# 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:** 120
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2382 "2010-08-13T04:28:56Z")
Faked his own demise? Kaufman, the ‘song and dance man’? Sadly, he did not. ---
**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 13, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2383 "2010-08-13T12:18:26Z")
Sadly, he did not Feel male. They made a few cuts. She pole dances now. ---
**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 13, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2384 "2010-08-13T12:34:47Z")
She pole dances now In a hair band’s video So seductively ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2385 "2010-08-13T13:17:06Z")
So seductively The way she trims her nose hair with those bedroom eyes ---
**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 13, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2386 "2010-08-13T13:29:16Z")
With those bedroom eyes. Wrong lyrics again; right ones: “Bette Davis eyes.” ---
**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 13, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2387 "2010-08-13T15:38:34Z")
Bette Davis eyes Her first poster; thinks, “Oh no, They misspelt Betty.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2388 "2010-08-13T15:47:09Z")
They misspelt Betty. It has an I-E instead. Plus a silent J. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2389 "2010-08-13T19:49:41Z")
Plus a silent J Like the J in “potpourri” Invisible, too. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2390 "2010-08-13T21:13:10Z")
Invisible too, of course utterly silent my favorite boss! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2391 "2010-08-13T21:45:45Z")
My favorite boss Harrassed me until I asked her to wed (true tale). ---
**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 14, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2392 "2010-08-14T02:59:26Z")
Her to wed (true tale) was my fond hope, and I did twenty years ago. **ArchiveGuy** , start a thread and tell us that true tale, please! ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2393 "2010-08-14T03:40:21Z")
…twenty years ago today. Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They’ve… ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2394 "2010-08-14T04:32:34Z")
…become Oasis But the good news for us is: Tickets are cheap now! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2395 "2010-08-14T05:10:07Z")
Tickets are cheap now! But who wants to see Hung sing? Masochists, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2396 "2010-08-14T08:31:40Z")
“Masochists, perhaps?” “Nah, too much Anne Rice trite.” Writer’s block sure sucks. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2397 "2010-08-14T08:40:41Z")
triteNESS 😛 ---
**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 14, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2398 "2010-08-14T12:37:16Z")
Wrter’s block sure sucks I can’t finish this poem What rhymes with berry? ---
**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 14, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2399 "2010-08-14T13:39:29Z")
What rhymes with berry? You just add a few “Y’s” to George Carlin’s [hair poem](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/george-carlin-hair-poem-lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2400 "2010-08-14T22:29:45Z")
George Carlin’s hair ode: “Where is the hair on my pair? Nowhere, thanks to Nair!” ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2401 "2010-08-15T04:02:37Z")
“Nowhere, thanks to Nair!” I have never said that, dude it just makes me wince [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=121)