JoB on August 10, 2022, 09:09:07 AM
Inside yet another one ...
Surprises galore (http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/obverse-reverse-chapter-7-page-21/).
Post by: Róisín on August 11, 2022, 01:50:37 AM
While inside another one?
Very Dantean!
Post by: Yastreb on August 11, 2022, 05:56:14 AM
But not too Voltairean
Is that so shocking?
Post by: wavewright62 on August 30, 2022, 05:07:43 AM
Yes, when Voltaire and Voltage
get the wrong labels.
Post by: JoB on August 30, 2022, 07:17:10 AM
Get yourself knocked out good.
Candles for supplies!
Post by: Jitter on August 30, 2022, 01:34:29 PM
Nourishing if not tasty
Mikkel will make do
Post by: dmeck7755 on August 30, 2022, 02:37:49 PM
Mikkel will make do
Eat to live, not live to eat
It is very gross
Post by: Yastreb on August 30, 2022, 06:14:33 PM
Though some things are better in
A baker's dozen
Post by: wavewright62 on September 03, 2022, 07:04:48 AM
I could have sworn that last night
there were only twelve...
Post by: dmeck7755 on September 03, 2022, 12:51:29 PM
there were only twelve...
Wasn't there thirteen of them?
Spouse is wearing crumbs.
Post by: Yastreb on September 04, 2022, 07:03:30 AM
And I'm really not surprised
She's very well bred
Post by: wavewright62 on September 05, 2022, 03:54:21 AM
*snort* The yeast I can do is
rise to the challenge.
Post by: thorny on September 05, 2022, 11:02:19 AM
and get out of bed. The cats
demand their breakfast.
Post by: JoB on September 05, 2022, 04:20:12 PM
Just kibble, but you are their
master, are you not?
["This meowns war!!" :3]
Post by: Róisín on September 05, 2022, 05:09:19 PM
Speaks the voice of ignorance!
Cat walks by itself.
Post by: Yastreb on September 05, 2022, 08:39:15 PM
Leaps up on the windowsill
To see what's outside
Post by: dmeck7755 on September 06, 2022, 08:11:27 AM
Lot's of rain and soggy birds
and a few chipmunks
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on September 06, 2022, 11:05:12 AM
frolick in the pouring rain
to out-soggy birds.
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on September 06, 2022, 12:42:25 PM
... and a few chipmunks
frolick in the pouring rain
to out-soggy birds.Spoiler: show
Correct!!
to out-soggy birds.
I put my trash to the curb.
with boots and raingear
Post by: thorny on September 06, 2022, 03:27:07 PM
I go do crop check; hoping
For market day sun.
Post by: Róisín on September 06, 2022, 11:45:43 PM
Not much prospect of that here!
We expect a storm.
Post by: Yastreb on September 07, 2022, 02:53:31 AM
So take my wise advice, and
Pack an umbrella
Post by: Róisín on September 07, 2022, 12:26:57 PM
That same storm will reach for you
In the next few days!
Post by: Yastreb on September 07, 2022, 10:41:15 PM
Rain and overflowing drains
Melbourne in summer
Post by: Róisín on September 07, 2022, 10:50:05 PM
I remember all too well!
But you will be here?
Post by: thorny on September 08, 2022, 12:12:19 PM
I count on your support; hope
The time works for you.
Post by: Jitter on September 08, 2022, 06:10:12 PM
A long and interesting life
Even queens must die
Post by: dmeck7755 on September 08, 2022, 06:29:15 PM
Her monarchy was long served
She shall rest in peace
Post by: Yastreb on September 23, 2022, 11:39:33 PM
And as for her successor
Much is expected
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on September 23, 2022, 11:51:22 PM
To waylay the assassin
And keep the king safe
Post by: Yastreb on October 02, 2022, 02:06:55 AM
For the sake of the people
Look to the future
Post by: thegreyarea on October 10, 2022, 06:59:37 PM
see through time's veil and, perhaps,
find the key I lost
Post by: JoB on October 11, 2022, 03:40:57 AM
- Not flat (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0609/6470/0413/products/Produktbild_4003482506028_400x.jpg), garage (https://www.sicher24.de/digitale-schliesszylinder/salto-ibutton-r-w-identmedium-anhaenger-512-byte-speicher.html), or office (https://ax.simons-voss.com/_Resources/Static/Packages/SimonsVoss.CylinderAx/Images/implementing-background-de.png),
It's just the main doors ...
Spoiler: sort of a rant • show
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on October 11, 2022, 04:34:13 AM
Scotty needs to get open
"I'm working on it!"
Post by: wavewright62 on October 11, 2022, 05:19:48 PM
says me, all anxiety,
working up the nerve
Post by: dmeck7755 on October 11, 2022, 06:05:20 PM
Working up the nerve
To be able face my fears
The long road upwards
Post by: Yastreb on October 11, 2022, 08:43:03 PM
Is hard to climb, but safer
Than where I am now
Post by: thegreyarea on October 12, 2022, 07:43:45 PM
far from the storm, seems better
Here my soul is warm
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on October 12, 2022, 11:36:50 PM
Though the world outside is cold
Hope for better times
Post by: dmeck7755 on October 13, 2022, 07:16:46 AM
The world is crashing around
Fix is being kind.
Post by: Yastreb on October 13, 2022, 09:22:41 PM
Disregard the haters to
Make a better world
Post by: JoB on October 14, 2022, 05:04:28 AM
Best to do, as seen above,
One door at a time
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on October 14, 2022, 05:47:08 AM
Fight monsters, and get treasure
What a boring game
Post by: Buteo on October 15, 2022, 01:11:19 AM
What can you learn from one step
Followed by one more?
Post by: Yastreb on October 16, 2022, 01:57:53 AM
They wouldn't let me retire
Always one more job
Post by: Róisín on October 16, 2022, 03:49:56 AM
Makes you feel old, doesn’t it?
Welcome to my life.
Post by: Yastreb on October 16, 2022, 05:36:19 AM
It's mostly uneventful
It could have been worse
Post by: thorny on October 16, 2022, 10:28:12 AM
But we're hoping the saying
"It gets better"'s right.
Post by: thegreyarea on October 20, 2022, 07:10:18 PM
and our plan will surely work
for what could go wrong?
Post by: Yastreb on October 21, 2022, 01:05:06 AM
When we take such foolish risks
And ignore warnings
Post by: Róisín on October 21, 2022, 07:02:32 AM
I grow most heartily sick
Of rescuing fools!
Post by: Buteo on October 21, 2022, 01:48:25 PM
Many tales can be made, now
Funny to recall.
Post by: dmeck7755 on October 21, 2022, 01:54:22 PM
Many win Darwin awards
Maybe now less Fools?
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on October 21, 2022, 03:25:04 PM
Never underestimate
Human foolishness
Post by: Róisín on October 22, 2022, 01:05:08 AM
Hard to underestimate.
I have seen a lot!
Post by: Yastreb on October 22, 2022, 02:28:30 AM
But let's move on from that now
Remember fun times
Post by: thegreyarea on November 01, 2022, 03:41:00 PM
we, running through Fall's forest,
chased by monsters
Post by: Yastreb on November 01, 2022, 06:20:07 PM
First; remember to run left
And then to wake up
Post by: thegreyarea on November 01, 2022, 07:56:23 PM
from the dream inside the dream
that we have named life
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on November 02, 2022, 04:56:21 AM
May not appeal to all, so
Let's be flexible
Post by: thegreyarea on November 09, 2022, 07:24:44 PM
imagine ourselves in spring,
riding unicorns
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on November 09, 2022, 11:21:45 PM
Is it only for virgins?
Should I have waited?
Post by: JoB on November 11, 2022, 04:33:58 AM
No, wait, I already did!
Close that tab (https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2021/11/14) at last ...
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on November 11, 2022, 09:39:14 AM
I am caught in the comic
I saved the bookmark
Post by: thegreyarea on November 11, 2022, 10:39:30 AM
ensnared by the cuteness of
Phoebe's unicorn
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on November 12, 2022, 03:21:31 AM
Seems to be awfully smug
Not that Phoebe minds
Post by: Kiran on December 12, 2022, 09:45:48 AM
She was told that she'd see three
Unicorns tonight.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on December 12, 2022, 11:32:23 AM
What will tomorrow bring us?
Please don't say it's trolls
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on December 12, 2022, 02:57:29 PM
I don't have enough C4
To blow up that bridge
Post by: dmeck7755 on December 12, 2022, 03:54:59 PM
Haven't we seen this before?
in books and movies
Post by: JoB on December 12, 2022, 04:18:11 PM
They get blown up so often
Why even build them?
Post by: Yastreb on December 13, 2022, 02:47:56 AM
Because it's dammed if you do
And dammed if you don't
Post by: wavewright62 on December 24, 2022, 08:44:48 PM
repeat the attempt - you must
make the connection
Post by: Yastreb on December 25, 2022, 06:20:33 AM
To send a message of hope
Peace to all the world
Post by: thorny on December 25, 2022, 10:50:28 AM
May it last more than one day
May it reach us all
Post by: Yastreb on December 27, 2022, 04:53:05 AM
In every part of the world
Without exception
Post by: wavewright62 on December 31, 2022, 04:14:46 AM
a page turn brings us new hope
ev'ry New Year's Eve
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on December 31, 2022, 06:23:45 AM
Ol' Gregor feels so ahead
of the Eastern (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)) folks ...
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on December 31, 2022, 06:36:55 AM
Do you now see anything
What will new year bring?
Happy 2023, Wave! We’re right after you, approaching at the steady pace of 60 seconds per minute!
Awesome rainbow duskling!
Post by: Yastreb on December 31, 2022, 07:00:47 AM
Have patience, it'll be here
Before you know it
Post by: JoB on December 31, 2022, 08:18:14 AM
The world returns to "normal"
- like, have but one pope (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64107731) ...
Post by: Yastreb on January 01, 2023, 10:33:47 PM
Would having two pontiffs be
A cardinal sin?
