My father taught me to appreciate truly original humorous poetry, such as "The Cremation of Sam McGee". From there I branched out to enjoy other forms, such as parodies.

• Gamma ray OD
  Secret project run amok
  Must control myself
  -- Bradley P. Allen (my choice for best of Bill Bixby Haiku)
• Ninety-nine bottles
  of beer on the wall. Ninety-
  nine bottles of beer!
  --Sam Meyer (smeyer1@ic3.ithaca.edu), posting to alt.shenanigans.