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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:15:24 -0700
From: Seth David Schoen <schoen@loyalty.org>
To: crackmonkey@zork.net
Subject: [crackmonkey] The famous zinc haiku collection
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There is a larger story behind these, but the only detail I know for sure
is that there is an ancient tradition on soda.csua.berkeley.edu of writing
haiku about zinc, perhaps dating to this exchange:
----- Forwarded message -----
Boredcast Message from 'ausman': Mon Dec 11 13:55:24 1995
reformatted disks
make sodalite weep loudly
give us /usr10
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 13:56:29 1995
Rice paddy peasant
Works all day to make the paste
Paste that's white like zinc
Boredcast Message from 'erich': Mon Dec 11 13:57:01 1995
new law on soda
all walls must be zinc haiku
or else account gone
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 13:58:19 1995
Angel Lucifer
Banished to the netherworld
For his love of zinc
Boredcast Message from 'agee': Mon Dec 11 13:54:51 1995
Bootleg cassette tape
Poor recording media
Zinc oxide is crap.
Boredcast Message from 'peterm': Mon Dec 11 13:58:41 1995
Ancient promethius,
daily bereft of his liver,
he gave zinc to mankind.
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:01:55 1995
Starry Bethlehem,
Beware prophets bearing gold,
Frankincense and zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'agee': Mon Dec 11 14:00:49 1995
Christmastime is here
Snow falls, peacefully, slowly
On great cliffs of zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'geordan': Mon Dec 11 14:02:28 1995
make it stop! no more!
make it go away now, please!
I can't take much more!
Boredcast Message from 'aspolito': Mon Dec 11 14:01:56 1995
five syllable line
rain falls like the fallout clous
ob zinc referance
Boredcast Message from 'agee': Mon Dec 11 14:03:24 1995
Geordan does not know
The true meaning of the zinc
Perhaps he can learn
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:04:22 1995
Waiting on the dock
Shipment from Colombia
Twelve kilos of zinc
Boredcast Message from 'agee': Mon Dec 11 14:04:31 1995
Walling dark dungeons
Like zinc on a hot tin roof
Poem makes no sense
Boredcast Message from 'geordan': Mon Dec 11 14:03:47 1995
zinc has weight 30
its symbol is Zn
now will you all leave?
Boredcast Message from 'peterm': Mon Dec 11 14:04:04 1995
falling from the sky,
radioactive fallout,
zinc dust in the wind
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:05:55 1995
Evil Fu Manchu
Plans to terrorize the world,
Stealing all the zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'geordan': Mon Dec 11 14:05:54 1995
zinc after copper
though but before gallium
above cadmium.
Boredcast Message from 'agee': Mon Dec 11 14:06:29 1995
Mean Darth Vader said,
I find your lack of faith dis-
Turbing. What a zinc!
Boredcast Message from 'scotsman': Mon Dec 11 14:05:59 1995
walls getting pointless
when it ends once and for all
I'll be truly glad
Boredcast Message from 'aaron': Mon Dec 11 14:07:25 1995
no zinc refernece
Boredcast Message from 'scotsman': Mon Dec 11 14:07:40 1995
Um... Signed by Zinc Tungsten.
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:07:07 1995
Daniel Holliman
Does not know that Gilman St
is a zinc haven
Boredcast Message from 'geordan': Mon Dec 11 14:07:42 1995
this has naught about
that wondrous element
i could avoid. zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:08:11 1995
Gilman Street Restrooms
Contain no rolls of toiletry,
Force you to use zinc
Boredcast Message from 'scotsman': Mon Dec 11 14:08:11 1995
Toilet paper hurts
When it's made of zinc it's worse
But Charmin wins out.
Boredcast Message from 'ausman': Mon Dec 11 14:07:21 1995
seven hundred K
it turns to liquid river
hot has hell that zinc
Boredcast Message from 'peterm': Mon Dec 11 14:10:02 1995
blojo and erich,
pinned to wooden crosses,
nailed up there with zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:11:03 1995
Mankind's big project,
Virtual reality,
Building worlds of zinc
Boredcast Message from 'agee': Mon Dec 11 14:11:31 1995
Boyhood memories
Tonka fire engine. Vroom!
Made of steel, zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'geordan': Mon Dec 11 14:11:05 1995
more than twenty grams
ev'ry centimeter cubed
and it's a metal.