Post by: Róisín on January 01, 2023, 11:47:11 PM
Would be more like dual papacy:
One moved to Avignon?
Post by: Yastreb on January 02, 2023, 04:04:07 AM
And so much fun was had there
Dancing on a bridge
Post by: Yastreb on January 26, 2023, 07:07:18 PM
Hard to arrange; you'd need some
Very small dentists
Post by: thegreyarea on January 30, 2023, 07:13:57 PM
in Moria dwelt, until
someone dug too deep
Post by: thorny on January 31, 2023, 01:12:09 AM
salt water came in their well.
Happens around here.
Post by: thegreyarea on February 10, 2023, 02:45:30 PM
nobody talks, yet we know
the truth is out there
Post by: Yastreb on February 10, 2023, 03:13:58 PM
But as Pterry said, the lies
Are in your own head
Post by: thegreyarea on February 10, 2023, 03:31:45 PM
those lies. Clean it you must, to
find the hidden truth
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on February 10, 2023, 04:28:19 PM
Cows are beautiful and the
Milk is really good
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on February 10, 2023, 07:45:18 PM
for calming when hot pepper
deliciously burns
Post by: Yastreb on February 11, 2023, 03:17:39 AM
A femme fatale that Fleming
Didn't think of using
Post by: JoB on February 11, 2023, 05:03:17 AM
Milk on capsaicin, ever
....... well, not yet, that is.
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: Róisín on February 11, 2023, 06:36:32 AM
Post by: Yastreb on February 11, 2023, 09:09:16 AM
Maybe sometime, maybe not
I'm indecisive
Post by: Jitter on February 11, 2023, 11:46:08 AM
And lactose intolerant
So, milk or no milk?
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on February 11, 2023, 11:38:40 PM
Think hard. Try to remember
Grandma's recipe.
Post by: Yastreb on February 12, 2023, 01:35:54 AM
Can be used to make lethal
Molotov Cocktails
Post by: tehta on February 12, 2023, 02:19:05 AM
What you get when you hire
Bartender Emil
Post by: midwestmutt on February 12, 2023, 11:07:38 AM
yells "last call for alcohol!
when it's closing time.
Post by: wavewright62 on February 13, 2023, 12:40:02 AM
all the workers just want to
pack up and go home
Post by: JoB on February 13, 2023, 05:37:13 AM
Lost a lot of scariness
In HomeOffice Time.
Post by: Kiran on February 13, 2023, 10:00:41 AM
Wait, I cannot relate well,
For 'twas online school.
Post by: Kiran on February 13, 2023, 10:04:38 AM
For me and scores of students.
Lost my sense of time.
Post by: Róisín on February 13, 2023, 12:16:45 PM
In the small hours of the morn.
Really need some sleep!
Post by: Yastreb on February 13, 2023, 03:47:28 PM
If only I can stop coughing
Where's the cough mixture?
Post by: dmeck7755 on February 13, 2023, 04:11:17 PM
Close my eyes and take a sip
Still tastes very vile
Post by: wavewright62 on February 13, 2023, 10:24:51 PM
thought I'd get 'bleu vodka' with
fungus in the pipes?
Post by: tehta on February 13, 2023, 11:26:55 PM
A handy source of visions.
I'll brew up a tea.
Post by: Yastreb on February 14, 2023, 05:46:48 AM
Rather than a storm, for sure
In a teacup, right?
Post by: JoB on February 14, 2023, 07:22:33 AM
Before the MC's eyes, I'll
Pour him some white-out.
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on February 14, 2023, 09:55:02 AM
you mean that fake creamer thing?
Not for my tea, please!
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on February 14, 2023, 11:53:25 AM
Only citrus tea will do,
For to stop a cold.
you mean that fake creamer thing?
Spoiler: show
Post by: Buteo on February 14, 2023, 12:50:09 PM
Lemon and honey added
To hot tea - soothing!
Post by: Jitter on February 14, 2023, 02:08:48 PM
Lavender or chamomile
No magic mushrooms!
Post by: thorny on February 14, 2023, 07:14:38 PM
After eating this pizza
We'll have to drive home.
Post by: tehta on February 14, 2023, 11:29:34 PM
Yes, you're right, we have no car.
How's your hotwiring?
Post by: Jitter on February 15, 2023, 12:54:16 AM
Fine, just some twinges in my
Electronic arm
Post by: thegreyarea on February 16, 2023, 11:49:48 AM
malfunctions are annoying
Now I spilled the tea
Post by: Yastreb on February 16, 2023, 04:37:42 PM
But not intentionally
Oh, please forgive me
Post by: thorny on February 16, 2023, 08:49:33 PM
But right now I'm not up to
Good haiku writing.
Post by: wavewright62 on February 16, 2023, 09:23:40 PM
poignant, ref'rencing nature?
Never heard of it.
Post by: Róisín on February 16, 2023, 10:06:51 PM
You, in the midst of deadly storms?
Nature at its worst!
Cyclone over you?
Deeply we feared for you and yours.
Joy that you are whole.
Post by: Yastreb on February 17, 2023, 05:56:46 AM
For a world with you in it
Is a better world.
Post by: thorny on February 17, 2023, 09:42:01 AM
Within our reach, if we try?
I see cause for hope.
Post by: Yastreb on February 18, 2023, 11:11:33 PM
For whatever may happen
Hope never dies
Post by: Róisín on February 18, 2023, 11:34:09 PM
While we stubborn folk persist
In just keeping on.
Post by: Yastreb on February 19, 2023, 05:36:56 AM
I left out a syllable
Feeling so ashamed
Post by: JoB on February 19, 2023, 05:43:58 AM
Is not going to fix it -
Time to draft a pronunciation reform!
Post by: Buteo on February 19, 2023, 12:44:33 PM
I feel a chill up my back
Not from winter winds
Post by: Yastreb on February 19, 2023, 06:23:12 PM
Nor from brisk summer breezes
Will I ever hide
Post by: wavewright62 on February 21, 2023, 03:18:18 AM
Let the wind make a mess of
this awful haircut!
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on February 21, 2023, 04:25:25 AM
Just couldn't get any worse
So let's go bowling!
Post by: Yastreb on February 21, 2023, 04:48:08 AM
But remember, keep your mind
Out of the gutter
Post by: midwestmutt on February 21, 2023, 10:36:23 AM
politics as usual
hands covered in blood
Post by: thorny on February 21, 2023, 11:07:53 AM
the veterinary works to
save the young cat's life.
Post by: Jitter on February 21, 2023, 03:11:59 PM
warm towel and tuna fish
this is my new home
Post by: dmeck7755 on February 21, 2023, 03:34:37 PM
As a cat I own it all.
I will rule the roost.
Post by: thegreyarea on February 21, 2023, 04:46:03 PM
One cat to find hen all and
in the dark bind them
Post by: Yastreb on February 21, 2023, 05:35:40 PM
Do that with books, and you will
Make crooked covers
Post by: Jitter on February 22, 2023, 05:29:04 AM
To hide you are using the
Necronomicon
Post by: JoB on February 22, 2023, 06:32:55 AM
Grand-grand-grand-grand-parental
Advisory, y'all!
Post by: Jitter on February 22, 2023, 08:05:15 AM
How to make your hair sparkle?
Uncle Emil tells!
Post by: thegreyarea on February 22, 2023, 10:42:35 AM
with such enthusiasm, what
uncle Lalli didn't!
Post by: dmeck7755 on February 22, 2023, 02:08:59 PM
much to his embarrassment
now the whole world knows!
Post by: Yastreb on February 22, 2023, 04:56:30 PM
But they really don't care past
The next news cycle
Post by: thegreyarea on February 22, 2023, 08:03:06 PM
hopefully, won't be here soon
No news is good news
Post by: Yastreb on February 23, 2023, 01:45:08 AM
Then by far the worst news would
Surely be Fox News
Post by: Jitter on February 23, 2023, 06:35:06 AM
that everything is juuust fine
Isn’t true at all
Post by: thegreyarea on February 23, 2023, 07:39:47 AM
They know it, but also that
some want to believe
Post by: Yastreb on February 23, 2023, 10:43:15 PM
Even without evidence
Just too gullible
Post by: wavewright62 on February 24, 2023, 04:47:51 AM
I know the football gets yanked
but, maybe this time?
Post by: Yastreb on February 24, 2023, 07:25:17 AM
No, the result won't change, it's
An action replay
Post by: Róisín on February 24, 2023, 09:25:55 AM
Here I thought the word for that
Was just politics!
Post by: thorny on February 24, 2023, 10:34:09 AM
He said, expecting me to
Stay close friends with him.
Post by: thegreyarea on February 24, 2023, 02:23:59 PM
was a joke, until that day
when we fell in love
Post by: Jitter on February 24, 2023, 02:44:36 PM
everything was so different
now he is my all
Post by: thegreyarea on February 26, 2023, 03:17:13 PM
and I, his. Souls in summer,
Love is in the air
Post by: Yastreb on February 26, 2023, 04:45:33 PM
Everywhere I look around
COLLISION ALERT!
Post by: tehta on February 26, 2023, 07:52:36 PM
Tough choice: do I fly the plane
or watch more TikToks?
Post by: Yastreb on February 27, 2023, 05:57:25 AM
Go on watching YouTube? Hmm...
Better things to do
Post by: thorny on February 27, 2023, 08:21:11 AM
Finishing the seed orders
Patting this nice cat.
Post by: Buteo on February 27, 2023, 11:52:31 AM
The only one I have left
But he went gently
Post by: thegreyarea on February 27, 2023, 01:32:32 PM
while I shall rage, rage against
the dying of light
Spoiler: show
Post by: Buteo on February 27, 2023, 04:20:24 PM
Post by: lwise on February 27, 2023, 04:28:13 PM
Everyone- I'm sorry, but where do I find the instructions for how to do a spoiler? I've tried looking everywhere I could think of, I know it's somewhere on the forum... I'll bet I tripped over it without noticing...
https://www.bbcode.org/posting-a-spoiler-with-bbcode.php (https://www.bbcode.org/posting-a-spoiler-with-bbcode.php)
Post by: Yastreb on February 27, 2023, 10:38:36 PM
Leaves us in pitch darkness, so
Please change the light bulb
Post by: thorny on February 28, 2023, 12:39:15 AM
Everyone- I'm sorry, but where do I find the instructions for how to do a spoiler? I've tried looking everywhere I could think of, I know it's somewhere on the forum... I'll bet I tripped over it without noticing...
