# Create an absurd Haiku! **URL:** \ **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:** 13\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/401 "2008-04-29T22:37:40Z")
My mouse wheel has weird Greasy gunk on it. What the Hell is this crap, man? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/402 "2008-04-30T03:44:58Z")
How to write Haikus? I can’t seem to remember. Someone fill me in. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/403 "2008-04-30T04:51:40Z")
The syllable count is five-seven-five, line by line, my Doper friend. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/404 "2008-04-30T08:12:08Z")
Pennies in a stream… That’s been done. I take it back. I just love that song. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/405 "2008-04-30T08:16:18Z")
Zeldar is a clown. Big red nose and waxy ears. Moonlight in Vermont. This song haunts me still. Falling leaves, a sycamore, My clown mows the lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/406 "2008-04-30T13:41:31Z")
Stop following me. Who wants an Oom Pa Pa band Providing life’s score? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/407 "2008-04-30T13:58:46Z")
Haiku does not consist Of seventeen syllables With no other rules. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/408 "2008-04-30T14:00:01Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] Haiku does not consist Of seventeen syllables With no other rules. [/QUOTE] Yes, you’ve mentioned that, But this is Doper Haiku There are far less rules. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/409 "2008-04-30T16:49:51Z")
Still like Obama, but he’s been pounded lately; not a pretty sight. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/410 "2008-04-30T16:51:10Z")
There is a weasel That lives inside of my pants Who likes to eat cheese. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/411 "2008-04-30T22:26:10Z")
Insert deep thought here A philosophy template For the modern world ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/412 "2008-05-01T01:11:28Z")
My Blackberry Pearl Doth drive me insane these days God I miss my Treo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-an-absurd-haiku/398254/413 "2008-05-01T01:14:49Z")
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