# Create an absurd Haiku!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254 "2007-04-01T01:36:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 14

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/261 "2008-01-09T01:27:53Z")

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It’s not important  
If I’m eating Dominos  
Coors Light would suffice.

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**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:** [January 9, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/262 "2008-01-09T03:47:59Z")

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I confess that I  
actually like Dominos,  
but it’s not my fave.

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**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:** [January 9, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/263 "2008-01-09T03:51:44Z")

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Van Morrison:

> [@](#):
>
> Oh, oh domino,  
> DOMINO mumble mumble  
> Oh, oh, Domino!

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/264 "2008-01-09T03:57:12Z")

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Cat sheds on new shirt  
Lint brush will remove most hair  
The rest goes in nose.  
iMac and iPod  
Both old now, by tech standards  
but brand new last month. 😃

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/265 "2008-01-09T14:11:57Z")

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I want some new teeth  
maybe gold, maybe diamond  
I’m just that stylish

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/266 "2008-01-09T14:43:33Z")

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Another list done.  
More lists in the work folder?  
More coffee, now, please.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/267 "2008-01-09T14:47:41Z")

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Oh, you were joking.  
Today is not Tarzan Day.  
Wish I had some pants.

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**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:** [January 9, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/268 "2008-01-09T16:42:50Z")

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Tarzan Day? No, no,  
today is Absurd Haiku  
Day, didn’t you know?

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/269 "2008-01-09T17:10:39Z")

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Lately every day  
is absurd haiku day here  
I’m alright with that.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/270 "2008-01-09T22:14:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
I am just in awe;  
that presidential haiku  
is a masterpiece.

\*(Although I noticed the lines

Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, and  
Grover Cleveland.

both lack one syllable…)\*  
[/QUOTE]

True on the second one – I meant to type **S.** Grover Cleveland, as his actual first name was Stephen. However, I pronounce Guiteau’s victim’s name as “Gar-fi-eld” – definitely three syllables. Still, thanks for the compliment!

Mike the Tiger roars,  
LSU beats OSU.  
Brutus Buckeye mourns.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/271 "2008-01-09T22:23:16Z")

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Must…hurry up…eat  
Cereal…getting…soggy  
One…bite…before…death

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**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:** [January 9, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/272 "2008-01-09T22:39:57Z")

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**Cluricaun** , PopTarts  
will not, I promise, kill you,  
and they’re quite tasty!

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/273 "2008-01-10T15:02:45Z")

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Rock music would suck  
If we all had lobster claws  
instead of just hands

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**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:** [January 10, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/274 "2008-01-10T21:35:52Z")

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“Lobster lobster claw,  
Lobster lobster lobster claw.”  
Looks so strange, like that!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/275 "2008-01-10T21:48:17Z")

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Badger Badger Snake  
Mushroom Mushroom Mushroom Snake  
Five Thousand XP.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/276 "2008-01-10T22:21:16Z")

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I had a weird dream  
Rachel Ray eating sausage  
while in my garage.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/277 "2008-01-10T22:23:42Z")

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Pounding, pounding head  
It hurts like a mother fuck.  
Mountain Dew all gone.

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**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/278 "2008-01-10T22:33:49Z")

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Become a Doper  
be profound, kewl and witty  
be superior  
outside is raining  
on sloppy snow, the gutters  
clogged, running over

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/279 "2008-01-10T22:35:23Z")

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Become a Doper  
become quite unproductive  
wait, I have to _work_?!?!?

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/280 "2008-01-10T22:55:47Z")

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I thought of this one while in the shower this morning:

“I love little girls”  
Sang Mister Patrick Stewart  
“They make me feel so…”

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