Someone famous dies
We post haiku about them
It's just that simple
HISTORIC
HAIKU:
Posted by Lairbo on 12/13/2007 at 10:54 PM in Music, Notorious, Performers | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tags: Ike Turner
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1920 – 2007
Leona Helmsley
Guess the Donald won this round
So long Queen of Mean
* * *
Avoided taxes
(Those are for little people)
But couldn't dodge death
— Lairbo
Posted by Lairbo on 08/20/2007 at 10:44 PM in Business, Notorious | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tags: Leona Helmsley, Trouble
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Anna Anna An
Na Anna Anna Nicole
Anna Anna dead
— Greta Paulson
* * *
Betrayed by those near
And — she thought — dear, who instead
Lead her to slaughter
— Lairbo
* * *
Famed for figure, fat
Foolishness, no reason, then
Just for being dead
— Russell 1000
Posted by Lairbo on 02/08/2007 at 10:19 PM in Notorious, Performers | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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1937 – 2006
Everything you want
In a loony dictator
Except WMD
— Russell 1000
Posted by Lairbo on 12/30/2006 at 12:07 PM in 20th Century, Current Affairs, Historic, Miscellaneous, Morgue, Notorious, Politics, Presidents | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Godfather of Soul
He felt good, but now he's dead
James Brown is gone — Owww!
— Lairbo
Posted by Lairbo on 12/25/2006 at 05:55 PM in Music, Notorious, Performers | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Ken Lay powers down
The deadest guy in the room
Gets out of jail free
— Lairbo
Posted by Lairbo on 07/05/2006 at 05:36 PM in Business, Notorious | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 03/29/2005 at 05:36 PM in Current Affairs, Historic, Miscellaneous, Morgue, Notorious, Performers, Politics, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 07/28/2004 at 08:55 PM in 20th Century, Historic, Morgue, Notorious, Religion, Science | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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1902—2003
Last Confederate
Senator; kept the seat warm
While the South rose again
— O'Cyrus
Posted by Lairbo on 06/26/2003 at 08:31 AM in 20th Century, Current Affairs, Historic, Morgue, Notorious, Politics, Pop Culture | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 02/19/2003 at 11:05 PM in Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 07/05/2002 at 10:23 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Historic, Miscellaneous, Morgue, Notorious, Sports | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 03/18/2001 at 08:13 PM in Boomer Icons, Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Acid will open
Your mind, he said, not knowing
His was now long gone
— O'Cyrus
Posted by Lairbo on 05/31/1998 at 11:59 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Current Affairs, Historic, Miscellaneous, Notorious, Politics, Science | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 05/14/1998 at 08:58 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Film, Historic, Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, Television, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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He used to tiptoe
Through the tulips, but now he's
Pushing up daisies.
* * *
Married Miss Vicky
On TV; lasted eight seasons
But nobody watched
— Phil d'Blanc
Posted by Lairbo on 11/30/1996 at 11:15 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Comedy, Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Nixon's impeachment
Insurance; policy ran
Out before term
— P. Shaw
Posted by Lairbo on 09/17/1996 at 01:19 PM in 20th Century, Historic, Journalism, Morgue, Notorious, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 12/09/1995 at 10:13 PM in 20th Century, Historic, Journalism, Miscellaneous, Morgue, Notorious, Pop Culture | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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1919–1995
Never met a client
Whose civil rights weren't somehow
Being violated
— Carl LaFong
Posted by Lairbo on 09/04/1995 at 10:57 AM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Current Affairs, Historic, Morgue, Notorious, Politics, Pop Culture | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 04/22/1994 at 12:47 AM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Historic, Notorious, Politics, Presidents | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 04/05/1994 at 03:44 PM in 20th Century, Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Lassie was really
Male, so why such a big deal
That Spuds was a bitch?
— O'Cyrus
* * *Spuds, that bitch, trying
To be so butch with all the
The hot chicks and beer
— Roger Rabid
Posted by Lairbo on 05/31/1993 at 12:04 AM in 20th Century, Business, Fashion, Food and Drink, Miscellaneous, Morgue, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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1940 – 1992
Posted by Lairbo on 12/04/1992 at 03:54 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Miscellaneous, Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Lairbo on 11/23/1991 at 06:01 PM in 20th Century, Boomer Icons, Morgue, Music, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Hero in wartime
But as civilian office-
Seeker? Too scary
— Philco
Posted by Lairbo on 10/01/1990 at 09:38 AM in 20th Century, Historic, Morgue, Notorious, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Career arc went from
Babe to bitch to Baby Jane
Worked every time
— Lairbo
* * *
My favorite line
Of all: "Come on, Oscar! Let's
You and me get drunk."
— Jeff Tiedrich
Posted by Lairbo on 10/06/1989 at 11:53 PM in 20th Century, Film, Morgue, Notorious, Performers, Pop Culture, The Arts | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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