haiku poem about cars and traffic

July 17, 2003 2:21 PM

Honku : haiku poems about cars and traffic (from NPR)
posted by ColdChef (19 comments total)

You know...this was all pretty funny until I read this:

For maximum entertainment value, try reading some of these with the accent of Mr. Miyagi from the movie Karate Kid.

Now I hate my own post. Dammit.
posted by ColdChef at 2:23 PM on July 17, 2003

Ignoring that part, they're pretty funny, ColdChef.

Boston driver screams
the car in front goes twenty
old lady smiling

Just made that one up myself. Damn, I'm smooth.
posted by christian at 2:40 PM on July 17, 2003

Morning commute time
Asshat in the passing lane
"Move over, fuckwit!"
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:49 PM on July 17, 2003

HOV lanes full.
There's a guy all by himself
with no cop in sight.
posted by crunchland at 2:52 PM on July 17, 2003

NPR-filter...
posted by zekinskia at 3:13 PM on July 17, 2003

Was this on the radio?
posted by zekinskia at 3:14 PM on July 17, 2003

More redundancy...
posted by zekinskia at 3:16 PM on July 17, 2003

I saw this book at the check-out counter in a bookstore earlier this week, so it's definitely got some marketing push behind it.
posted by rushmc at 3:16 PM on July 17, 2003

here are some Toll Taker Haiku Poems I wrote.
posted by scarabic at 3:28 PM on July 17, 2003

I'm still waiting for someone to point out the blatant racism of this link....
posted by rushmc at 5:50 PM on July 17, 2003

I think you just did.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:07 PM on July 17, 2003

um, didn't ColdChef do that in the first comment, rushmc?
posted by Ufez Jones at 7:07 PM on July 17, 2003

Again: "I'm sorry."
posted by ColdChef at 7:23 PM on July 17, 2003

Um...yeah, but...I was referring to honku/honkey...nevermind. Tough room.
posted by rushmc at 8:14 PM on July 17, 2003

That's a bit of a stretch. I think. If I were to do a series of haikus about traffic, I'd think that "honku" was semi-clever-ish. YMMV.
posted by Ufez Jones at 9:00 PM on July 17, 2003

sort of off topic but . . . i was just listening to this song about five minutes ago . . .

Cars and Parties
posted by nyoki at 12:24 AM on July 18, 2003

I say, that's a joke, son! A joke! (Although it was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the book.)
posted by rushmc at 3:35 AM on July 18, 2003

I say, that's a joke, son! A joke!

yeah, I figured that out this morning with a more, em, lucid frame of mind.

*awkward silence*

*drops pants, does Macarena*
posted by Ufez Jones at 7:14 AM on July 18, 2003

Thanks a lot, Ufez...now I'll never be able to eat Macarena-and-Cheese again.
posted by rushmc at 12:02 PM on July 18, 2003