Starting the Thread; bringing the pain. (Score 1)

So in essence, though not claiming property of the intellectual concept of a haiku, you are saying that in posting boards you thought of using haikus as a device for both humor and to get a certain point across quickly...but wait! You said the idea CAME from somewhere? So you ARE claiming the intellectual property of another person, someone who is on a mailinglist you are, or who writes for it perhaps, and you came to /. and because you think that you may by some chance be the first person to have ever written one and posted it here you are...what? God? We should all get down on our proverbial knees and prostrate ourselves because you took the idea from another person, and a different place and allowed us to see the friggin' light? If you want me to cal-tow to you: forget it. If you want credit: here's a phone token, call someone who gives a damn.

P.S.- I bet I'm the first person to use that old line, I'll keep an eye out to see if anyone else says it.