Edku: November 1996

Move backwards to October 1996.

1.
A cyberchimp, I.
Hanging from my tail I type.
Toes get stuck in nose!

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

2.
"Old Hairy Toes" they
Call me. I can count to three.
My vote's for Clinton.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

3.
Keep looking upwards;
Get birdshit in eyes. Look down;
Get birdshit down neck.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

4.
Have some bananas;
Edible phallic symbols.
We chimps prefer nuts.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

5.
Winter is coming.
It's Christmas for me--frozen
hell for the homeless.

--Mark Balas, balas@ludens.elte.hu

6.
I look at Mama.
Thought she'll be young forever.
She won't die, will she?

--Mark Balas, balas@ludens.elte.hu

7.
Paul from Nashville here
Reporting the election
Oops, it's one day off

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

8.
Used haiku Wednesday
In improv comic bar game
Was worshipped by all

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

9.
SNL again
Brought back Chris Rock to host it
Age don't make funny

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

10.
Halloween is past
Mom bought crappy candy; yup
Looks like my dessert

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

11.
Bill or Bob wins vote
With those headlines I ask you
Why should I bother

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

12.
Joystick's broke, girlfriend
Left me because I'm a jerk
Seinfeld still has show

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

13.
They Might Be Giants
Have new album out last month
Factory Showroom

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

14.
Nashville has Oilers
Big football team comes here soon
Bye bye small business

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

15.
Make way for Oilers
Metro gave you ninety days
Here, have a Mentos

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

16.
Second stadium
Built on the bad side of town
Why build another?

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

17.
Have psychology
Project due in just three days
Man, I'm a slacker

--Paul King, 5011.0836@trader.com, http://www.trader.com/users/5011/0836

18.
Big-mouth Tarzan types
Make hype. Wise old chimps make fire,
Rubbing Democrats.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

19.
Old Hairy Toes says,
"You can't groom politicians.
The fleas just slide off."

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

20.
November sixth, yup
Clinton won over Bob Dole
Democrats win, yup

--Paul E. King, 5011.0836@trader.com

21.
Problem with haiku:
In the south, "shower" is one
Syllable said "shaaaaaa"

--Paul E. King, 5011.0836@trader.com

22.
Did you ever think
Capitol Hill would end up
In its current state?

--Paul E. King, 5011.0836@trader.com

23.
Paul tells mom of this
Tries to recite something wrote
Months back about SPAM

--Paul E. King, 5011.0836@trader.com

24.
Here in the treetops
Chimpanzees chatter. Must be
Negotiating.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

25.
On the Internet
All are equal; 'cept maybe
Chimpanzees cuter.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

26.
They kicked this chimp hard
Up the bum. He thanked them. A
"Parfait gentlemonk!"

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

27.
I am sleeping when
we look in each others' eyes.
I am woken up.

--Mark Balas, balas@ludens.elte.hu

28.
We are more than mere
flesh-covered skulls of gleaming
human perfection

--Mary Ellen Walsh, skating@bc.cybernex.net

29.
Clinton says it's wrong
to hate your fellow human
unless he says so.

--Bob Wakulich, wl471@freenet.victoria.bc.ca

30.
Voting machines rest.
Were they used to pick the best?
What, you feel unrest?

--Dave Silverman, nas12@scasd.k12.pa.us

31.
Bosnia, Zaire,
Human life is not held dear.
We kill slower here.

--Dave Silverman, nas12@scasd.k12.pa.us

32.
Companies downsize
To stay alive, they advise.
Exec rewards rise.

--Dave Silverman, nas12@scasd.k12.pa.us

33.
Stars are in the sky
The moon is shimmering high
Very, very dark

--Jason Abu-Aitah, VIRIIGOLD@webtv.net

34.
Picard and Riker
Future sailors on the prowl
Set phasers for fun!

--Dave McBride, david.mcbride@m.cc.utah.edu

35.
Some anthropoid apes
Have red buttocks. Some humans
Have red noses. So?

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

36.
Love your monkey friends.
No discrimination here;
Kiss a Christmas chimp.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk

37.
"Ick, ick, ick, ook, oook!
Kick my ass and I'll kick yours."
Jungle serenade.

--Mike O'Connor (K.M.O'Connor), mickman@intonet.co.uk


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John Cho, jync@mit.edu

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