I have vague memories of acrostics I formed for study in college...and not-so-trivially muddling them ;) I still agree with you that this kind of phrasal mungi

I have vague memories of acrostics I formed for study in college...and not-so-trivially muddling them ;) I still agree with you that this kind of phrasal munging is a good method, but I also think haddock has the slight, memorable edge :)