The easy way:
Highlight the text you want to put in the spoiler.
In the reply window, look above the box in which you put the text. Above a line of emojis there's a line of little squares with symbols in them which are probably supposed to be self-explanatory, but aren't. Look for the one that says Sp in it. Click on that. The text which you highlighted should now be in a spoiler.
Spoiler: show
Post by: tehta on February 28, 2023, 04:19:43 AM
Yes, red light flatters you, but
the neighbours will talk.
Post by: Yastreb on February 28, 2023, 05:26:31 AM
Even if they don't know the truth
They have their own facts
Post by: Jitter on February 28, 2023, 05:42:13 PM
only science tells the truth
oh the godless Swedes
Post by: Yastreb on February 28, 2023, 11:07:46 PM
And the atheist parsnips!
Hail the Great Pumpkin!
Post by: JoB on March 01, 2023, 12:22:45 PM
His reign more benevolent
Than the turnip's one (https://satwcomic.com/this-is-halloween).
Post by: Jitter on March 01, 2023, 02:46:10 PM
is enough to give me gas
two is too many
Spoiler: show
Post by: Róisín on March 01, 2023, 08:49:33 PM
It’s those sulphur heterosides
That produce the stink.
Post by: Yastreb on March 02, 2023, 01:47:15 AM
Feed him onions and pasta
The question is, why?
Post by: JoB on March 02, 2023, 02:00:28 AM
But trust German carnival
To answer that one.
(https://www.report-k.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wagen_01_02022023IMG_5397.jpg) (https://www.report-k.de/enthuellt-die-ersten-persiflagen-des-koelner-rosenmontagszuges-2023-klimakleber-putin-und-mehr/)
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 02, 2023, 11:20:15 PM
I must seek the One Most Wise
Please just be patient
Post by: wavewright62 on March 04, 2023, 09:00:31 PM
What kind of fortune is that?
I wanna know now!
Post by: Róisín on March 04, 2023, 11:29:20 PM
Cries every six year old
Since the dawn of time!
Post by: Yastreb on March 05, 2023, 01:14:44 AM
There's been much stupidity
And now, there's C-PAC
Post by: JoB on March 05, 2023, 05:03:36 AM
Guaranteed to never raise
Relevant questions.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 06, 2023, 06:40:39 AM
Aren't liked by those who want to
Be provocative
Post by: thegreyarea on March 06, 2023, 10:31:45 AM
free from those grim conventions
Marry that centaur
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on March 06, 2023, 02:01:09 PM
Still easier than to find
A ring for a horse.
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
Post by: thorny on March 06, 2023, 05:05:57 PM
You once offered a kingdom.
How much you've come down!
Post by: Yastreb on March 06, 2023, 05:55:46 PM
I wonder what to offer
For a Unicorn
Post by: thegreyarea on March 06, 2023, 06:35:58 PM
Phoebe (https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2012/08/13) found the most best gift,
a full-length mirror (https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2017/10/26)
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on March 07, 2023, 01:47:50 PM
Is not what I'd ever need.
Let's talk about width.
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 07, 2023, 05:28:38 PM
For a unicorn
Phoebe (https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2012/08/13) found the most best gift,
a full-length mirror (https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2017/10/26)Spoiler: show
Job Most definitely, I second it. Phoebe is great
Post by: Yastreb on March 08, 2023, 01:33:23 AM
And not about quality...
Where are you going?
Post by: thegreyarea on March 12, 2023, 02:30:17 PM
Searching for truth? Try looking
beyond the mirror.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on March 12, 2023, 05:16:45 PM
Nothing is what it looks like
How to know what’s real?
Post by: thegreyarea on March 12, 2023, 08:00:15 PM
What's outside myself? Perhaps
Life is just a dream
Post by: Buteo on March 12, 2023, 08:22:16 PM
I've never dreamed about a
Bowl of cherries yet
Post by: thorny on March 12, 2023, 09:57:49 PM
To come. Save room for dessert
Though the bread's so good.
Post by: thegreyarea on March 13, 2023, 11:44:56 AM
my conscience tells, tiresomely,
salad is my friend
Post by: Róisín on March 13, 2023, 11:51:22 AM
Yet it need not be boring:
Basil makes it good.
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on March 13, 2023, 01:40:02 PM
The idea Dawson sparked
Ratigan has failed
Post by: Buteo on March 13, 2023, 02:08:30 PM
As is the fate of evil
When the good fight back
Post by: thegreyarea on March 13, 2023, 05:05:06 PM
one understands truly how
mighty the Force is
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 13, 2023, 10:32:51 PM
But beware of the dark side
Seductive it is
Post by: thegreyarea on March 14, 2023, 01:36:06 PM
How can I fight the lure of
this enticing beef
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 14, 2023, 04:11:03 PM
well..maybe not that. Maybe
some nice broiled Scallops?
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 15, 2023, 07:58:31 AM
Not the kind served in Sydney
That's just potatoes
Post by: thegreyarea on March 15, 2023, 08:14:46 AM
Po-tay-toes! With nice fried fish!
can't say no to that!
Spoiler: show
Post by: Róisín on March 15, 2023, 08:53:35 AM
Why not eat your potatoes
With shellfish scallops?
Post by: thorny on March 15, 2023, 11:58:36 AM
Shallots would go well, also.
I'm getting hungry.
Post by: Jitter on March 15, 2023, 02:33:57 PM
Boil ‘em*, mash ’em, stick ’em in
a stew! No soup please!
* ‘em here as used by Samwise is not to be confused with Em as in short for Emil! We don’t want Emil stew!
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on March 15, 2023, 03:43:20 PM
but with enough stuff in it
a soup is now a stew
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 19, 2023, 08:51:41 AM
That it's thickened with some fish
Straight from the stew pond
Post by: Kiran on March 21, 2023, 01:03:26 PM
I picked a scoop of hot stew;
Now all I need is rice.
Post by: Jitter on March 21, 2023, 03:07:28 PM
Or maybe wheat or barley
For this is the North
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 21, 2023, 06:12:51 PM
And the best known law here is
Never Eat Shredded Wheat
Post by: wavewright62 on March 21, 2023, 07:48:46 PM
(pumping iron to get bulk)
slender is tender
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on March 22, 2023, 06:52:19 AM
The night is also tender
So said Fitzgerald
Post by: thegreyarea on March 22, 2023, 01:16:24 PM
A single failure is not
a final defeat
Spoiler: show
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on March 22, 2023, 04:28:00 PM
And then the murders began
...Wrong thread, isn't it?
Post by: thegreyarea on March 22, 2023, 05:04:29 PM
It's the right one if you have
a sense of humor
Spoiler: show
Post by: Kiran on March 25, 2023, 02:13:44 AM
He said with a smile to me,
"Can go a long way".
He continued while
Staring into space with mirth,
"It makes someone's day."
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on March 25, 2023, 05:50:30 AM
I wonder whether he's now
Talking about meals? ;)
Post by: Kiran on March 25, 2023, 06:10:55 AM
Scrumptious affairs they are,
Come day or come night.
Post by: Jitter on March 25, 2023, 07:18:26 AM
Go your mysterious ways
My love is the moon
Kiran, I hope your exams went well!
Post by: thorny on March 25, 2023, 11:56:33 AM
Though their face always changes
Each always returns.
Post by: Yastreb on March 25, 2023, 09:12:54 PM
Hey, that's what boomerangs do...
Get ready to duck
Post by: JoB on March 26, 2023, 10:16:17 AM
Quick, now duck the other way
And at last ... let's go (https://duckduckgo.com/)!
Post by: Yastreb on March 26, 2023, 07:05:16 PM
Henschel Hs-129
It's death from above.
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on March 27, 2023, 01:32:22 AM
whenever the pigeons feast
upon vindaloo.
Post by: Yastreb on March 27, 2023, 02:39:29 AM
Dave Lister subsisted; so
Keep clothes pegs handy
Post by: thegreyarea on March 28, 2023, 05:30:42 AM
The guy on TV just said
It won't rain today
Post by: Yastreb on March 31, 2023, 09:51:02 AM
But then, weather forecasts aren't
Given under oath
Post by: Buteo on March 31, 2023, 11:25:19 AM
Some people's words must still be
Taken with some salt
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on March 31, 2023, 02:26:01 PM
But a spoonful of sugar
Would still be better
Post by: Kiran on March 31, 2023, 02:38:23 PM
A dish does truly come alive.
Except if there's too much.
(OR)
"Still, would be better"
Declared the captain, dreaming
A nice meal back home.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Jitter on March 31, 2023, 03:23:06 PM
Something to remember on
These cold hungry nights
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 01, 2023, 02:01:17 PM
Made stock out of the chicken.
Now it's wedding soup!!
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on April 01, 2023, 08:41:39 PM
but Passover starts Tuesday
so, matzo ball soup
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 02, 2023, 04:17:00 AM
But is anyone game for
Trying shadow soup?
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on April 02, 2023, 10:23:01 AM
Post by: Buteo on April 02, 2023, 11:49:31 AM
Would need shadow herbs also.
Too thick a cloud layer.
Post by: thegreyarea on April 02, 2023, 05:12:22 PM
the pilot can't see the ground.
Can that be a sheep?!?
Post by: Yastreb on April 04, 2023, 06:09:19 AM
No... "Too low - terrain! Pull up!"
It's a mountain goat!
Post by: Yastreb on April 14, 2023, 11:03:06 AM
I was hoping for Foster's...
