tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17770833.post6632040914579593970..comments2023-05-19T11:51:12.497-04:00Comments on Karumi Garden Haiku: Staying in Balancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17770833.post-22309614075086346422008-07-23T20:41:00.000-04:002008-07-23T20:41:00.000-04:00Hmmm...I think I prefer the first of your two haik...Hmmm...I think I prefer the first of your two haikus! :)Staying in Balancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729612779930162079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17770833.post-60971686951512311552008-07-18T07:35:00.000-04:002008-07-18T07:35:00.000-04:00Your're probably not going to be greatly enamoured...Your're probably not going to be greatly enamoured of the information, but I had a friend once (a boyfriend of my sister's, actually) who prided himself on the following "haiku":<BR/><BR/>Farting while walking<BR/>effects minimal increase<BR/>in velocity<BR/><BR/>He rather liked the fact that, short as it was, it contained two (very slightly different meanings).<BR/><BR/>It just so happened that he and I (and my girlfriend at that time) went on a cycling trip together during the drought summer (England, 1977), during which I (in a manner worthy of Basho himself) concocted the following riposte:<BR/><BR/>Farting while cycling<BR/>necessitates raising one bum<BR/>from the saddle<BR/><BR/>That's it! Sorry - it's totally unedifying, but there it is...<BR/><BR/>Johnjyamamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485157836646109945noreply@blogger.com