# Haiku Madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955 "2010-02-22T07:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 104

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2062 "2010-06-26T06:44:04Z")

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On Justin Bieber–  
Rhymes with “lieber” or beaver  
Sort of. I dunno.

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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2063 "2010-06-26T08:04:25Z")

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“Sort of. I dunno.”  
[Alicenchains’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568077)new guy  
Is clearly yanking hers.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2064 "2010-06-28T14:48:51Z")

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clearly yanking hers,  
and yearly clanking hers, not  
yankly clearing hers.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2065 "2010-06-28T15:26:01Z")

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Yankly clearing hers,  
Yankees hearing spurs clanking,  
Tourists speared by burrs.

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2066 "2010-06-28T15:42:23Z")

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Tourists speared by burrs  
Eskimo ensconced by furs  
Mesdames et monsieurs

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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:** [June 28, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2067 "2010-06-28T15:48:57Z")

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\*“Mesdames et monsieurs,” \*  
the French master chef just sneered,  
“I will not serve you!”

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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:** [June 28, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2068 "2010-06-28T18:27:33Z")

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“I will not serve you!”  
Declared the bumbling waiter  
Then he fell over

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2069 "2010-06-28T19:44:48Z")

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Then he fell over  
While I, I then fell under  
And right in to love

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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:** [June 29, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2070 "2010-06-29T00:45:05Z")

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And right in to love  
That crazy summer of yore.  
Ah, sweet memories!

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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:** [June 29, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2071 "2010-06-29T00:53:53Z")

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Ah, sweet memories!  
Camp McKinley: Jim, David  
my best buddies then.

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2072 "2010-06-29T14:11:04Z")

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My best buddies then  
jumped off a cliff, exactly  
as Mom predicted

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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:** [June 29, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2073 "2010-06-29T15:22:45Z")

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As mom predicted  
The lemon pie with salsa  
Just wasn’t a hit

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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2074 "2010-06-29T15:49:15Z")

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Just wasn’t a hit  
aimed for the old lady but  
twas clearly a miss

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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:** [June 29, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2075 "2010-06-29T16:05:59Z")

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Just wasn’t a hit  
To anybody but Jim Joyce  
[Galarraga robbed](http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Robbed-Blown-call-costs-Armando-Galarraga-a-per?urn=mlb,245292)

Whoops, should have refreshed! I’ll stick with my subject:

'Twas clearly a miss  
Of a pretty easy call  
Armando deprived

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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2076 "2010-06-29T17:08:03Z")

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Armando deprived  
Ump didn’t even shower!  
Said he was sorry

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2077 "2010-06-29T17:17:01Z")

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Said he was sorry.  
But I didn’t hear him over  
The sounds of my screams.

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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2078 "2010-06-29T17:26:30Z")

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The sounds of my screams  
creating a landing strip  
with a dull razor

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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:** [June 29, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2079 "2010-06-29T18:08:50Z")

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With a dull razor  
Dexter cut himself shaving  
While his theme song played

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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:** [June 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2080 "2010-06-29T20:08:07Z")

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While his theme song played  
the TV star preened, strutted;  
egomaniac!

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2081 "2010-06-29T20:34:32Z")

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Egomaniac!  
Reality TV show  
Debuting this fall

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