A beer is a beer
Post by: Buteo on April 14, 2023, 12:42:51 PM
A good cigar is a smoke
Not near this asthma
Post by: thegreyarea on April 18, 2023, 05:59:37 AM
Let's find a healthier place,
says the bacillus
Post by: Jitter on April 18, 2023, 05:32:56 PM
The old symptoms are boring
How about a rash?
Post by: midwestmutt on April 20, 2023, 01:23:53 PM
the gods choose to end mankind
so starts a story
Post by: Kiran on April 21, 2023, 11:18:49 AM
Filled with mirth and dreadful deeds
From "T'was a morning".
Spoiler: show
Post by: Buteo on April 22, 2023, 01:30:28 AM
To "So I leave this story"
Is just the trail head.
Post by: Yastreb on April 23, 2023, 02:43:02 AM
He thinks he knows the right way
But I think we're lost
Post by: JoB on April 23, 2023, 03:21:54 AM
Yes, your GPS is on the Franz.
Now let me read maps.
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on April 23, 2023, 06:26:24 AM
now more memory than fact
but still guide enough
Post by: thegreyarea on April 30, 2023, 08:54:20 PM
to help new users succeed
if they did read it
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on May 01, 2023, 08:51:06 AM
They'd soon regret reading the
Necronomicon
Post by: Róisín on May 01, 2023, 10:06:40 AM
Yastreb, what are you about?
No good thing to read!
Post by: Yastreb on May 01, 2023, 10:21:26 AM
There's only one thing to do
I'll write it myself
Post by: Buteo on May 01, 2023, 12:08:43 PM
Write what you would want to read-
I hear that often.
Post by: Róisín on May 02, 2023, 06:03:45 AM
And I completely agree!
I write so myself.
Post by: Yastreb on May 02, 2023, 10:18:39 AM
Original and fix-fic
Yes, the words must flow
Post by: Bippity Boppity Boop on May 02, 2023, 11:18:05 AM
But what if instead
They wanted to fly freely?
Post by: wavewright62 on May 02, 2023, 09:21:57 PM
Hiding in the wheel well, though...
their spirits fly now.
Post by: Yastreb on May 03, 2023, 03:09:44 AM
Whether from impact trauma
Or hypoxia
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 03, 2023, 10:41:29 AM
I had to look that one up.
A bad way to die
Post by: Kiran on May 04, 2023, 11:36:13 AM
This haiku chain has somewhat
Become dark, I think.
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 04, 2023, 11:40:58 AM
Let us lighten it up now
Spring is forthcoming
Post by: Róisín on May 04, 2023, 01:10:21 PM
Stinging Tree’s an unwise choice!
Mullein leaves work best.
(I have more sense than to apply gimpy-gimpy leaves to any delicate portion of my anatomy, but I did once run face-first into one of the leaves on a very dark night. It hurt for months, everytime the skin got wet. No fun!
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 05, 2023, 09:02:52 AM
(I have more sense than to apply gimpy-gimpy leaves to any delicate portion of my anatomy, but I did once run face-first into one of the leaves on a very dark night. It hurt for months, everytime the skin got wet. No fun!
Australia has some of the meanest flora and fauna on the planet. I looked up gimpy-gimpy, and OMG!!!
Post by: Yastreb on May 05, 2023, 09:55:58 AM
Hope that you will never need them
That's life Down Under
Post by: Róisín on May 05, 2023, 11:41:13 AM
Nonetheless, stinging tree fruit
Is quite delicious!
Is quite delicious
If you dare to chance the sting.
Tastes like mulberries!
It does taste very nice! Rather like mulberries, which is not surprising, given the close botanical relationship of the families of the nettles, figs, mulberries and cannabis. I have occasionally, with great caution, harvested the fruit of stinging trees from along the track to my house when I lived in the rainforest of the Atherton Tableland, near Middle Brook, many years ago. Almost worth the risk. But I was learning that forest at the time, and wanted to know it in depth.
Post by: wavewright62 on May 05, 2023, 08:53:04 PM
And you know, I got nuthin'.
Where to go from here?
Post by: JoB on May 06, 2023, 07:56:06 AM
[looks 2000 klicks to East]
... I'll rather go West ... :-\
Post by: Bippity Boppity Boop on May 06, 2023, 02:02:05 PM
Or wherever it is that
Nice berries be found
Post by: Jitter on May 06, 2023, 02:33:55 PM
If you know what to look for
Forest gives plenty
Post by: Yastreb on May 06, 2023, 05:47:08 PM
Of deadly Aelven arrows
Best you come in peace
Post by: Róisín on May 07, 2023, 08:16:10 AM
You heard me tell tales today
Of why that is wise!
Post by: Buteo on May 07, 2023, 12:26:11 PM
To respect the living world
We can't hear enough!
Post by: thegreyarea on May 14, 2023, 01:05:53 PM
of this sweet, sweet siren's song
Tie me to the mast!
Post by: wavewright62 on May 15, 2023, 03:13:00 AM
That's a saying worthy of
Taika Waititi...
Spoiler: who dat? • show
Post by: Buteo on May 15, 2023, 12:10:51 PM
Is a name I'd never heard -
Now I regret that!
Post by: midwestmutt on May 16, 2023, 11:20:46 AM
Lying awake at midnight
reviewing my life.
Post by: Buteo on May 16, 2023, 12:45:34 PM
Affords no pleasure to me -
Too much to cringe from.
Post by: thorny on May 16, 2023, 01:13:45 PM
In this old book I'm reading.
I'll read something else.
Post by: Yastreb on May 16, 2023, 07:43:52 PM
I've finished Knight With Armour...
More Alfred Duggan?
Post by: wavewright62 on May 16, 2023, 09:54:31 PM
Gosh, Yastreb, on these haikus
you leave us hard ones!
Post by: Róisín on May 17, 2023, 05:26:12 AM
Still, the range of bardic skills
Should encompass hard.
Post by: Yastreb on May 17, 2023, 06:04:50 AM
Surely not impossible!
(What have I started?)
Post by: Róisín on May 17, 2023, 06:28:38 AM
What you always start, my dear.
Questions, more and more!
Post by: wavewright62 on May 17, 2023, 07:08:08 AM
about your deep and thoughtful
awesome worldbuilding
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 17, 2023, 08:51:26 AM
a basis for a good plot
not every story has
Post by: thorny on May 17, 2023, 10:56:47 AM
Has to revamp your whole life.
Some are just for fun.
[first line amended to correct syllable count per line]
Post by: dmeck7755 on May 17, 2023, 11:40:53 AM
Not every storywhoops...
Has to revamp your whole life.
Some are just for fun.
[first line amended to correct syllable count per line]
Post by: Yastreb on May 17, 2023, 10:50:22 PM
Others are more for practice
In between chapters
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on May 17, 2023, 11:14:21 PM
May come cool info pages
Or maybe after
Post by: Kiran on May 18, 2023, 03:22:49 AM
The storms subside you can
Go", said the captain.
Post by: Yastreb on May 18, 2023, 05:43:04 AM
"Bid the soldiers shoot. Smartly, now.
"And end the battle."
Post by: Jitter on May 18, 2023, 05:52:37 AM
That escalated quickly
Haiku chain is weird
Post by: Yastreb on May 18, 2023, 07:57:21 AM
Twisting and turning in ways
So hard to follow
Post by: thorny on May 18, 2023, 09:17:13 AM
But in different fashions
Also hard to lead.
Post by: JoB on May 18, 2023, 02:11:33 PM
But not to iron, or stone.
Mohs peculiar!
Spoiler: show
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on May 18, 2023, 04:08:32 PM
There used to be mhos too but
They're called siemens now
Post by: Yastreb on May 18, 2023, 07:06:12 PM
Once they were Siemens-Schuckert
And built fighter planes
Post by: Buteo on May 18, 2023, 10:08:36 PM
That didn't need three stacked wings
Such a pity, that.
Post by: Kiran on May 19, 2023, 02:26:34 AM
High summer is in full swing.
Swelt'ring heat's normal.
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on May 19, 2023, 03:29:27 AM
Explains your self-description
"More of a sjoedraug" ...
Post by: Yastreb on May 19, 2023, 06:28:05 AM
Google only led me here
That is Googlewhacking
Post by: Jitter on May 19, 2023, 06:59:44 AM
Shouldn’t be needed for this
This chain is for fun
Tone it down a notch, ok? This is mean to be fun, friendly and inclusive, not a competition of who can leave the most difficult starter line. Some headscratchers every now and then is ok, but lately it’s been more of the puzzles than just flowing haikus. Let’s keepp it simple enough for non-English speakers to participate.
Post by: Kiran on May 19, 2023, 10:34:53 AM
Said the old chaindancers' head,
As the others sang.
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on May 19, 2023, 11:54:25 AM
Of hapax legomena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapax_legomenon),
Only the cue line counts.
Post by: Jitter on May 19, 2023, 02:03:03 PM
So, do you remember me?
Yes, Reynir, I do
JoB you are correct, in the middle one you can do as you please. And in any case, it’s not like I was trying to ban tricky ones altogether, just keep them to a bearable proportion, ok?
Post by: wavewright62 on May 20, 2023, 06:38:13 AM
Onni? He said he loves soup,
he's not proposing.
Post by: Jitter on May 20, 2023, 08:53:56 AM
It’s easy to get confused
Or? Maybe he is?
Post by: Yastreb on May 20, 2023, 10:09:06 AM
But I won't try asking him
Lest I be confused
Post by: JoB on May 20, 2023, 03:11:48 PM
I'll dress in a unique way -
Do my neons match?
Post by: thegreyarea on May 20, 2023, 08:40:37 PM
Funny question when we know
you just want to glow
Post by: wavewright62 on May 21, 2023, 06:14:42 AM
That sounds like a lead-in for
one of JoB's cool links!
Post by: JoB on May 21, 2023, 11:45:29 AM
Requires some savoring -
Grab some popcorn (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65385760), y'all!
