So..... There was a young lass from Leeds Who swallowed a packet of seed ........
Isn't a irish haiku then? Subject: [LU] Fwd: Re: Summing Up Good grief - haikus are 17 syllables, 3 lines - usually arranged 5-7-5 (although if Colin was in charge of that as well god knows what the formation would be...the words wouldn't know if they were in a sonnet or being iambic)...anyway, not 3 sentences... we languish mid-table, the argentine departed, barn doors sleep easy Ta da N ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From Wikipedia: > A Haiku in English is a short poem which uses imagistic language to > convey the essence of an experience of nature, or the season > intuitively linked to the human condition > > LUFC's performances this season cannot in any way be described as > conveying the essence of an experience of nature, so I presume that > from the Wikipedia definition we are talking about the latter, aka the > season intuitively linked to the human condition? > > The Haiku therefore as a summary for DRB is: > > <haiku> > The List Digest is long and arduous, > Our new signings are not so wondrous, so yea shall we endure the curse > of the Malignant Stoat, I informed you thusly </haiku> > > > For a definition of ' I informed you thusly', please read on from > here, it's not available on Wikipedia: > > Under normal circumstances I'd say I told you so. But, as I have told > you with such vehemence and frequency already, the phrase has lost all meaning. > Therefore, I will be replacing it with the phrase, I informed you thusly. > > And, for all you pedantics out there, I kept the Haiku to the original > 3 sentence rule applied by Mr Walmsley, if you consider each line to > be a new sentence... > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
