# 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:** 116

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2302 "2010-08-02T23:40:14Z")

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Beer drinkin’ Yahoos!  
I used to be one of them  
Then I got laid off

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2303 "2010-08-02T23:44:35Z")

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Then I got laid. “Off!”  
She cried, “You’re crushing my smokes!”  
Ah. That’s amore.

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2304 "2010-08-03T01:18:42Z")

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Ah. That’s amore.  
Dino Paul Crocetti sang that.  
You know – Dean Martin.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2305 "2010-08-03T02:15:40Z")

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You know – Dean Martin.  
Brother of Don Martin, no?  
Mad’s Maddest Artist

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2306 "2010-08-03T03:45:21Z")

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Mad’s Maddest Artist  
Couldn’t begin to convey  
My utter dismay

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2307 "2010-08-03T12:37:38Z")

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My utter dismay:  
My dairy cows all ran dry  
So…No milk for you!

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2308 "2010-08-03T13:32:56Z")

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So…No milk for you  
Not milkman is Milk Nazi.  
I’ll drink what I choose.

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2309 "2010-08-03T14:25:07Z")

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I’ll drink what I choose  
unless I choose a beer that was  
used as an ashtray

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2310 "2010-08-03T15:48:33Z")

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used as an ashtray  
Britney’s baby’s soft spot was  
on Family Guy show

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2311 "2010-08-03T16:05:37Z")

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On _Family Guy_ show,  
Peter Griffin is stupid  
Like most sitcom dads

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2312 "2010-08-03T16:56:31Z")

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Like most sitcom dads  
Ward Cleaver’s occupation  
Is a mystery

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2313 "2010-08-03T17:41:02Z")

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Is a mystery  
how anyone could find Ke$ha  
a gifted singer

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2314 "2010-08-03T18:11:44Z")

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A gifted singer  
An imitater is a  
Regifted singer

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2315 "2010-08-03T19:08:52Z")

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Regifted Singer  
Sewing machine quietly  
Awaits my leisure

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2316 "2010-08-03T19:52:47Z")

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Awaits, my leisure  
suit at the cleaner’s again  
Larry is my name

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2317 "2010-08-03T20:08:57Z")

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Larry is my name  
I am Buddy Sorrel’s dog  
Big German Shepherd

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2318 "2010-08-03T20:18:43Z")

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Big German Shepherd  
does a lamb count. How many  
do you have, Schultz? “Nien!”

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2319 "2010-08-03T21:10:37Z")

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do you have Schultz? “Nien!”  
haben Schmidt, Schröder & Krause.  
Wo ist Bröckenschteig?

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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:** [August 4, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2320 "2010-08-04T13:42:53Z")

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Wo ist Bröckenschteig?  
Search Google–you’ll find it’s right  
here and nowhere else.

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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:** [August 4, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2321 "2010-08-04T16:50:10Z")

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Here and nowhere else  
lives here and nowhere else man  
Waiting for no one

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