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on May 21, 2023, 07:11:40 PM
(Not that I'm pretentious, but
I prefer peanuts)
Post by: Róisín on May 22, 2023, 07:32:23 AM
Macadamia nuts for me!
Then, each to their own.
Post by: thorny on May 22, 2023, 08:06:06 AM
Beds for the night; though some were
Thinking of pairing.
Post by: Buteo on May 22, 2023, 11:45:10 AM
Sweet with savory flavours
Medieval foods
Post by: Yastreb on May 23, 2023, 07:20:27 AM
Awaken memories of
SCA banquets
Post by: JoB on May 23, 2023, 07:40:31 AM
New-ish stuff. Around my U,
Restos serve mulsum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulsum_(beverage)).
Spoiler: show
Post by: Róisín on May 23, 2023, 08:20:11 AM
Good to know it’s still around.
Fine grape melomel.
Melomel is a mead-like drink made by fermenting honey with a fruit juice rather than with water. I make a melomel with apple juice and some herbs and spices so strictly speaking it could also be classified as metheglyn (medicinal mead). Metheglyn was a way for people to take small regular doses of medicinal herbs for chronic diseases or for general body maintenance tonics, and I find the formula for the one I most often make, Queen Elizabeth’s Mead, quite fascinating, in that the herbs it contains taste pleasant and enhance the apple and clover honey flavours of the drink, but they are all also herbs used at the time to treat migraine headaches and painful menstruation. Mine is loosely based on the recipe called ‘Queen Elizabeth’s Mead’ from Sir Kenelm Digby’s book ‘The Knight’s Closet Open’d’, a compilation of recipes he collected from his fellow members of the court of Queen Elizabeth the First. A fascinating work!
I also often make the other recipe the queen contributed to his book, a rosehip sauce called Sauce Eglantine, which can be made sweet as a dessert sauce with pancakes, waffles, or nowadays with a good French vanilla icecream. It was said to be her favourite dessert sauce.
It can also be made in a savoury form as a sauce for meat, and goes very well with venison, pork, lamb or goat meat. I grow my own rosehips so some years I have enough to make both.
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on May 23, 2023, 11:03:09 PM
Is wasted on my palate
I've never tried it
Post by: Yastreb on May 24, 2023, 06:03:32 AM
Mainly because it's not wise
To play with grenades
Post by: Buteo on May 24, 2023, 12:02:41 PM
Requires new definitions
What constitutes play?
Post by: Kiran on May 25, 2023, 11:15:22 AM
Is it enthusiasm?
Is it really dull rules?
Post by: Róisín on May 25, 2023, 12:47:04 PM
No, I think there may be more:
Artistry and skill!
Post by: Buteo on May 25, 2023, 01:57:50 PM
And joy of acquiring both -
My tablet weaving
Post by: thegreyarea on May 29, 2023, 07:21:37 PM
just downloaded from the cloud
these ten commandments
Post by: thorny on May 29, 2023, 11:32:50 PM
Vary some from the last set.
Hope they'll work better.
Post by: Jitter on May 30, 2023, 04:27:32 PM
The most important one is
Stand still stay silent
Post by: Yastreb on May 30, 2023, 07:38:03 PM
Often a wise move, but not
In a house on fire
Post by: Róisín on May 31, 2023, 01:29:39 AM
That is almost as silly
As fighting would be.
(Star, who is something of a Star Trek fan, once drew to my attention that the show presented as a Klingon proverb the saying ‘Only a fool fights in a burning house’, but he thought he had heard it elsewhere. I was able to tell him that yes, it was an our-world proverb, having myself encountered the same saying in both the Japanese and the Icelandic cultures. It would not surprise me if it turned up in other cultures as well.)
Post by: JoB on May 31, 2023, 04:48:15 AM
It looks like a major stain
On our government.
(Gitcher eco-friendly heating devices act together so's I know where I'll be heading, dangit!)
(Star, who is something of a Star Trek fan, once drew to my attention that the show presented as a Klingon proverb the saying ‘Only a fool fights in a burning house’, but he thought he had heard it elsewhere. I was able to tell him that yes, it was an our-world proverb, having myself encountered the same saying in both the Japanese and the Icelandic cultures. It would not surprise me if it turned up in other cultures as well.)I suppose that Wikiquote (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Klingon_proverbs) would like to know more about that ...
Post by: Róisín on May 31, 2023, 06:51:10 AM
Post by: wavewright62 on June 02, 2023, 03:14:01 AM
lies the onus to fairly
look after us all
Post by: thorny on June 02, 2023, 08:02:45 AM
As we run off down the road.
We'll be back for lunch.
Post by: Buteo on June 02, 2023, 05:10:44 PM
Unless someone offers us
Some tasty takeout
Post by: Yastreb on June 03, 2023, 08:10:45 AM
Is tempting, but shouldn't we
Have something healthy?
Post by: Buteo on June 03, 2023, 03:25:23 PM
Ideally made at home
And then carried out.
Post by: midwestmutt on June 05, 2023, 10:14:48 PM
by the heat of El Nino
Spring turns to Summer.
Post by: apprenticeNerd on June 06, 2023, 01:08:37 AM
And the gang rests in Iceland,
Except for Onni...
Post by: thorny on June 06, 2023, 09:42:04 AM
Everyone's in the sauna.
Maybe he'll join them.
Post by: Yastreb on June 06, 2023, 12:00:22 PM
But the mystery remains
Why they fell apart
Post by: Buteo on June 06, 2023, 01:14:57 PM
Is too complex for now -
Get duct tape and glue.
Post by: JoB on June 06, 2023, 03:53:41 PM
Incense, and a dead chicken (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/5345/wave+a+dead+chicken).
Bill (https://addictivescience.kemono.cafe/comic/addictive-demonology-2/)'s on a rampage.
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on June 07, 2023, 08:44:57 PM
costly demons ransacking
through my bank account
Post by: Yastreb on June 08, 2023, 09:53:58 AM
Money travels to and fro
I want more to stay
Post by: thorny on June 08, 2023, 10:01:21 AM
In the homes they love; without
Danger and with care.
Post by: Yastreb on June 11, 2023, 08:17:55 AM
We are flirting with peril
Living on the edge
Post by: Buteo on June 11, 2023, 06:27:29 PM
Of a ledge of unknown size
Between birth and death
Post by: midwestmutt on June 12, 2023, 11:50:21 AM
that covers a lot of ground
then it covers you
Post by: wavewright62 on June 12, 2023, 10:41:10 PM
Post by: Yastreb on June 13, 2023, 06:50:41 AM
The dread tide of bleak despair
It's Churchill's Black Dog
Post by: thorny on June 13, 2023, 09:48:25 AM
You want to be avoiding.
Mine's A Good Black Dog.
(and yes, midwestmutt, that was truly excellent.)
Post by: Yastreb on June 14, 2023, 08:31:29 AM
Yellow-eyed and fluffy-tailed
She's called Fortitude
Post by: wavewright62 on June 18, 2023, 12:54:45 AM
but nicknamed "Forts", "Stronk Bab" or
so help me, "Toodles"
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on June 18, 2023, 01:48:09 AM
Because Rhonda turned me down
Placeholder text here
Placeholder text here
Because I can't figure out
Five more syllables
Five more syllables
And I keep rolling onwards
Somebody stop me!
Post by: Róisín on June 18, 2023, 06:24:40 AM
Before I succumb to puns
And disgrace myself!
Post by: Yastreb on June 18, 2023, 06:37:38 AM
Never would I give a cat
A name like Toodles!
Post by: thorny on June 18, 2023, 10:58:29 AM
Might suit someone's cat; but mine
Have different names.
Post by: thegreyarea on June 19, 2023, 06:47:25 PM
live in different cities,
never face the sun!
Post by: midwestmutt on June 19, 2023, 10:32:12 PM
Post by: thegreyarea on June 20, 2023, 01:18:54 AM
Oh, I like this one! Good job TheGreyarea.Thanks! :sparkle: ^-^ :sparkle:
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on June 20, 2023, 02:35:14 AM
unless in training to beat
Granny Weatherwax
Post by: thegreyarea on July 08, 2023, 07:16:05 PM
lies, broken broom by her side
That branch was too low
Post by: wavewright62 on July 08, 2023, 08:57:47 PM
so she uses it to fly,
seems like it's justice.
Post by: Yastreb on July 09, 2023, 02:38:30 AM
When he walked into a tram
He stopped mocking me!
Spoiler: show
Post by: JoB on July 09, 2023, 03:30:00 AM
He said, referring to a
Real de-railed bully.
Post by: Buteo on July 09, 2023, 12:18:34 PM
The fool that's a waste of time
To be railing at
Post by: Yastreb on July 09, 2023, 11:03:07 PM
An unguarded boundary
Could well cause a fence
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on July 10, 2023, 09:58:54 PM
Just to think it out again
A Moody number
Post by: Yastreb on July 11, 2023, 06:11:16 AM
And the Moody Blues should be
Compatible... right?
Post by: dmeck7755 on July 11, 2023, 12:04:56 PM
Like in Nights in white satin?
Maybe just the night?
Post by: Buteo on July 11, 2023, 12:13:22 PM
If she's the one with income
And he's pattable.
Post by: Jitter on July 11, 2023, 02:03:03 PM
Sparkling golden hair so soft
Messy when he’s hot
Post by: thorny on July 11, 2023, 03:09:53 PM
All the time, but his partner's
Shivering with cold.
Post by: midwestmutt on July 12, 2023, 12:21:58 PM
Sunless, drear, rainy weather.
It's summer, dammit!
Post by: Róisín on July 12, 2023, 11:39:02 PM
Here at least it’s winter time.
Still as cold and bleak.
Post by: Yastreb on July 13, 2023, 08:12:47 AM
As Gevarna in winter
But it's my homeland
Post by: wavewright62 on July 15, 2023, 01:57:04 AM
(well, my adopted home) where
now the days lengthen
Post by: JoB on July 15, 2023, 04:16:10 AM
And stationery adapts
Now to find a wall (https://www.ebay.de/itm/155660900589?hash=item243e1cd8ed:g:cWUAAOSw0~JkdvgW) ...
