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Ross Bettinger proposed a limerick contest. The first line must be "There once was a data miner". Ross' submission:

I also suggest a data mining haiku contest.

Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively. However, considering the average level of poetic talent of data miners I know (myself included), the rules are relaxed here. Data mining haiku should still have 3 lines, but we allow a "standard deviation" of 2 syllables in each line length (i.e. lines can be 3-7, 5-9, and 3-7 syllables, respectively).

Here is an "acceptable" example with 4, 6, and 5 syllables in each line.

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