Passing horse on the road- mumsnet

Have a mumsnet horse thread haiku:

AI-BU speed past horse?
YA-BU horsey soft slow down
YAN-BU kill the toffs!

(you have to pronounce aibu/yanbu etc phonetically or it screws up my syllables!)
 
Is haiku well known in rl? I don't know anyone that knows the rules.

I was thinking a more simple form of use e.g. swear word replacer in a board meeting.
 
JFTD said:
Have a mumsnet horse thread haiku:

AI-BU speed past horse?
YA-BU horsey soft slow down
YAN-BU kill the toffs!

(you have to pronounce aibu/yanbu etc phonetically or it screws up my syllables!)
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bravo I like that one!
 
tallyho! said:
Is haiku well known in rl? I don't know anyone that knows the rules.

I was thinking a more simple form of use e.g. swear word replacer in a board meeting.
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As far as I'm aware, it's 17 syllables, 3 lines - 5-7-5, no rhyme. I only know this because of You Only Live Twice which I read the other week. I have rubbish taste in fiction.

I think howling kittens would work in that context too!
 
JFTD said:
As far as I'm aware, it's 17 syllables, 3 lines - 5-7-5, no rhyme. I only know this because of You Only Live Twice which I read the other week. I have rubbish taste in fiction.

I think howling kittens would work in that context too!
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I have a few singaporean friends who try to haiku when we are out and it drives me nuts!

(Only because I now know what they are doing)
 
And there was me thinking it was an exclusively Japanese thing. I feel culturally insensitive and poorly informed. Shame on me!
 
tallyho! said:
I assume Japan allow foreigners in right? :P
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Last time I checked. I sort of got the wrong end of the stick there. I thought I was mistaken in the cultural origins, but it sounds like your mates are just indulging in cultural appropriation like I am right now :p

I'm currently reading about kireji and Basho on wikipedia. Such fun!
 
Exactly and therefore fully justifies having our own mumsnet-style HHO abbreviations... :D
 
JFTD said:
I'm currently reading about kireji and Basho on wikipedia. Such fun!
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Huh? Way over my head and way past my bedtime. I should introduce you to my sister. She lived in Japan for about 3 years on the JET programme and is well versed (to anyone who will indulge obviously, not I, not clever enough).
 
tallyho! said:
Huh? Way over my head and way past my bedtime. I should introduce you to my sister. She lived in Japan for about 3 years on the JET programme and is well versed (to anyone who will indulge obviously, not I, not clever enough).
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I'm sure she could educate me thoroughly. You could currently write what I know on the back of a wikipedia page ;) I'm only casually curious :p
 
Brilliant thread on mumsnet, it just goes to show that many people don't know how to pass a horse properly or safely.

It also shows how important it is to thank drivers who do pass considerately!
 
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