Post by: Yastreb on July 15, 2023, 08:31:20 AM
And make some good neighbours... wait
That needs a good fence
Post by: Jitter on July 15, 2023, 09:46:58 AM
To keep us safe from things that
Go bump in the night
Post by: midwestmutt on July 15, 2023, 12:34:49 PM
on your way to the toilet
beware little toe!
Post by: dmeck7755 on July 15, 2023, 02:01:00 PM
beware little toe!
Your foot is in danger now
stepping on Lego
Post by: JoB on July 15, 2023, 03:40:04 PM
The art of setting minefields
Is learnt is kids' rooms
[fwd to 2m14s please]
Post by: midwestmutt on July 26, 2023, 09:52:10 AM
to kickstart the thread
On a windswept day
Post by: thorny on July 26, 2023, 02:46:57 PM
I hang out the laundry. Will
It blow off the line?
Post by: Jitter on July 26, 2023, 05:25:33 PM
Why don’t we just relax here
Hanging together
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on July 26, 2023, 05:48:22 PM
Brings to mind the wise words of
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Hero to a young owl
Living with a cat
Post by: Róisín on July 26, 2023, 08:58:10 PM
Might have made him willing to
Hang separately.
Post by: Yastreb on July 27, 2023, 05:07:12 AM
On shared clotheslines to prevent
Any confusion
Post by: midwestmutt on July 27, 2023, 09:12:23 AM
I blame on tempus fugit
Now in my gray hairs.
Post by: JoB on July 27, 2023, 01:35:24 PM
A new sign of life appears.
I got a lice sense!
Post by: Yastreb on July 28, 2023, 07:53:57 AM
But not the one I wanted
No printing money
Post by: wavewright62 on July 29, 2023, 06:20:23 AM
in the budget for posters
so now my hand hurts
Post by: Kiran on July 31, 2023, 02:34:04 AM
But I still have to put them
Up all over town...
Post by: Yastreb on July 31, 2023, 05:02:54 AM
"Bill Posters Prosecuted"
When was the trial?
Post by: wavewright62 on August 01, 2023, 02:08:31 AM
When was the trial?
Listening to the lawyers
it felt like eons.
Post by: Yastreb on August 05, 2023, 12:27:27 AM
Then just like millennia
What? Is it over?
Post by: thegreyarea on August 24, 2023, 07:18:24 PM
Not today! My smile still stays,
the show must go on!
Post by: Yastreb on August 26, 2023, 07:04:51 AM
But the first night was a flop
No tickets were sold
Post by: thorny on August 26, 2023, 03:32:33 PM
No newsmakers invited
When this changed the world.
Post by: Jitter on August 26, 2023, 08:47:41 PM
We hardly even noticed
No bang just whimper
Post by: wavewright62 on August 26, 2023, 09:43:43 PM
with **NSFW**
whoops, that's not my kink
Post by: Yastreb on August 27, 2023, 04:19:20 AM
Someone please repair the hose
The water must flow
Post by: JoB on August 27, 2023, 08:30:33 AM
Inwards as well as back out
The red stuff stays in!
Post by: thorny on August 27, 2023, 10:58:27 AM
The packing shed till market
With the green lettuce.
Post by: angsttronaut on August 27, 2023, 11:42:42 AM
Lies a little green insect
Nibbling all the leaves
Post by: Yastreb on August 27, 2023, 03:41:00 PM
While it's Reeling In The Years
A classic pop song
Spoiler: show
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on August 27, 2023, 04:24:38 PM
About fathers or sodas?
Hmmm, this could be tough
Post by: Yastreb on August 29, 2023, 08:02:42 AM
Overcooked kangaroo steak
It should be served rare
Post by: Róisín on August 29, 2023, 08:52:55 AM
Melting tender on the tongue.
That’s how I cook it.
Post by: thorny on August 29, 2023, 11:17:48 AM
Without any salt; but you
Liked it, didn't you?
Post by: Róisín on August 29, 2023, 01:58:25 PM
Salt and mushrooms make it good.
Yastreb likes it too.
Post by: Yastreb on August 29, 2023, 04:34:42 PM
That was in the third person!
Why did I do that?
Post by: midwestmutt on August 29, 2023, 09:44:20 PM
The old refrain of my life.
Learning from mistakes.
Post by: Róisín on August 29, 2023, 09:56:13 PM
Post by: Yastreb on August 30, 2023, 03:26:44 AM
Is not to be relied on
With bomb disposal
Post by: midwestmutt on August 30, 2023, 11:11:08 AM
learn from mistakes of others
so you don't do that.
Post by: thorny on August 30, 2023, 04:18:03 PM
I'll respect that boundary;
tell me what you like.
Post by: wavewright62 on August 30, 2023, 04:56:26 PM
but you don't listen to me.
Why do I bother?
Post by: Yastreb on August 30, 2023, 08:47:44 PM
If I don't write this story
Nobody else will
Post by: Buteo on August 30, 2023, 11:45:06 PM
Be able to tell what I
Have seen at first hand.
Post by: Yastreb on September 04, 2023, 10:08:39 AM
A complete lack of pronouns
What to make of that?
Post by: JoB on September 04, 2023, 03:59:33 PM
Well, there is a simile:
"This sentence no verb."
Post by: thegreyarea on September 08, 2023, 12:05:51 PM
Blame no word, 'cause meanings are
the writer's guilty
Post by: wavewright62 on September 09, 2023, 05:55:59 AM
but can be forgiven of
some self-indulgence
Post by: Yastreb on September 09, 2023, 10:25:39 AM
Beats all the alternatives
It's better than none
Post by: midwestmutt on October 05, 2023, 08:54:54 AM
never settle for less, son
reach for the big prize.
Post by: thorny on October 05, 2023, 09:26:03 AM
If it's one you really want.
Some like the small ones.
Post by: thegreyarea on October 05, 2023, 07:22:57 PM
Yet wand's' sizes matter less than
the magic they do
Post by: Yastreb on October 05, 2023, 08:59:18 PM
Is whimsical and random
They need to have rules
Post by: thorny on October 06, 2023, 12:45:10 PM
But they need to remember
To make the right ones.
Post by: Yastreb on October 06, 2023, 05:59:36 PM
The correct ingredients
Have to be at hand
Post by: thorny on October 06, 2023, 09:38:49 PM
Twenty-four seven? No thanks;
Not taking that job.
Post by: thegreyarea on October 07, 2023, 03:49:36 AM
only the original.
It must be our JoB!
Post by: JoB on October 07, 2023, 05:08:20 AM
he said, meaning it is mine.
Poor choice of a nick ... :mikkel:
Post by: Yastreb on October 07, 2023, 07:24:09 AM
They forgot to get any locks
You can just walk out
Post by: Jitter on October 07, 2023, 08:27:44 AM
Any time you feel like it
Just don’t mind the trolls
Post by: Yastreb on October 07, 2023, 08:51:14 AM
Just drop a bridge on them... splat!
The goat will applaud
Post by: midwestmutt on October 07, 2023, 09:56:11 AM
to be saved from sacrifice
now cut the tether.
Post by: thegreyarea on October 07, 2023, 04:13:57 PM
free yourself, walk new paths, find
what you really need
Post by: Yastreb on October 07, 2023, 07:27:07 PM
Is love first and foremost, friends
The Beatles are right
Post by: wavewright62 on October 07, 2023, 08:25:25 PM
(I said, trying on new togs)
I am the walrus.
:siv:
Post by: Yastreb on October 08, 2023, 08:40:14 AM
And you are the Sunderland
Vintage flying boats
Post by: Róisín on October 08, 2023, 01:04:10 PM
I miss flying in those things
To Lord Howe Island.
Post by: Yastreb on October 09, 2023, 05:57:29 AM
And to Svalbard as well! What?
That wasn't a toast?
Post by: thegreyarea on October 09, 2023, 09:11:49 AM
No celebration, no joy.
Let's call it a threat
Post by: JoB on October 10, 2023, 08:17:11 AM
(not "toast") - not for naught we say
to "pick your poison".
Post by: Yastreb on October 10, 2023, 09:28:20 AM
Refer to The Compleat Angler
Oh, I mean poisson!
Post by: curiouscat on October 10, 2023, 11:57:24 AM
Here, attach it to your back
Nothing fishy here
Post by: Jitter on October 10, 2023, 03:04:43 PM
Just quiet water music
Where the Näkki sings
Post by: wavewright62 on October 10, 2023, 06:07:07 PM
we think we can Handel it -
seductive tune, that.
Post by: midwestmutt on October 11, 2023, 10:14:30 AM
If it grabs your heart and soul.
Music can do that.
Post by: Róisín on October 12, 2023, 03:38:59 AM
Music can do anything:
Lift, or break the heart.
Post by: Yastreb on October 12, 2023, 07:09:05 AM
Words have that power as well
Take care with your words
Post by: midwestmutt on November 04, 2023, 09:19:01 AM
they can turn and bite me back.
As I rue the dawn.
Post by: Buteo on November 04, 2023, 11:31:32 PM
So I'll rue the end of day
Nothing said or done.
Post by: Yastreb on November 05, 2023, 04:30:53 AM
And that's the Apathy Club
I'm not astonished
Post by: thorny on November 05, 2023, 10:01:59 AM
That the weather's grey and cool.
This is November.
Post by: moredhel on November 05, 2023, 02:01:33 PM
nearly the end of the year
christmas presents soon
Post by: Jitter on November 05, 2023, 02:04:23 PM
Winter solstice Yule feast
Darkness turns to light
Spoiler: show
Post by: dmeck7755 on November 05, 2023, 03:26:55 PM
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rue
It is also a plant
I think it can be used for street in French :)
Post by: moredhel on November 05, 2023, 03:50:41 PM
soon flowers will grow again
the sleepers wake up
Post by: Róisín on November 05, 2023, 10:35:41 PM
Post by: Yastreb on November 05, 2023, 10:56:37 PM
In the Rue de Remarques... wait
Was that a bad pun?
