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    supercalifrag&amp;#133;&lt;br&gt;
    no, that blasted word will not&lt;br&gt;
    fit in my haiku&lt;br&gt;
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    new high score on game&lt;br&gt;
    Annster fingers fly around&lt;br&gt;
    hitting yellow cubes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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    so sorry master&lt;br&gt;
    no haiku for school today&lt;br&gt;
    haiku eating dog&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Welcome today very special haiku 
    guest visiting from Tar Heel State. Hello now Mister Paul Hinlichs. Paul, 
    give us haiku!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;A life for Jesus&lt;br&gt;
    Punctuated with burgers&lt;br&gt;
    Roger lives loudly&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;-- Very good! Very good! Please visit 
    Hinlichs blog, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.salon.com/0001444/&quot;&gt;Play With My Food&lt;/a&gt;. 
    Now for more of his haiku! --&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Godzilla sushi&lt;br&gt;
    Hirohito kimono&lt;br&gt;
    Daikon haiku bows&lt;br&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:46:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    Hu Jintao calls Tung &lt;br&gt;
    Chee-hwa a flaming asshole&lt;br&gt;
    Honk Kong insulted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    Rumsfeld has to go&lt;br&gt;
    no he doesn&amp;#146;t, senator&lt;br&gt;
    so much confusion&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;br&gt;
    Lemony Snicket&lt;br&gt;
    (very good fit for haiku)&lt;br&gt;
    smash at box office&lt;br&gt;
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    editorial!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    who is man of year?&lt;br&gt;
    smirks from lofty perch on Time&lt;br&gt;
    George W Bush&lt;br&gt;
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    weather report!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    today very cold&lt;br&gt;
    tuesday expect more of same&lt;br&gt;
    Wednesday warming trend&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    &lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;amusing corner!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;/font&gt;Man lock self in head&lt;br&gt;
    Delay plane for almost hour&lt;br&gt;
    Guess he had to go&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:11:23 GMT</pubDate>
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; haiku mistake!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
    &lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ha! More funny mistakes. From Big 
    Contest mentioned on very first day. Remember, haiku about Carolina Tar 
    Heels. Another haiku sent to me. No chance of winning, since I am not 
    official judge and big prize sponsors. No matter, we will now print haiku 
    from big prize loser &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://elisson1.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Steve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;font color=&quot;#000080&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Too fucking late to &lt;br&gt;
      Submit my Tar Heel haiku - &lt;br&gt;
      Worked late at office.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    Ha, ha! Makes no sense! Does office have no email? Maybe then...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Wait! More 
    haiku mistake. Know little blue word under red boxes? Says &apos;comment&apos;? 
    Yesterday I click on one, and guess what? Haiku! How Tar Heels haiku got 
    there, I have no clue. This one from
    &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.salon.com/0001424/categories/steveRaker/&quot;&gt;Sandy 
    Underpants&lt;/a&gt;, and is also big prize loser. Enjoy!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
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      &lt;font color=&quot;#000080&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Our feet jumping blue &lt;br&gt;
      Carolina Tar Heel love &lt;br&gt;
      In this office nest&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    n&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;o signing machine&lt;br&gt;
    now Rumsfeld will be making&lt;br&gt;
    X for every death&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;
    satellite in news&lt;br&gt;
    military spy on earth&lt;br&gt;
    but its just the French&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Bush 
    push stupid plan&lt;br&gt;
    Fix social security&lt;br&gt;
    Like my dog was fixed&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;amusing corner!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;old Beatle 
    guitar&lt;br&gt;
    sold for half a million bucks&lt;br&gt;
    me, I played trombone&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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    nude in the ocean&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; gray fish nibble on my toes &amp;#150;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; ouch, that was my cock&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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    feature! haiku guest!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
    &lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Whoa! &lt;font color=&quot;#008080&quot;&gt;i hate haiku
    &lt;/font&gt;already brining in tons of new haiku. Not like sewage, not at all!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;First guest is renowned 
    haiku dominatrix &lt;a href=&quot;http://zeke.typepad.com/thestain/&quot;&gt;K-T&lt;/a&gt;. Two 
    haiku, we are blessed. Very lucky to have her here, only two nights in the 
    bed, as we say in haiku industry.
