Sunday, August 22, 2010

Overflow

There was a young man from Peru,
who wrote a 4-line haiku.
His friends said it stunk,
but he said "I thunk
it the generous thing to do."
at

4 comments:

  1. Charlie McDanger7:17 PM

    Perhaps it wouldn't
    Have been such a trick if he'd
    Instead tried a lim'rick.

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  2. John Enright7:58 PM

    Ha. That is too funny, Charlie.

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  3. Charlie McDanger9:20 PM

    I can't believe I screwed it up again! Strike "a" from the final line...but you get the idea.

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  4. John Enright9:32 PM

    Well, exactly. The idea was what made me laugh.

    I suspect that counting syllables just doesn't feel natural in English, even though the Japanese do it.

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