Post by: JoB on November 06, 2023, 08:33:21 AM
Well, depends on what you'll have
Happen in the streets
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on December 01, 2023, 01:24:54 AM
Eventuate on the roads
Got to stay busy!
Post by: Róisín on December 08, 2023, 11:47:17 PM
You of all people should know
How to do that well!
Post by: thorny on December 09, 2023, 08:54:25 AM
First find someone to teach you.
Róisín's good at that.
Post by: thegreyarea on December 09, 2023, 09:43:33 AM
Her knowledge a summer breeze
It warms our cold days
Post by: midwestmutt on December 10, 2023, 05:33:48 PM
to recall the June sunshine
in the winter gloom
Post by: thorny on December 11, 2023, 11:46:22 AM
Cats and dogs curl together
Near the warm wood stove.
Post by: Róisín on December 12, 2023, 07:20:02 AM
Where the spuds are simmering…..
I do love to cook!
Post by: JoB on December 12, 2023, 08:19:05 AM
... no, wait, why did I say that?
It's a lie-ku now!
Post by: wavewright62 on December 13, 2023, 02:28:22 AM
Luigi flattered David's
Michaelangelo
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on December 13, 2023, 03:58:22 AM
Leonardo, Rafael
And Donatello
And Donatello
He wasn't a bullfrog, though
That's Jeremiah
That's Jeremiah
Always going on about
The lamentations
Post by: Yastreb on December 13, 2023, 07:00:25 PM
Are covered in coconut...
Wait, that's lamingtons
Post by: midwestmutt on January 28, 2024, 12:07:27 PM
that's why Reynir seeks palm trees
they need coconuts.
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on January 28, 2024, 04:29:45 PM
Or some Animal Crackers
For today's Duck Soup
Post by: JoB on January 29, 2024, 05:40:54 AM
(apart from Mikkels candles)
... everyone DUCK!
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on January 30, 2024, 12:18:17 AM
That's no duck, it's a chicken!
By God, a fowl trick!
Post by: Róisín on January 31, 2024, 08:05:54 AM
Well, I fear your goose is cooked.
Poultry punishment!
Post by: wavewright62 on January 31, 2024, 07:57:18 PM
Does that mean souping a chook
with a wet noodle?
Post by: Yastreb on January 31, 2024, 10:12:44 PM
Well, that's your prerogative
I'm not one to judge
Post by: midwestmutt on February 09, 2024, 09:56:45 AM
chicken works well with noodles
someone shout "soups on!"
Post by: thorny on February 09, 2024, 09:59:14 AM
Lalli added squirrel meat
so it should be good.
Post by: Róisín on February 09, 2024, 10:02:10 AM
Nothing like some sweet bush meat.
Take the fur off first.
Post by: thorny on February 10, 2024, 01:42:21 PM
Squirrel pelts make hats or bags.
Don't waste anything.
Post by: Yastreb on February 10, 2024, 10:27:28 PM
Make sure to prepare for an
Uncertain future
Post by: wavewright62 on February 11, 2024, 02:28:37 AM
requires fortitiude, pluck, and
a soupçon of luck
Post by: Yastreb on February 11, 2024, 07:54:28 AM
And a pinch of good fortune
Might yet be enough
Post by: wavewright62 on February 19, 2024, 01:40:08 AM
thinks Putin as he throws more
soldiers on the fire.
Post by: Yastreb on February 19, 2024, 07:05:48 AM
Civilians shown no mercy
This should not happen!
Post by: thegreyarea on March 09, 2024, 05:27:03 AM
Were We wise enough to sow
the bright seeds of peace.
Post by: Róisín on March 09, 2024, 06:44:25 AM
Are forever in our hands
Waiting to be sown.
Post by: Yastreb on March 09, 2024, 07:44:33 AM
The future, held in our hands
Make the right choices
Post by: midwestmutt on March 09, 2024, 08:40:44 AM
I only figured that out
too little too late.
Post by: wavewright62 on March 10, 2024, 04:31:26 AM
hurts; also when you do right
but it's not enough
Post by: thegreyarea on June 17, 2024, 05:51:25 PM
We part, longing for the time
our souls meet again
Post by: Yastreb on June 17, 2024, 09:40:33 PM
In a brighter world at peace...
That's what I hope for
Post by: dmeck7755 on June 18, 2024, 06:29:12 PM
for love, kindness to triumph
We have this one world
Post by: Jitter on June 21, 2024, 01:11:30 PM
And its seasons keep on turning
No matter our fates
Post by: thorny on June 23, 2024, 04:42:19 PM
Are unknown; but we go on
One step at a time.
Post by: Yastreb on June 23, 2024, 07:33:43 PM
We walk into the future
Our eyes wide open
Post by: wavewright62 on June 24, 2024, 02:36:29 AM
so we can blame our tears on
the dust we've disturbed
Post by: thorny on June 24, 2024, 08:24:40 AM
was once multitudes of lives.
See their descendents!
Post by: Jitter on June 26, 2024, 04:07:30 PM
Endless forms most beautiful
From a humble start
Post by: thegreyarea on July 09, 2024, 10:44:33 AM
for good (and for bad) reasons,
We reach for the stars
Post by: Yastreb on July 09, 2024, 11:19:48 AM
And strive not to hit London
Don't be like Von Braun
Post by: midwestmutt on July 10, 2024, 01:37:48 PM
who put a man on the moon
with his bloody hands.
Post by: Buteo on July 11, 2024, 06:54:21 PM
A doctor or a soldier
May save a new life.
Post by: thorny on July 11, 2024, 11:19:00 PM
May, save a new life;
June, help out an old one. Both
Are part of the world.
Post by: Yastreb on July 12, 2024, 08:55:53 AM
Sinking into ignorance?
Let reason prevail
Post by: thegreyarea on July 12, 2024, 01:59:51 PM
Add empathy, mix them well,
and don't forget love
Post by: Yastreb on July 14, 2024, 09:16:09 AM
Without love, we are soulless
What we need is love
Post by: thorny on July 14, 2024, 08:27:27 PM
A place to live together
With those of good will.
Post by: Buteo on July 16, 2024, 04:50:39 PM
I can live; but not with those
Who won't use good sense.
Post by: thegreyarea on July 19, 2024, 02:33:38 PM
and let hate define their path?
Why wrong before right?
Post by: midwestmutt on July 20, 2024, 07:36:43 AM
the winding river flows on
the easiest path.
Post by: thorny on July 20, 2024, 03:59:50 PM
In the short run is often
Hard in the long run.
Post by: thegreyarea on August 23, 2024, 04:09:44 PM
Life is, so the wise prepares
Winter always comes
Post by: dmeck7755 on August 23, 2024, 05:51:52 PM
Wait! Though spring will sprout shortly
Sunlight and flowers
Post by: Yastreb on August 23, 2024, 09:49:04 PM
And gamboling unicorns...
Can't we have all three?
Post by: thegreyarea on August 29, 2024, 06:59:23 AM
A perfect Summer party,
as if Eternal
Post by: Jitter on August 31, 2024, 03:05:28 PM
The mighty river flows west
The birds still singing
Post by: thorny on August 31, 2024, 03:51:20 PM
Over the ravaged landscape
Make us think of hope.
Post by: Yastreb on August 31, 2024, 11:17:42 PM
Without hope, we can slowly
Sink into despair
Post by: midwestmutt on September 01, 2024, 03:31:34 PM
the end of days upon you
circling the drain
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on September 01, 2024, 03:54:30 PM
Isn't that thought depressing
Life is still good now
Post by: thorny on September 01, 2024, 09:17:21 PM
That I got my tub drain fixed.
I love a hot bath.
Post by: Yastreb on September 10, 2024, 09:52:41 AM
But I prefer a shower
And with another
Post by: dmeck7755 on September 10, 2024, 10:05:48 AM
no more, there are furries now
But there is now room.
Post by: thorny on September 10, 2024, 11:50:02 AM
for all of us together
to share love and truths.
Post by: Yastreb on September 11, 2024, 07:57:24 AM
Should be the highest pleasure
Don't we all agree?
Post by: midwestmutt on November 28, 2024, 05:37:49 PM
(sing) We will, we will, rock you!
Freddie Mercury
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on November 28, 2024, 08:07:18 PM
Divine messenger of song
By Jove, I've got it!
Post by: Yastreb on November 29, 2024, 03:16:01 AM
Damn, the Beatles said it first!
All you need is love
Post by: wavewright62 on November 29, 2024, 05:53:14 PM
and... *counts* u-ni-ver-sal *sighs*
leftist politics
Spoiler: ubi • show
Post by: Yastreb on November 30, 2024, 02:37:29 AM
It can make a haiku look
Slightly unbalanced
Post by: wavewright62 on November 30, 2024, 06:03:05 AM
looks correct when compared to
all symmetrical
Post by: JoB on November 30, 2024, 06:34:50 AM
Battle cry of all fans of
Platonic bodies.
Post by: Buteo on November 30, 2024, 04:31:46 PM
Not acted upon by some
Force from the outside
Post by: Yastreb on November 30, 2024, 05:07:29 PM
Can break through your door; better
Open it quickly
Post by: thorny on November 30, 2024, 05:47:24 PM
Says the cat. "It's cold outside;
I want to come in."
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on November 30, 2024, 08:31:25 PM
But I fear those now inside
Will try to hurt me
Post by: thorny on December 01, 2024, 09:40:53 AM
Will try to help me? I hope
More will help than hurt.
Post by: midwestmutt on December 01, 2024, 10:46:27 AM
look for the good in mankind
cooperation
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on December 01, 2024, 03:24:11 PM
Sesame Street wants to teach
And other stuff, too
Post by: thegreyarea on December 01, 2024, 04:07:30 PM
she teases... “Even the ring.”
