Festive Fetch Calendar 2024

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Sharkangel Dec 2023 12:15pm, 5 Dec 2023 22,148 posts	0 Sharkangel To be fair and exact: I didn't 'really' know what a haiku was until they appeared on Fetch some years ago. My partner Raffo, nine years younger than I am, said he 'did' them at school. We didn't.
Raptor Tat Tat Dec 2023 1:10pm, 5 Dec 2023 66,677 posts	0 Raptor Tat Tat I first came across haiku in a GP textbook called The Inner Consultation, in which, if I recall correctly, the reason was ... actually, the author was a fancy-bedancy RCGP chap and he probably just wanted to show off some of his own wee poems.
Lizzie Whizzmas Dec 2023 1:26pm, 5 Dec 2023 28,197 posts	0 Lizzie Whizzmas I've spent an enjoyable few minutes reading about the "rules" of haiku, and not worried too much about them. Apologies to any poets!
fetcheveryone Dec 2023 1:47pm, 5 Dec 2023 29,938 posts	0 fetcheveryone My first experience of Haiku was in Hunt for the Wilderpeople I think.
LindsD Dec 2023 2:00pm, 5 Dec 2023 65,326 posts	0 LindsD Just given me an idea for another one
57.5 Days of Xmas Dec 2023 8:51pm, 5 Dec 2023 15,109 posts	0 57.5 Days of Xmas Some of the haikus are brilliant. Some people cannot count to 5. or 7 I will admit to using an online syllable counter.
Icy Tinsel Garland 🇮🇸 Dec 2023 9:12pm, 5 Dec 2023 17,207 posts	0 Icy Tinsel Garland 🇮🇸 Sestinas next year, fetcheveryone?
DoricQuine Dec 2023 10:12am, 6 Dec 2023 9,701 posts	0 DoricQuine Can't read some of the blogs today to get story behind the polls Am I right in thinking you can just make one blog public when all the rest are buddies only?
fetcheveryone Dec 2023 10:17am, 6 Dec 2023 29,940 posts	0 fetcheveryone There's a global setting allowing you to ring fence all of your blogs. If this is set to buddies only, then even individual blogs marked as public are not visible. However, if the global setting is public, you can then control the visibility of individual blogs. I guess you could ask the folks who posted a poll whether you could go on their buddies list.
57.5 Days of Xmas Dec 2023 1:50pm, 6 Dec 2023 15,128 posts	0 57.5 Days of Xmas Blog done. Now to check out some other people's stories.