# 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\
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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 20, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2462 "2010-08-20T17:17:46Z")

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at the ATM  
meaning Amnesia Through Money  
I won’t testify

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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 20, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2463 "2010-08-20T19:09:34Z")

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“I won’t testify.”  
Said Blago after he said  
he would testify

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2464 "2010-08-20T19:59:03Z")

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He would testify  
against mobster Al Capone  
hello afterlife

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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 20, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2465 "2010-08-20T20:03:27Z")

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“Hello, Afterlife,”  
I said to my friend’s black cat  
pretty weird name, huh?

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**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2466 "2010-08-20T20:12:46Z")

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pretty weird name, huh?  
she blushed a bit, downcast  
stammer I, but nice!

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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 20, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2467 "2010-08-20T21:08:19Z")

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Stammer I, but nice!  
Yeah, nice ta-ta’s cutie pie!  
Slap! and then silence.

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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 21, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2468 "2010-08-21T01:28:27Z")

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Slap! and then silence.  
The smack did not revive him.  
The corpse was soon cold.

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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 21, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2469 "2010-08-21T02:44:57Z")

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The corpse was soon cold  
Jimmy the rat squeals no more  
His leggy dame cries

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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 21, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2470 "2010-08-21T04:21:07Z")

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His leggy dame cries  
“Can I have an exit row?”  
Her knees at her ears.

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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:** [August 21, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2471 "2010-08-21T04:29:14Z")

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Her knees at her ears…  
There must be a better way  
to get interviewed.

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**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2472 "2010-08-21T04:30:49Z")

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To get interviewed  
You should not sleep with the boss  
That would be whorish

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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:** [August 21, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2473 "2010-08-21T04:34:44Z")

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That would be whorish?  
My naive little chim-chim!  
No sleeping takes place.

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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 21, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2474 "2010-08-21T18:08:50Z")

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No sleeping takes place.  
Coffee at dinner can give  
One insomnia.

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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 21, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2475 "2010-08-21T21:42:01Z")

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One. Insomnia.  
Step Two. Play footsie with wife.  
No Step Three. Headache.

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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 21, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2476 "2010-08-21T22:36:26Z")

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No. Step Three: Headache  
Step four: Bottle of lotion  
And the Skin-A-Max.

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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 22, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2477 "2010-08-22T02:31:30Z")

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And the Skin-A-Max  
Shows the same three or four flicks.  
Variety? Ha!

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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 22, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2478 "2010-08-22T02:40:36Z")

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_Variety_? Ha!  
I far prefer _Newsweek, Time_  
or even _Harper’s_.

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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 22, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2479 "2010-08-22T16:01:09Z")

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Or even _Harper’s_  
wouldn’t care that my post count  
is a palindrome.

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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 22, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2480 "2010-08-22T18:20:13Z")

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Is a palindrome  
Not a word? “Palindromic  
Number” would be right

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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 23, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2481 "2010-08-23T03:02:56Z")

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“Number” would be right  
If you were asked: What word means  
“Having more numbness”?

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