# 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:** 139
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2762 "2010-11-05T13:56:53Z")
real bad day for Dems, dese and dose. All of Brooklyn is on red alert. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2763 "2010-11-05T14:40:27Z")
“Is on red alert?” Asked the Captain, the LT replied “I think so.” ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2764 "2010-11-05T17:36:38Z")
Replied “I think so,” but the more I think of it, I really doubt it. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2765 "2010-11-05T18:41:13Z")
“I really doubt it I must say, but that’s all right” So says Ed Grimley ---
**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:** [November 5, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2766 "2010-11-05T20:47:27Z")
So says Ed Grimley with his cowlick up so high “Neurotic nerds rule!” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2767 "2010-11-05T20:50:21Z")
“Neurotic nerds rule!” Sure, in Silicon Valley, But not wrestling rings ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2768 "2010-11-06T02:05:19Z")
But not wrestling rings still, I prefer onion rings greasy but yummy ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unexpected\_Okapi\_Debacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_unexpected_okapi_debacle/32/7702_2.png) [@The\_Unexpected\_Okapi\_Debacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unexpected_Okapi_Debacle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2769 "2010-11-06T16:54:57Z")
“Greasy but yummy!” said the sated cannibal re: the ex-tourist. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2770 "2010-11-07T04:42:10Z")
Re, the ex-tourist, really had quite a short name then there’s his wife, E. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2771 "2010-11-08T18:35:43Z")
Then there’s his wife, E Who’s life is a mystery Just like Mr. E ---
**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:** [November 8, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2772 "2010-11-08T18:37:42Z")
Just like Mr. E A horse is a horse of course. Whoops! Left off the “D”. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2773 "2010-11-08T23:40:30Z")
Whoops! Left off the “D”. One way to say “defecate” Is not “Take a ump” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2774 "2010-11-09T03:50:58Z")
Is not “Take a[n] ump” quite an odd baseball raffle? I’d take cash instead. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2775 "2010-11-09T19:46:32Z")
I’d take cash, instead Of the big drum of cole slaw Call me old fashioned ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2776 "2010-11-09T20:35:09Z")
Call me old-fashioned I have no Facebook account I use a landline ---
**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:** [November 9, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2777 "2010-11-09T21:30:34Z")
I use a landline but not a landmine - hell, no! those are just no fun. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2778 "2010-11-10T05:54:15Z")
_Those_ are just no fun… But these _high coos_ are a hoot! Japanese verse! Sweet! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2779 "2010-11-10T14:54:18Z")
Japanese verse! Sweet! we love our haiku, don’t we? fifty-six pages! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2780 "2010-11-10T15:00:24Z")
fifty-six pages! over two thousand haikus! lots of syllables ---
**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:** [November 10, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2781 "2010-11-10T15:44:11Z")
Lots of syllables should be five-seven-five each sometimes we forget [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=140)