# Anyone care to haiku with me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130 "2007-05-22T20:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/1 "2007-05-22T20:15:17Z")
A wrinkled dollar You carefully feed it in Rejected! No snack The coffee is too hot At your desk you’re distracted Then it is too cold Staring at my screen It looks as if I’m working I’m really not, though That’s all I got right now. You? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/2 "2007-05-22T20:20:48Z")
clutter on my desk: the turbulent aftermath of major brainstorms ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/3 "2007-05-22T23:06:56Z")
ok i have no other burdens upon me let us shoot the breeze speaking of haiki seems silly, really to end sentences abrupt ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/4 "2007-05-22T23:26:52Z")
Admitting diagnosis hailu! (true stoy) Sir, there’s a problem Pooping in the urinal Is frowned upon here Ailment: passing stool via penis ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/5 "2007-05-23T00:06:13Z")
Inspired by the cell phone/bathroom thread I penned. 😃 The cell phone talker Works to hide sounds of peeing Oops! Fart in next stall. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/6 "2007-05-23T06:53:54Z")
Haiku threads are great You dopers are too funny Never let one sink ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/7 "2007-05-23T07:10:22Z")
I don’t see the point. Why we should haiku with you? Do it by yourself. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/8 "2007-05-23T09:04:45Z")
I can’t haiku now - I have got to do some work! Maybe tomorrow. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/9 "2007-05-23T09:26:20Z")
Do you fear thirteen? “Triskadekaphobia” You may be a loon If you can read this You are sitting much too close To my new haiku ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/10 "2007-05-23T13:00:30Z")
Winston dissappoints I felt sure his haiku would include testicles ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/11 "2007-05-23T13:27:35Z")
This is my first post on The Straight Dope Message Board. How do you like it? Here’s another one: Skip dead fish across the Mississippi River. Better than flat rocks! (Based on an actual incident) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/12 "2007-05-23T14:08:36Z")
Be very careful When starting to write haiku To count the sylla ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/13 "2007-05-23T14:56:10Z")
May the forces of Evil become confused on the way to your house! I know, doesn’t really sound Haiku-ish. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/14 "2007-05-23T15:23:55Z")
School’s out for summer Work will begin on thursday one lovely day off A novel concept getting paid. inflow equals outflow? _Incroyable_! That was a bad one A good haiku has meter and one thought per line ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/15 "2007-05-23T15:44:35Z")
Bureaucratic woes. Why can’t they send me the specs? Then they’d get their files. I had to redeem myself from my earlier attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/16 "2007-05-23T16:09:44Z")
Work - can’t concentrate. Much more fun surfing the Dope. Threads need attention! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/17 "2007-05-23T16:18:02Z")
Haiku? Sure, why not? Some art thrives on restrictions Like syllable counts. Almost lunchtime now Maybe get some fine sushi Fitting for this thread. But then, back to work The Straight Dope is such a sweet Distraction, I’ve found! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/18 "2007-05-23T20:19:14Z")
Seems this thread is slow. Why won’t Dopers come and play? Must be trapped at work. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/19 "2007-05-23T20:29:07Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] Do you fear thirteen? “Triskadekaphobia” You may be a loon [/QUOTE] You should spell the word “Triskaidekaphobia” (The Spelling Police) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130/20 "2007-05-23T20:34:48Z")
Tonight brings an end To _Idol_ speculation. Will Blake win? Or Sparks? Fall lineup features Show starring [Geico cavemen.](http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/05/04/buzz-on-that-geico-cavemen-show-not-too-good/) Neanderthal, man! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-care-to-haiku-with-me/405130.md?page=2)