# free haiku (on ode to Vernors)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266 "2001-07-12T20:59:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/1 "2001-07-12T20:59:53Z")

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Barrel Aged, Bold Taste  
Everday at five o’clock  
I yearn to drink you  
🆒

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/2 "2001-07-12T21:14:02Z")

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OH MIGHTY VERNORS  
I BOW DOWN TO YOUR GREEN CAN  
WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD??

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/3 "2001-07-12T22:44:51Z")

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Shall my immortal  
Soul perservere in Heaven  
If no Vernors be.

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/4 "2001-07-12T22:49:40Z")

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I shall post and post  
my love for Vernors here til  
there be a reply.

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/5 "2001-07-12T22:51:51Z")

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or until my post  
count reaches one that is not  
under ninety-nine

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/6 "2001-07-12T22:54:27Z")

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once i bought a can  
of mountain dew by mistake  
and cried tears of grief

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/7 "2001-07-12T22:55:43Z")

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for you see the green  
colour of the can confused  
me as i was rushed

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/8 "2001-07-12T22:57:39Z")

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could it be that coke  
and pepsi converted all  
ginger ale lovers?

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/9 "2001-07-12T23:10:23Z")

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a girlfriend once tried  
to pacify my cravings  
with canada dry

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/10 "2001-07-12T23:12:59Z")

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I told her that we  
should no longer date anymore  
because I cheated

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/11 "2001-07-12T23:20:05Z")

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(Must Preview Reply  
So that I dont repeat the  
Same Mistake Again)

I was shallow and  
unhonest with her all for  
a cold 20 ounce

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/12 "2001-07-12T23:23:24Z")

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She told me later  
that she knew I lied, today  
she likes to call me

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/13 "2001-07-12T23:27:59Z")

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but she still believes  
that all ginger ales are the  
same. Is there no hope?

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/14 "2001-07-12T23:36:09Z")

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cream and tart combined  
with tiny bubble to form  
dark matter that binds.

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/15 "2001-07-12T23:37:33Z")

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fifty five cents for  
twelve fluid ounces or one  
dollar for twenty

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/16 "2001-07-12T23:38:36Z")

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so I buy two cans  
for one dollar ten and get  
twenty-four ounces

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/17 "2001-07-12T23:44:27Z")

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I think that I am  
beating “the system”, one day  
Vernors may vanish

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/18 "2001-07-12T23:46:16Z")

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the way of pepsi  
clear. Oh what a disaster  
if that day should come

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/19 "2001-07-12T23:48:16Z")

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to the clan of moth  
Vernors The Original  
Ginger Soda is

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**Author:** ![mothman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mothman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mothman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-haiku-on-ode-to-vernors/72266/20 "2001-07-12T23:50:25Z")

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the way and the light  
for all mothmen and women.  
caffeine free-no fat.

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