Random 3.0

Benvolio · Post by **Benvolio** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:19 pm

I was in a bus terminal in eastern Venezuela when a friend called me up and told me that the U.S. Embassy had issued a warning to all American citizens regarding the attack. Even in those days a lot of Venezuelans didn't like Americans, so there was some partying in the streets.

On a more humorous note, when my Texan friend heard that America had been attacked, the first words out of his mouth were: "Did they get Texas yet?" :-)

(If this conversation goes any further, it's going to need a split. Any help, admins?)

Random · Post by **Random** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:26 pm

Giovanni Schwartz wrote:Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator

Yes, I finally got back on. Now I will lecture you.

Technically, that poem isn't a haiku at all. It's something more like a Senryu. Senryu are about people, places, feelings and stuff like that. Haiku are about nature. By the way, the plural word for haiku is haiku. It's a Japanese word so s is never on the end of words.

Random · Post by **Random** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:32 pm

Butterfly, flutter
Spread your orange wings and fly
Bring the world a smile

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:50 pm

Random wrote:Butterfly, flutter
Spread your orange wings and fly
Bring the world a smile

You're punny... I still think my haiku is the coolest one I've ever seen. (I didn't write it. A kid I know told it to me.) Is that senryu thing with 5-7-5 syllables as well?

Benvolio · Post by **Benvolio** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:38 pm

Giovanni Schwartz wrote: Is that senryu thing with 5-7-5 syllables as well?

More or less. A senryÅ« has three lines and 17 or less on, which is like the syllables that are counted in some Japanese poetry. I'm a little fuzzy on how the onji work, and I know that some English syllables can have more than one on, but they're roughly equivalent. Or at least, so I am told.

Random · Post by **Random** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:02 pm

I don't really know much about Senryu. Somebody on a poetry website said something about me writing a senryu instead of a haiku... that's how I found out about it.

And mine is waaaay better. I still remember the first haiku I ever wrote.

Squirrels in the trees
Jump leap and glide merrily
Dancing with the leaves

Benvolio · Post by **Benvolio** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:48 am

I think that still doesn't qualify as a haiku because it doesn't have a seasonal word in it.

All these rules remind me why I stick to prose.

Random · Post by **Random** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:23 am

But who really cares about the 'rules' of haiku? I only said stuff about it because Bob promised I would.

Craig Jessop · Post by **Craig Jessop** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:30 am

Prose is my lover.

Chemistry is my love child -- if I had a love affair with math, chemistry would come out.

Wisteria · Post by **Wisteria** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:40 pm

For some reason, the phrase "Message Center" always looks like "Massage Center" to me on first glance. This can be rather startling depending on the context.

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:46 pm

Craig Jessop wrote:Prose is my lover.

Chemistry is my love child -- if I had a love affair with math, chemistry would come out.

Chemistry comes out of me all the time....

Wisteria · Post by **Wisteria** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:17 pm

the chemistry jokes- so funny on so many levels . . .

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:36 pm

I am bored. Tell me a story to entertain me.

Fredjikrang · Post by **Fredjikrang** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:00 pm

You died. The end.

Hope you liked it! Bye!

Giovanni Schwartz · Post by **Giovanni Schwartz** » Thu May 01, 2008 6:58 pm

I want a funny story! Not a sad one! Come on... Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

Fredjikrang · Post by **Fredjikrang** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:13 pm

Wait. That wasn't funny?

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:33 pm

Fredjikrang wrote:You died. The end.

Funnier? You died. As a Mime. The End.

Post by **bobtheenchantedone** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:03 pm

...and I missed a party over here too. Dang. Who gave you guys permission to have fun without me? Hmm?

So, the Women's Conference concert was amazing, if anyone cares. And a woman went into labor during the final song. And someone got stuck in the elevator for half an hour. And my feet really hurt.

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:40 am

bobtheenchantedone wrote:...and I missed a party over here too. Dang. Who gave you guys permission to have fun without me? Hmm?

So, the Women's Conference concert was amazing, if anyone cares. And a woman went into labor during the final song. And someone got stuck in the elevator for half an hour. And my feet really hurt.

What were they doing in the elevator to cause it to be stuck?

As for the woman in labor, just imagine the stories, "Son, you were born after President Monson gave an amazing talk..." Or something along those lines. Sorry about your feet though.

Fredjikrang · Post by **Fredjikrang** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:46 am

I didn't know that the women's conference started yesterday, and I was just starting to get used to the Helaman parking lot being empty, and then all of a sudden there were a ton of cars there! I was sad.