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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 07/04/2010 : 22:45:28
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Ever get that floating feeling? Well, here's your chance to consult the good Docter, cut loose from your foundations, and drift away with Carl Fredricksen to follow his dream. Don't forget to take along a helpful boy scout and a talking dog. Hang on ... did she say a talking ... SQUIRREL!!!
Abbreviated rules borrowed from here to encourage some new entrants ....
The Rules
The first line of a haiku poem has five syllables.
The second line has seven syllables.
The third, and final, line has five syllables.
The Movie Haiku Contest (MHC) is open to every member of the FWFR site.
To enter, all you have to do is think of a Haiku for the current movie, then post into the current thread. Simple as that. Also, haikus may be risque, but nothing explicit please.
Only one entry per person as per The Blevins Rule. However, you are allowed to edit your existing entry until 9pm Tuesday FWFR time.
Voting.
If you have entered the MHC, then you have to vote. If you do not vote, you'll lose 3 points from your total, even if you are Sludge and its passover. This could mean the difference between the adoration and envy of your fellow Fwiffers or being the feckless butt of our jokes!
You do not have to enter an MHC to vote. Vote away. It'll be like a lurker vote!
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For each round, you get to vote for your three favourite haikus. The voting is as follows:
3 pts fwfr a
2 pts fwfr b
1 pt fwfr c
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You may vote only once
You cannot vote for yourself.
You can vote for the previous winner
You vote by sending your votes in a PM (Private Message) HERE, to Me.
When the voting deadline ends (9pm Wednesday 14APR FWFR time), the votes are tallied and the top three places are announced.
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."
Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 22:51:04
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high above trouble
balloon man's door knockknockknocks
it's his stowaway |
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
United States
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Posted - 08/04/2010 : 21:31:07
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Lemme get this straight:
Monsters live. Dogs talk. House sails.
You two must be high. |
Edited by - Sludge on 13/04/2010 19:40:36 |
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MguyX 
"X marks the spot"
United States
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Posted - 09/04/2010 : 08:20:12
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Lofty goals adrift,
life becomes ordinary.
Hope floats. Old men too. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 09/04/2010 : 09:25:48
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Carl's Paradise Falls,
but Ellie's spirit lifts him.
His Paradise found!
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ci�nas 
"hands down"
Brizzle
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Posted - 11/04/2010 : 21:32:47
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Film with altitude:
Buoyed-up oldster travels far
Without leaving home.
[Americans tend to pronounce 'buoy' with a triphthong, something like boo-wee. I'm assuming, or rather guessing, that the transatlantic pronunciation of 'buoyed' contains a diphthong, however, as in the UK � boyd � & thus counts as a monosyllable there as well as here.]
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
Ireland
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Posted - 12/04/2010 : 00:07:52
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Up, up and away.
With the aid of scouting dogs
Paradise lost, found. |
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
USA
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Posted - 12/04/2010 : 19:54:54
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Dogs talk. A house floats.
Rare bird named Kevin. Pixar's
smokin' some good shit.
EM :)
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
United States
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 18:17:37
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Up yours: I voted already!  |
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clay
"Viewer discretion is revised."
Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 20:59:08
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| Voted! Thumbs Up! |
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
USA
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Posted - 13/04/2010 : 21:33:04
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I SQUIRREL! voted.
EM :) |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 14/04/2010 : 10:00:58
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Earth to Beanmimo!
Get back down here and vote! 
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Sludge
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
United States
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Posted - 14/04/2010 : 16:38:54
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quote:
Originally posted by lamhasuas
[Americans tend to pronounce 'buoy' with a triphthong, something like boo-wee. I'm assuming, or rather guessing, that the transatlantic pronunciation of 'buoyed' contains a diphthong, however, as in the UK � boyd � & thus counts as a monosyllable there as well as here.]
While we're waiting, please enjoy this Buoy pun.
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Edited by - Sludge on 14/04/2010 16:39:18 |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 14/04/2010 : 17:28:18
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Not forgetting this one!
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
Ireland
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Posted - 15/04/2010 : 02:33:30
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| Sorry vated belotedly |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 15/04/2010 : 09:21:27
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Ladies and germs!
I greet you from a higher plane - that's what the captain said, anyway  ...
To announce on this daily day the triumverate of haiku in the highest which have risen way above the call of duty thanks to the votes not only of the esteemed participants of this syllabic contest, but also those of Chocolate Lurker and Polar Lurker. Thumbs up for them! 
And so, it is in a mood best described as sunny-side up that I'm now ready to reveal
that in third place we have a tie
with 11 votes a piece and achieving double lift
It's MguyX [3, 2, 1, 3, 2]
and
lamhasuas [2, 3, 3, 2, 1]
which leaves
well, blow up my balloon and call me inflated
yep, she blushed, it's me on the breeze with 12 votes [3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1]
I thank you all. 
And especially those who really liked the choice of film. I agree with those who said it provided inspiration. Well, of course it did -- if you don't have inspiration you can't blow up a balloon. Inspiration? Blow up? Balloon? Uhm - I'll get my coat.
Back with some new inspiration soon-ish.
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