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Haiku, a kind of Japanese poetry has 3 lines, with exactly 17 syllables: 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second, and 5 on the last line.  Here are some Microsoft error message haikus–parody to their mostly unhelpful and empty message.

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

And my personal favorite -

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

I got these from this site. Tks, Momo — I did find it funny. Lulz.

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