# Haiku Madness **URL:** \ **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:** 111
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2202 "2010-07-16T22:06:27Z")
The walrus was Paul? The Paul who had once been Saul? Walrus of Tarsus? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2203 "2010-07-17T03:55:18Z")
“Walrus of Tarsus?” sniffed the nun. “There’s no such saint!” And so she spanked me. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2204 "2010-07-17T04:42:46Z")
And so she spanked me. Spanked by a nun, oh my lord Divine punishment. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2205 "2010-07-17T19:34:26Z")
Divine punishment: forced to watch _Pink Flamingos_. Dear God, the horror! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2206 "2010-07-17T19:44:03Z")
Dear God, the horror, the horror: Colonel Kurtz in Apcalypse Now. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2207 "2010-07-18T01:31:15Z")
_Apocalypse Now_? I prefer the _Mad_ version: _A Crock O’ (Blip!) Now_. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2208 "2010-07-18T05:26:21Z")
A Crock O’ (Blip!) Now. Can’t believe it’s not butter or some other spread. ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2209 "2010-07-18T07:43:35Z")
Or some other spread, Chock full of toxic goodness. Pass the margarine. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2210 "2010-07-18T16:37:41Z")
“Pass the margarine, Margaret,” the magistrate sweetly asked his wife. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2211 "2010-07-18T21:29:54Z")
Sweetly asked his wife: “Why do you suppose some folks nicknamed me ‘Sweetly’?” ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2212 "2010-07-19T07:53:37Z")
Nicknamed me 'Sweetly"? It’s because my name is Todd And they are confused. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2213 "2010-07-19T15:21:26Z")
And they are confused ‘Sweetly Todd’ is not the name Of that Burton flick ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2214 "2010-07-19T16:37:03Z")
Of that Burton flick I can but say, it was weird indeed, they all are ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2215 "2010-07-19T16:39:32Z")
Of that Burton flick my daughter would only say “Be nice to Santa!” ETA: Bilge! Indeed they all are The wise old gentlemen said of the horrid year ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2216 "2010-07-19T18:44:25Z")
Of the horrid year And the torrid year, we seem to have more and more ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2217 "2010-07-19T20:00:55Z")
To have more and more is most millionaires’ fond goal how many yachts now? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2218 "2010-07-19T20:32:40Z")
How many yachts now? Five lined up, all sea-worthy Hey, that’s a Yacht-sea! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2219 "2010-07-19T21:12:40Z")
Hey that’s a Yacht-Sea! Being attacked by a Nacht-Sea! German Night Navy ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2220 "2010-07-20T01:32:01Z")
German Night Navy Under cover of darkness Sailing towards Britain ---
**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:** [July 20, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2221 "2010-07-20T02:00:55Z")
Sailing towards Britain was the Spanish Armada— 1588. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=112)