    &lt;a href=&quot;http://zeke.typepad.com/thestain/&quot;&gt;K-T&lt;/a&gt;. Very good writer of 
    haiku. Clap hands, more will soon be here. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Example coming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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    I like men I like &lt;br&gt;
    their flesh but not their ideas cannibalism&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;-- now for more haiku! --&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;Why don&apos;t men like me&lt;br&gt;
    she asked licking her lips with &lt;br&gt;
    someone else&apos;s tongue&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:51:37 GMT</pubDate>
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    haiku big success!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
    &lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ha! &lt;font color=&quot;#008080&quot;&gt;i hate haiku
    &lt;/font&gt;proving very popular. Word on street is thumbs up. Three thousand 
    hits first day. How many on day two? Grains of sand...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Pardon me! Almost make 
    haiku. Hard to turn brain off sometimes - full of haiku. Now to introduce 
    new feature: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;meta-haikuing&lt;/span&gt;. Haiku about haiku. Only here, at
    &lt;font color=&quot;#008080&quot;&gt;i hate haiku&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Example coming.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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    &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.voccoquan.com/images/meta%20haiku.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; hspace=&quot;6&quot; width=&quot;81&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000080&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    they say that haiku&lt;br&gt;
    never will be popular&lt;br&gt;
    mama you were wrong &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:51:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
    &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.voccoquan.com/images/morning%20update.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;143&quot; width=&quot;143&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
    &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    Cypress now rejoice&lt;br&gt;
    EU moves on Turkey deal&lt;br&gt;
    so have a nice day&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;old man shakes his head&lt;br&gt;
    all mistakes are in the plan&lt;br&gt;
    friends desert him now&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    new internet virus&lt;br&gt;
    disguised as e-christmas card&lt;br&gt;
    Santa sheds a tear&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    &lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;amusement corner!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;/font&gt;a familiar voice&lt;br&gt;
    did you say Osama? No&lt;br&gt;
    I said yomama&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:32:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;haiku 
    mistake!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ha! 
    Already someone writes in with haiku. From Big Contest earlier. To me, this 
    post was sent - not to the proper source. Contents concern office and Tar 
    Heels. Not much about office in haiku. No chance of winning, since I now 
    have entry, and it did not go to Continental Tire Bowl, big prize sponsors. 
    No matter, &lt;font color=&quot;#008080&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;i hate haiku&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; will print this 
    haiku from big prize loser &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://zeke.typepad.com/thestain/&quot;&gt;
    Katy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;
      &lt;font color=&quot;#000080&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Tar Heels, why not try&lt;br&gt;
      the gummy shoes, or slipper&lt;br&gt;
      socks from Virginia?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    Ha, ha! No one even knows her context!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:16:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;
    &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.voccoquan.com/images/bonsai%20haiku.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;60&quot; width=&quot;88&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;surprise 
    in her eyes&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;unimagined consequence &amp;#150;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;why pull my finger?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    &lt;td width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;big haiku contest!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make haiku for big prize! Win 
    four tickets to 2004 Continental Tire Bowl, &lt;i&gt;PLUS&lt;/i&gt; four Inside Carolina 
    T-shirts! BONUS PLUS! Your company receive quarter page ad in Inside 
    Carolina magazine! You be big man around office.
    &lt;a href=&quot;http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/330003.html&quot;&gt;Enter now right here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;What to make haiku about? Ahh, tricky! Tar Heels, and your office. Why 
    your office loves Tar Heels more than next persons office. Not so easy. 
    Seventeen syllable. Not so easy at all. Example follow.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000080&quot;&gt;oh carolina&lt;br&gt;
      your tar heels of nicest blue&lt;br&gt;
      make office happy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;See? Now your turn. Big prize waiting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:26:45 GMT</pubDate>
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    &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.voccoquan.com/images/bonsai%20haiku.jpg&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;60&quot; width=&quot;88&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;yes, 
    I am alone&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;but now your two bit boyfriend&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;sleeps with the fishes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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