Why Is This a Haiku?

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Why Is This a Haiku?

Post by Lightning Rod » February 4th, 2010, 2:13 pm

Why Is This A Haiku?
.,
*()
:@
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Post by Arcadia » February 4th, 2010, 2:16 pm

do I have to answer? :)

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Post by Doreen Peri » February 4th, 2010, 2:29 pm

Because &*(! and +=^.

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Post by Lightning Rod » February 4th, 2010, 2:39 pm

no joke, it's really a haiku
(I thought doreen would get this one right off)
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Post by mnaz » February 4th, 2010, 2:41 pm

5-7-5?

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Post by Doreen Peri » February 4th, 2010, 2:55 pm

looks more like 2-3-2

hmmm

:?:

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Post by Lightning Rod » February 4th, 2010, 2:56 pm

hint:
read it aloud
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Post by Doreen Peri » February 4th, 2010, 2:59 pm

one quote mark, apostrophe
asterisk left parentheses, right parentheses,
colon, at symbol

....

ok... why?

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Post by mnaz » February 4th, 2010, 3:06 pm

period comma
asterisk parentheses
colon at symbol?

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Post by Lightning Rod » February 4th, 2010, 3:09 pm

oops, it was a typo (I'm so blind I can't proofread)

I meant to say:

period comma
asterisk parentheses
semi-colon at

. ,
* ()
; @
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Post by Doreen Peri » February 4th, 2010, 3:11 pm

ohhh... well mnaz wins the prize!

5-7-5

Well done, Mark!

What's the prize, Lrod?

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Post by Lightning Rod » February 4th, 2010, 3:14 pm

He gets to be my seeing-eye dawg
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Post by mnaz » February 4th, 2010, 3:18 pm

cool. yeah, you had me wondering if there's another name for the 'at' symbol... like swirlyque or something...

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Post by Lightning Rod » February 4th, 2010, 3:21 pm

yes, there should be a fancy name for the 'at' symbol
maybe we should start a contest to name it
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Post by Doreen Peri » February 4th, 2010, 3:23 pm

we could call it a "rose"... it's often used as a rose

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