# Build a Haiku

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 12, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443 "2015-02-12T03:08:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/82 "2015-09-17T08:17:03Z")

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[thank you!] [Why on earth did I do that?!]

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/83 "2015-09-19T19:07:09Z")

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Heater desert warm  
Aircon is strong like Arctic  
Climate change is solved  
In the beginning

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/84 "2015-09-20T16:11:12Z")

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“In the beginning…,”  
Was mangled in “Star Trek” like

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/85 "2015-09-22T19:28:12Z")

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“In the beginning…,”  
Was mangled in “Star Trek” like  
Baggins by Nimoy

_RIP_

My dog is so dumb,

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/86 "2015-09-24T13:13:46Z")

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My dog is so dumb,  
His nickname is “Shit for Brains”

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/87 "2015-09-26T05:25:11Z")

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My dog is so dumb,  
His nickname is “Shit for Brains”  
He answers to “Trump”

Once upon a time

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/88 "2015-09-26T15:33:26Z")

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Once upon a time  
Is not a show I would watch

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/89 "2015-09-26T23:51:12Z")

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Once upon a time  
Is not a show I would watch  
For a second time  
A heavy wind blows

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/90 "2015-09-27T03:02:39Z")

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A heavy wind blows  
Through the streets of Chicago

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/91 "2015-09-27T15:09:21Z")

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A heavy wind blows  
Through the streets of Chicago  
Hence called Windy City  
The Pope is in town

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/92 "2015-09-27T15:10:35Z")

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The Pope is in town,  
Looking for hookers and blow.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/93 "2015-09-27T15:34:21Z")

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The Pope is in town  
Looking for hookers and blow  
You know, “When in Rome…”

Do as the Romans

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/94 "2015-09-27T15:49:38Z")

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Do as the Romans  
DO, not as the Romans SAY

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/95 "2015-09-27T23:43:33Z")

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Do as the Romans  
DO, not as the Romans SAY  
WHAT do Romans Say?  
What do Romans Say?

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/96 "2015-09-27T23:55:04Z")

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What do Romans Say?  
Inna gadda da vida

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/97 "2015-09-28T00:42:36Z")

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What do Romans Say?  
Inna gadda da vida.  
It’s all Greek to me.

Blow your own trumpet

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/98 "2015-09-28T17:15:51Z")

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Blow your own trumpet.  
If Gabriel blows HIS first,

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/99 "2015-09-29T19:34:46Z")

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Blow your own trumpet.  
If Gabriel blows HIS first,  
You win a cookie.

Sushi from Walmart.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/100 "2015-09-29T22:45:45Z")

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Sushi from Walmart.  
It just means they didn’t cook

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/101 "2015-10-01T16:19:41Z")

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Sushi from Walmart.  
It just means they didn’t cook  
the discount fish sticks.

Blue Jays World Series

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