# 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:** 131
**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:** [September 17, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2602 "2010-09-17T16:16:35Z")
We sing Europe songs and drink Antarctica beer continentally ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2603 "2010-09-18T01:41:40Z")
Continentally Describes the manner in which Tom Swift drives Lincolns ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2604 "2010-09-20T13:54:09Z")
Tom Swift drives Lincolns Official White House Chauffer Tonight, Ford’s Theatre ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2605 "2010-09-20T14:54:34Z")
The first line has six syllables when I say it, but OK… Tonight, Ford’s Theatre “Our American Cousin” Booth, evil, struck then ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2606 "2010-09-20T17:28:03Z")
Booth, evil, struck then Phone line wrapped tight around neck Do not call collect. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2607 "2010-09-20T18:10:40Z")
Do not call collect Mr. T pities the fool Who won’t call and save ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2608 "2010-09-20T20:34:13Z")
Who won’t call and save? Man, my grammy is pissed off… I called on Monday!\* \*For you youngun’s, it was a fact that you made personal long-distance calls on Sunday nights after 7pm because that was when long-distance rates were at their cheapest. My grandmother would FREAK if you called her on a non-Sunday night because you were wasting money. And she pitied the fool who called at 6:59pm… “You couldn’t wait five minutes to be sure???” ---
**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:** [September 20, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2609 "2010-09-20T21:28:56Z")
I called on Monday To see if Wednesday would go Out for a Sundae ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2610 "2010-09-20T22:52:08Z")
Out for a sundae? Come out of the closet, you! And get your ice cream! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2611 "2010-09-21T01:48:52Z")
“And get your ice cream! After your tonsils are out!” A promise unkept. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2612 "2010-09-21T02:31:23Z")
A promise unkept Where’s my contracted bonus? Man, I hate my job… ---
**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:** [September 21, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2613 "2010-09-21T16:29:38Z")
Man, I hate my job Mopping out the stripper booths I keep the tips, though ---
**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:** [September 21, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2614 "2010-09-21T18:27:35Z")
“I keep the tips, though,” said the plump Wall Street broker as he churned more stock. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2615 "2010-09-21T20:32:07Z")
As he churned more stock through the gates of the corral I only saw steak ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2616 "2010-09-21T22:31:52Z")
I only saw steak But the butcher’s expert knife fillets divinely. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2617 "2010-09-22T13:55:29Z")
fillets divinely. And “Fillets Divine Lee” is A good porn star name. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2618 "2010-09-22T16:53:37Z")
A good porn star name Dick Deeper or Cherry Treats Not Wienie McFlacid ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2619 "2010-09-22T16:59:29Z")
Not Wienie McFlacid Don’t use in haiku’s first line Six Syllables! WRONG!!! ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2620 "2010-09-22T18:46:09Z")
Six Syllables! Wrong! Are you the Haiku Nazi? No haiku for you! ---
**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:** [September 22, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2621 "2010-09-22T19:03:35Z")
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