Boredcast Message from 'danh': Mon Dec 11 14:13:22 1995
Fall rain comes gently
pond ripples with falling leaves
fingers drop like stones.
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:13:25 1995
"Heal me, Jesus"
Says the leper as his nose
Falls into the zinc
Boredcast Message from 'peterm': Mon Dec 11 14:13:30 1995
pincushiond blojo,
impaled with many zinc spikes,
finally speechless.
Boredcast Message from 'ausman': Mon Dec 11 14:12:40 1995
meaning of word zinc
comes from a German word "Zink"
origin obscure
Boredcast Message from 'aspolito': Mon Dec 11 14:12:48 1995
coating outdoor nails
protection from winter's rains
zinc useful for all
Boredcast Message from 'chiapet': Mon Dec 11 14:12:05 1995
most precious, i think
its mere thought turns me all pink
don't throw knives at zinc
Boredcast Message from 'geordan': Mon Dec 11 14:13:53 1995
nuclear weapons
cause total mass destruction
fusion into zinc.
Boredcast Message from 'danh': Mon Dec 11 14:14:18 1995
melted brie is yum
but it tastes much better when
i stir with his tongue
Boredcast Message from 'blojo': Mon Dec 11 14:15:38 1995
World War II shortage
Housewives donate pots and pans
Get zinc to the troops
Boredcast Message from 'aspolito': Mon Dec 11 14:15:19 1995
wrintg hiku on
zinc is easier than doing
work. procrastinate.
Boredcast Message from 'saarp': Mon Dec 11 14:17:29 1995
zinc zinc zinc zinc zinc.
zinc zinc zinc zinc zinc zinc zinc.
zinc zinc zinc zinc zinc.
Boredcast Message from soda!aspolito (ttyqo) at 14:17 ...
no zinc referance
well, except for the first one
you can't hide from zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!peterm (ttys0) at 14:17 ...
geordan is writhing,
moaning so pitifully,
molten gold coats him.
Boredcast Message from soda!agee (ttyqz) at 14:19...
You say, "What is life?"
Before you answer that, ask
Yourself "What is zinc?"
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysy) at 14:19 ...
enough about zinc.
it's time for telebears now.
sign up for classes.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:19...
Important warning:
DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN ZINC
Or you'll regret it.
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 14:20 ...
Zinc is the only
element you can use as
a conditioner.
Boredcast Message from soda!aspolito (ttyqo) at 14:21 ...
life is but fleating
but zinc, zinc last forever
trust your life in zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!saarp (ttyqw) at 14:21 ...
haiku haiku hai-
ku haiku haiku haiku
haiku haiku zinc.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:21...
Mohandas Gandhi
Went on many hunger strikes,
Always ate his zinc.
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 14:21 ...
Molten zinc is
fun to give to a child
at a small playground.
Boredcast Message from soda!agee (ttyqz) at 14:22...
Haiku about zinc
Can become old really fast.
Woe to those annoyed.
Boredcast Message from soda!aspolito (ttyqo) at 14:23 ...
Pulp Finction has drugs,
hamburgers and violence.
but it lacks the zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 14:23 ...
Those who are annoyed
should have zinc in their diets
or at least fiber.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:23...
What do you expect,
When you go throughout your life
Never touching zinc?
Boredcast Message from soda!mehlhaff (ttypA) at 14:25...
walling zinc haiku
is a sign of great boredom
just go get a life !
Boredcast Message from soda!peterm (ttys0) at 14:23 ...
in Hamburg's hot fires,
molten zinc flowed fast downhill,
forming hot rivers.
Boredcast Message from soda!lwall (1?console) at 14:25...
From: Akasha <akasha@apple.com>
I once made pennies
coating them in lab with zinc
some gold, some silver.
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysy) at 14:25 ...
the power of zinc
is strong. I got in all of
my classes today.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:26...
Letters & Science
Has such strict requirements
Can't pass without zinc.
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysy) at 14:27 ...
I break free of your chains!
I write
in jagged
form
like e e
cummings
Boredcast Message from soda!chiapet (ttysB) at 14:26 ...
zinc is in my blood
zinc sustains my beating heart
when pricked, i bleed zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:27...
Byzantine Problem
When to synchronize, attack
Capture all the zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:28...
