Christmas Shopping Haikus

By Shamus Posted Wednesday Nov 29, 2006

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haikus are common
most of them are just awful
but these ones are great

 

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2 thoughts on “Christmas Shopping Haikus”

  1. LafinJack says:
    Thursday Nov 30, 2006 at 1:04 am

    Here I sit,
    with nothing to do,
    but lacking the wit
    to write a haiku.

    Reply
  2. David V.S. says:
    Friday Dec 1, 2006 at 2:31 am

    Always classic, the computer error message haiku:

    Reply

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