“I can’t”, says Frodo
Post by: Jitter on December 02, 2024, 01:34:50 PM
For I am still waiting for
My second breakfast
Post by: Yastreb on December 03, 2024, 07:51:40 AM
Taught me a worthwhile lesson
Don't eat too quickly
Post by: dmeck7755 on December 05, 2024, 12:28:29 PM
unpleasant surpises! ICK!
as shown by my cats
Post by: Jitter on December 06, 2024, 06:41:42 AM
climbing trees is essential
we must do what cat
Post by: thorny on December 06, 2024, 02:44:12 PM
Intends us to do; or else
There will be yowling.
Post by: Jitter on December 06, 2024, 03:53:13 PM
And if that does not suffice
You will meet The Claw
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on December 06, 2024, 05:12:13 PM
That's Doctor Claw and Mad Cat
Never shown his face
Post by: midwestmutt on December 07, 2024, 10:46:18 AM
not his real face anyway
Mikkel is too cool
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on December 14, 2024, 03:57:46 PM
Core temp'rature ninety-six
Hypothermic man
Hypothermic man
When he's usually just the
Hypodermic man
Hypodermic man
Put the cat to sleep kindly
Sleep well, Momma Cat
Post by: thorny on December 14, 2024, 07:39:07 PM
Your kitten is warm and fed.
Your work is done now.
Post by: Yastreb on December 15, 2024, 05:10:12 AM
A new generation will
Take up the struggle
Post by: thorny on December 15, 2024, 12:56:16 PM
Your turn now. This needed work
Must ever renew.
Post by: Yastreb on December 24, 2024, 05:13:18 AM
My hopes for a better world
The Fates bless you all
Post by: midwestmutt on December 24, 2024, 10:49:40 AM
In this holiday season
From my house to yours.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/85adbd9e18e1cb5ece56ee2ab2bd78e0/30a3bcdf1fa3d882-60/s2048x3072/26686dc7f7492b592719b85f34ccd184d0b052e8.jpg)
Post by: dmeck7755 on December 24, 2024, 03:21:07 PM
Stars twinkling up. Joy all!
Down south, Good barbies!
Thank you @midwestmutt !
Post by: wavewright62 on December 24, 2024, 04:42:36 PM
Lamb and snags, pav with strawbs and
fruit cake, my belov'd!
<3 <3 <3 the lights, midwestmutt!
Post by: midwestmutt on January 14, 2025, 09:18:43 PM
people say they don't like it
try one made by monks
I left the xmas tree up inside because the colored lights cheer me in this dark, drab month.
I'll take it down when I feel like it.
Post by: Yastreb on January 15, 2025, 12:20:06 AM
But not one made by monkeys
You know what they throw
Post by: wavewright62 on January 18, 2025, 02:42:13 AM
bowls and vessels and dishes
fired from that good clay
Post by: Yastreb on January 20, 2025, 07:23:19 AM
Without a reference
Work is hard to find
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on January 22, 2025, 04:17:46 AM
Stimulating in good ways
Ev'rything balks me
Post by: Yastreb on January 28, 2025, 03:00:59 AM
They're always blocking traffic
Even on the footpaths
Post by: wavewright62 on January 30, 2025, 02:49:02 PM
(although here, quite un-even)
I'm certainly odd
Post by: Yastreb on February 10, 2025, 06:32:00 AM
Though very even-tempered;
Precisely balanced?
Post by: midwestmutt on February 14, 2025, 05:27:38 PM
Check the carpenter level...
half a bubble left.
Post by: Yastreb on February 14, 2025, 10:51:08 PM
Be careful, unless... oh no!
Pop goes the weasel!
Post by: thorny on February 15, 2025, 09:48:54 AM
"That dog you warned me about
Is now nursing pups."
Post by: Yastreb on February 26, 2025, 01:41:22 AM
To be sold with pigs in pokes
To gullible rubes
Post by: midwestmutt on February 26, 2025, 10:57:33 AM
lying liars lied to you,
join the resistance.
Post by: thorny on February 26, 2025, 11:21:58 AM
Be ready for a long fight
but we can prevail.
Post by: Jitter on February 28, 2025, 03:46:26 PM
save what is salvageable
bide for better times
Post by: wavewright62 on March 02, 2025, 03:28:39 AM
So fresh, so clean down there...wait.
Oops, I misread that!
Post by: Yastreb on March 02, 2025, 05:57:13 AM
"To open, tear around here"
So tired afterwards
Post by: midwestmutt on March 02, 2025, 10:10:03 AM
woke, got out of bed,
went downstairs and made breakfast.
Post by: thorny on March 02, 2025, 10:23:47 AM
went downstairs and made breakfast
scrambled haiku lines.
Post by: Jitter on March 02, 2025, 10:34:17 AM
anything to keep me sane
plus a tasty treat
Spoiler: show
Post by: wavewright62 on March 03, 2025, 01:56:22 AM
though its calories add up;
whilst Minus is less
Post by: Yastreb on March 03, 2025, 05:06:35 AM
Than most other asteroids
It is still a risk
Post by: JoB on March 05, 2025, 11:34:04 AM
To visit this thread at times -
Nerd-snipers abound!
Post by: wavewright62 on March 05, 2025, 03:30:22 PM
Nerditude, Nerdiness, all
nerds are wecome here!
Post by: wavewright62 on March 20, 2025, 10:39:48 PM
Nerds are welcome here
for they - I mean we - treasure
obscure detritus
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on March 21, 2025, 02:40:15 AM
Conceal flotsam and jetsam
The sea witch zapped them
Post by: thorny on March 21, 2025, 09:14:15 AM
Because their undersea noise
Disturbed everyone.
Post by: Jitter on March 23, 2025, 09:40:36 AM
Don’t worry about it all
We are all mad here
Post by: Yastreb on March 23, 2025, 07:19:38 PM
But we're not insane, oh no
We're just eccentric
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on March 23, 2025, 08:17:59 PM
Instead of plain old crazy
That means we're rich, too
Post by: wavewright62 on March 23, 2025, 11:45:45 PM
Spoiler: one for the GG crew • show
Post by: Yastreb on March 24, 2025, 02:23:38 AM
Spoiler: show
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on March 24, 2025, 02:43:42 AM
Order of the Stick's Blackwing
Talks in thought Balloons
Talks in thought balloons
Dancing freely with bunnies
Snoopy in his prime
Post by: Yastreb on March 24, 2025, 05:26:18 AM
Hunts for the Red Baron in
His Sopwith Camel
Post by: thorny on March 24, 2025, 09:45:02 AM
Looks like a doghouse. My chair
Was a spaceship, once.
Post by: Yastreb on March 24, 2025, 09:49:26 AM
Discovered near to Roswell?
Somehow, I doubt it
Post by: wavewright62 on March 24, 2025, 03:56:36 PM
was from outer space, but still,
makes a good story
Post by: Yastreb on March 25, 2025, 05:43:30 AM
With such striking characters
Their quest becomes yours
Post by: wavewright62 on March 25, 2025, 10:11:32 PM
as exploring the dungeon,
experience gained
Post by: Yastreb on March 26, 2025, 07:44:09 PM
Has to be well understood
To do any good
Post by: thorny on March 26, 2025, 09:31:01 PM
You need to learn what's needed
By those you would aid.
Post by: Buteo on March 30, 2025, 01:10:38 PM
Must be willing to be helped
By those who offer.
Post by: wavewright62 on April 03, 2025, 06:22:11 PM
stand those who do not, but should.
Blind and deaf they seem.
Post by: Yastreb on April 04, 2025, 01:31:26 AM
To reason and good sense... well
That's MAGA for you
Post by: thorny on April 04, 2025, 10:44:49 AM
But they are not for you; or
Even for themselves.
Post by: Jitter on April 04, 2025, 01:24:56 PM
All they bring is misely
Woe such ignorance
Post by: thorny on April 04, 2025, 01:52:25 PM
misely
Misery?
Post by: wavewright62 on April 05, 2025, 06:21:13 AM
to believe they know it all
and they're the smart ones
Post by: LooNEY_DAC on April 05, 2025, 04:52:15 PM
I have said for some time now
Smart is not wise though
Post by: midwestmutt on April 06, 2025, 09:57:41 AM
smart comes from the library
wisdom from the streets
Post by: thorny on April 06, 2025, 10:25:23 AM
And smart from the library
Should work together.
Post by: Kiran on April 06, 2025, 02:14:09 PM
"...should work together,"
said the professor, quite cross,
while upbraiding us.
Post by: thorny on April 06, 2025, 06:03:09 PM
He didn't notice others
Sneaking out the back.
Post by: Yastreb on April 07, 2025, 05:33:50 AM
And heading to the car park
To make their escape
Post by: wavewright62 on April 07, 2025, 08:30:07 PM
they leapt 4 floors onto a
handy garbage truck
Post by: Yastreb on April 07, 2025, 08:38:33 PM
Aren't always safe to jump in
Mythbusters proved that
Post by: Jitter on April 12, 2025, 05:27:21 PM
Life is full of angony
For crash test dummies
Post by: wavewright62 on April 13, 2025, 02:51:47 AM
go through the most horrid trials
but they're still smiling
Post by: Yastreb on April 20, 2025, 09:41:24 AM
For they are spared the pain of
Fighting the regime
Post by: Buteo on April 20, 2025, 11:32:48 AM
All the money for themselves,
For us the chaos
Post by: thorny on April 20, 2025, 03:41:14 PM
Often seems like it's hopeless.
But sometimes it works.
Spoiler: show
Post by: Yastreb on April 21, 2025, 05:04:20 AM
And you must remember
Don't waste the effort
Post by: thegreyarea on May 11, 2025, 05:47:13 AM
Know you adversary and
hit on the right spot
Post by: Yastreb on May 13, 2025, 10:38:01 AM
Make her bells ring so strongly
Happy memories
Post by: wavewright62 on May 13, 2025, 10:46:55 PM
"Page!" rush to read fresh comic;
so absurdly good
Post by: thorny on May 14, 2025, 09:46:37 AM
First asparagus this spring
Brings both hope and joy.