Superconductive
Crystal lattice finely tuned
Quantum Zincanics
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 14:29 ...
zinc haikus are scarce
except on the walls of soda
where zinc reigns supreme
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysy) at 14:29 ...
insanity, like
zinc, runs rampant through soda's
mindless, hopeless walls.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:30...
Figlet the word 'zinc'
Watch it fill your CRT
Lovely ASCII art
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysy) at 14:31 ...
I've had enough zinc.
I'm going to fail physics.
Try to learn quantum.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:32...
L. Ron Hubbard wrote
Dianetics' secret code
Teaching about zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:41...
Twin Peaks finale
David Lynch's twisted dream
Zinc allegory
Boredcast Message from soda!ausman (ttysE) at 14:43...
ari cannot die
until most wonderful sense
surrounded by zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:44...
Christian communion
Holy wafer made of zinc
Put it on your tongue.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:45...
Posting news is fun
Erotica - dot - sensual
Don't forget - dot - zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysu) at 14:46 ...
it is most complete
from a to the last one, zinc
we call it Centrum.
Boredcast Message from soda!ausman (ttysE) at 14:46...
wear a zinc helmet
protect your most priceless head
die in style at least
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:49...
Superhero flees
X-ray vision, gift of flight
Powers blocked by zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:50...
Ivory soap is pure,
Ninety-nine point forty-four
Undefiled zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!aspolito (ttyqo) at 14:50 ...
need larger title
zinc will not help me at all
latex is cryptic
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:51...
"Barefoot in the Park"?
Neil Simon sucks my dick.
He should write of zinc.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 14:59...
TV commercial
"Zinc it does a body good"
I will grow up strong.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:01...
Look, here is your brain.
Now here is your brain on zinc.
Any questions, kid?
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:06...
Perfect tokyo time
Must by cheap zinc umbrella
Ward off acid rain
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:06...
^by^buy
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysu) at 15:06 ...
blojo needs whipping
take a zinc whip and flog him
over and over
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 15:07 ...
a cat of nine tails
made completely out of zinc
lands on your back thrice.
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 15:07 ...
Okay, all walls must contain a reference to zinc and to whips.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:09...
Bubbling molten zinc
Pours across my naked skin
Pain strikes like a whip
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 15:09 ...
zinc whips are fun for
flogging, beating and other
assorted actions
Boredcast Message from soda!geordan (ttysu) at 15:10 ...
walls must have at least four references to James Bond movies
and praseodymium.
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:11...
Jaws shoots violin
Praseodymium gun
Diamonds forever
Boredcast Message from soda!chiapet (ttysB) at 15:18 ...
contractor from hell
did not document his zinc
work has fallen off
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:20...
Life-threatening choice
Which door will he open up,
Tiger or the Zinc?
Boredcast Message from soda!chiapet (ttysB) at 15:21 ...
Boredcast Message from 'erich': Mon Dec 11 11:15:35 1995
tongue on clitoris
i savour my lover's zinc
starry autumn night
Boredcast Message from 'erich': Mon Dec 11 11:14:24 1995
i like plastic glocks
kalashnikov's rifle
to shoot i need zinc
Boredcast Message from 'erich': Mon Dec 11 11:17:46 1995
zinc in my bloodstream
gluconeogenesis
endless flow of life
-blojo
Boredcast Message from soda!chiapet (ttysB) at 15:24 ...
there is no zinc here
there is no zinc at my job
there is a large void
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 15:26...
Headbanging music
Play it really fucking loud
I love Nine Inch Zinc
Boredcast Message from soda!scotsman (ttyqD) at 15:34 ...
Saar sleep in pooled zinc
Breathes in the noxious fumes and
lives to repeat it.
Boredcast Message from soda!jon (ttypM) at 16:39 ...
ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC!
ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC!
ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC!
ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC!
ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC!
ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC! ZINC!
Boredcast Message from soda!blojo (ttypX) at 16:40...
Fifteen years from now
Zinc is standard currency
Rich society
----- End forwarded message -----
--
Seth David Schoen <schoen@loyalty.org>
They said look at the light we're giving you, / And the darkness
that we're saving you from. -- Dar Williams, "The Great Unknown"
http://ishmael.geecs.org/~sigma/ (personal) http://www.loyalty.org/ (CAF)
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