# 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:** 119

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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:** [August 10, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2362 "2010-08-10T01:56:52Z")

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We just shared a house.  
Not twenty minutes ago.  
It was yummy! Buuuuuuurrrrrrrrp!

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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 10, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2363 "2010-08-10T13:49:36Z")

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It was yummy! Buuuuuuurrrrrrrrp!  
Ten minutes ago, Homer  
Just said “Hmmmmm…yummy!”

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2364 "2010-08-10T23:55:01Z")

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Just said “Hmmmmm…yummy!”  
But, is poison in my food?  
Why is wife smiling?

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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 11, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2365 "2010-08-11T01:33:43Z")

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Why is wife smiling?  
If husband is [Francesco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo#Marriage_and_later_life),  
Mystery’s unsolved.

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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:** [August 11, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2366 "2010-08-11T01:54:21Z")

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Mystery’s unsolved  
despite Robert Stack’s hard work  
will we ever know?

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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 11, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2367 "2010-08-11T02:54:36Z")

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Will we ever know  
why trump has a comb-over?  
Embrace the cueball

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2368 "2010-08-11T12:32:45Z")

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Embrace the cueball  
Then stroke it to kiss the black.  
Snooker is sexy.

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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 11, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2369 "2010-08-11T14:00:06Z")

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Snooker is sexy?  
Might maybe you mean [Snooki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Polizzi)?  
She is arresting!

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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 11, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2370 "2010-08-11T14:47:27Z")

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She is arresting  
Put her hair in the slammer  
Throw away the key

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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 11, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2371 "2010-08-11T17:39:38Z")

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Throw away the key  
There’s a joke about locks there  
And stars in distress

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2372 "2010-08-11T17:52:53Z")

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And stars in distress  
are the only ones I watch  
hey - more trainwrecks please!

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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 11, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2373 "2010-08-11T22:59:50Z")

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Hey - more trainwrecks please!  
Like a thread about tipping  
The cat declawer

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2374 "2010-08-11T23:04:30Z")

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Too late and it was depressing anyway

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2375 "2010-08-12T09:05:40Z")

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The cat declawer  
Arrived, but left very fast.  
I have a tiger.

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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 12, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2376 "2010-08-12T13:15:58Z")

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I have a tiger  
It’s the cream on the top…WAIT  
Those aren’t the lyrics.

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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 12, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2377 "2010-08-12T14:54:25Z")

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Those aren’t the lyrics  
“Scuse me while I kiss this guy”  
Never sung by Hendrix

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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:** [August 13, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2378 "2010-08-13T02:22:37Z")

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Never sung by Hendrix:  
_Cheeseburger in paradise…_  
Buffett sang that one.

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line one is six… the damage has been done.

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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:** [August 13, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2379 "2010-08-13T02:45:08Z")

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Buffett sang that one,  
two, ninety-four times at least -  
sick of his own hits.

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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:** [August 13, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2380 "2010-08-13T03:14:39Z")

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Sick of his own hits,  
Elvis straddled the toilet  
and sat one last time.

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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 13, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2381 "2010-08-13T03:28:33Z")

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And sat one last time –  
Unless you believe the King  
Faked his own demise

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