# 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\
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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/122 "2015-10-26T19:27:16Z")

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Dracula did suck  
And the keening banshees blew

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/123 "2015-10-28T01:00:32Z")

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> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#):
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> Dracula did suck  
> And the keening banshees blew

Best Halloween Night  
I called her a Witch

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/124 "2015-10-28T02:03:14Z")

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I called her a Witch  
She called me a pencilled Ick

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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:** [October 28, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/125 "2015-10-28T05:05:37Z")

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I called her a Witch  
She called me a pencilled Ick  
We married last week.  
Fall’s the worst season

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/126 "2015-10-28T11:26:36Z")

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Fall’s the worst season  
Driving in the dark to work

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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:** [October 28, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/127 "2015-10-28T13:02:24Z")

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Fall’s the worst season  
Driving in the dark to work  
Large temperature swings  
Halloween is nigh

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/128 "2015-10-28T18:22:18Z")

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Halloween is nigh  
I sneak candy from the bowl

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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:** [October 28, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/129 "2015-10-28T20:11:31Z")

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Halloween is nigh  
I sneak candy from the bowl.  
Mary Janes just SUCK!  
“Treehouse of Horror,”

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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:** [October 28, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/130 "2015-10-28T22:16:41Z")

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“Treehouse of Horror,”  
How many years of Simpsons?

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/131 "2015-10-29T04:24:25Z")

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“Treehouse of Horror,”  
How many years of Simpsons?  
Woah! Ay, caramba!

Electronic gleam

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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:** [October 29, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/132 "2015-10-29T16:02:43Z")

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Electronic Gleam:  
The toothpaste that makes your teeth

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/133 "2015-10-31T01:48:29Z")

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Electronic Gleam:  
The toothpaste that makes your teeth  
Glow like radium.  
A tropical tan

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/134 "2015-11-01T04:30:53Z")

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A tropical tan  
On Saint Nick usu’ly fades

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/135 "2015-11-01T04:42:06Z")

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A tropical tan  
On Saint Nick usu’ly fades  
Some time after June.

A crystal kidney

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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:** [November 1, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/136 "2015-11-01T04:52:53Z")

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A crystal kidney  
Makes you pee ice cubes when it’s

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/137 "2015-11-02T14:21:23Z")

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A Crystal Kidney  
Makes you pee ice cubes when it’s  
Around aliens.  
Alien monkeys

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/138 "2015-11-02T18:17:59Z")

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Alien monkeys  
Enjoy cold pee ice cubes. Yeeech!

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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:** [November 2, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/139 "2015-11-02T19:42:41Z")

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Alien monkeys  
Enjoy cold pee ice cubes. Yeeech!  
Drinks are on me, folks!  
Ate so much candy

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/140 "2015-11-02T20:06:37Z")

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Ate so much candy  
I am barfing chocolate

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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:** [November 3, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-haiku/712443/141 "2015-11-03T00:50:52Z")

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Ate so much candy,  
I am barfing chocolate.  
That’s _ **barfing** _, you all.  
We need a new rule.

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