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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 10:18:24 JST Paul Cantrell

   There once was a man
   from Peru — whose limericks
   turned into haiku

   • Steve's Place repeated this.
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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 10:37:46 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Royce Williams

     @tychotithonus

     A longtime favorite of mine!

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     Royce Williams (tychotithonus@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 10:37:47 JST Royce Williams

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     @inthehands Ha! Reminds me of the (less sophisticated):

     There once was a man from Peru
     whose limericks stopped at line two.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 10:58:42 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!

     Flaunting the rules
     to crack a foolish joke —
     summer vacation

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 11:05:23 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Art Na Crea 🇮🇪 :tinoflag:

     @artnacrea
     🤨

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     Art Na Crea 🇮🇪 :tinoflag: (artnacrea@mastodon.ie)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 11:05:24 JST Art Na Crea 🇮🇪 :tinoflag:

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     @inthehands There was a young man from Dhargee
     Who was stung on the neck by a wasp
     When asked "Did it hurt?"
     He said no not a bit
     It can do it again if it likes

     I believe this may have been Spike Milligan but not 100% sure.

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     Marsh Gardiner 💡🐝🔧 (earth2marsh@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jun-2026 11:07:19 JST Marsh Gardiner 💡🐝🔧

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     @inthehands Flouting convention to lure the pedants, eh?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jun-2026 01:51:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Poloniousmonk

     @Uair
     Thank you / you’re welcome / I’m sorry?

     It was just a bit of banter from the dinner table I thought Mastodon would appreciate; no idea it would travel so far. I guess now you know what it’s like to eat a meal with me!

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     Poloniousmonk (uair@autistics.life)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jun-2026 01:51:34 JST Poloniousmonk

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     @inthehands

     Y'know, Paul--this has to be the fiftieth time this has popped up in my feed. Apparently it wasn't just myself that was impressed by it. Damn near everyone I follow seems to have boosted it, too. Well done.