flighty 0 #1 January 21, 2004 Here is a running gag on Opinion Journal. I like it. I put the first three from the past few weeks together. Best of the Web BY JAMES TARANTO Maybe We Should Call It a Bye-ku "Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on Monday abandoned plans to run for re-election to Japan's parliament and marked the occasion by writing a haiku," the Associated Press reports from Tokyo. The AP reproduces the verse: With dusk yet to come Cicada persists in song While it still has life Now this is a great idea. Why not haikus for the various Democratic presidential candidates as they drop, one by one, from the race. We'll start with Bob Graham: 9:50 p.m.: Apply scalp medication Drop out of the race Who's next? We're guessing Kerry, after New Hampshire. As luck would have it, "served in Vietnam" is five syllables. ... Bye-ku for Carol Moseley Braun The Land of Lincoln Reclaims the first lady of Nigerian scams ... Bye-ku for Dick Gephardt Whoops, I said Bush was A miserable failure Turns out I meant me ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivexxl 0 #2 January 21, 2004 For the sake of all that's holy... No haiku till Friday! Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
