On Nov 30, 6:28 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Making the rounds of the foreign press is the poem of a salaryman
> translated thus:
>
> "The only warmth in my life is the toilet seat"
>
> Does anyone know what the original haiku was?

It was an entry in the 2007 Salaryman Senryu Contest:

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1741

Unfortunately the YouTube video is no longer available through this
page, but is no doubt available on YouTube if you search long enough.

I personally like:

"How good it is to be a dog: even when trapped on a cliff, someone
saves you."

John W.