# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/261 "2010-02-26T20:58:58Z")
Waiting for new posts Must bore you to tears by now Hey, we’re back at it! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/262 "2010-02-26T21:00:03Z")
Waiting for new posts hitting “User CP” just one more time… what’s new? ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/263 "2010-02-26T21:11:19Z")
Hey, we’re back at it! submitting without preview waiting for new posts > [@](#): > > Waiting for new posts > hitting “User CP” just > one more time… what’s new? one more time . . . what’s new? In the world under the sun Thank Og for Fridays ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/264 "2010-02-26T21:12:49Z")
Thank Og for Fridays Except when the damn phone rings Recorded voice greets (actually just happened as I was composing this response) ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/265 "2010-02-26T21:13:42Z")
one more time…what’s new? the ungulate asks of me no I say, you’re gnu ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/266 "2010-02-26T21:21:29Z")
recorded voice greets please hang up and dial again stupid fat fingers ignore previous ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/267 "2010-02-26T21:23:59Z")
stupid fat fingers always hitting the wrong keys keep up with edits (I almost had the gnu 'ku done! getting tricky with the edits!) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/268 "2010-02-26T21:46:25Z")
Keep up with edits Or you may find yourself chid Quickness is needed ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/269 "2010-02-26T21:48:14Z")
quickness is needed At the 100 yard dash most narcolepse lose ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/270 "2010-02-26T22:19:22Z")
most narcolepse lose sleep at night (of course they do) too much daydreaming ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/271 "2010-02-26T22:48:07Z")
Too much daydreaming Not enough effort at work First to be downsized. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/272 "2010-02-26T22:52:12Z")
First to be downsized my wiener because I looked At Roseanne naked ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/273 "2010-02-26T23:17:52Z")
At Roseanne naked! You’re trying to make me quit This haiku business? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/274 "2010-02-26T23:24:21Z")
This haiku business No thanks as I much prefer dirty limericks ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/275 "2010-02-26T23:35:13Z")
Dirty limericks Feature men from Nantucket Along with big tits. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/276 "2010-02-27T00:21:08Z")
Along with big tits I have many other good attributes, good sir. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/277 "2010-02-27T02:53:43Z")
“Attributes, good sir,” said the man from Nantucket, “are what make you great.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/278 "2010-02-27T03:08:57Z")
Are what make you great Your skills at writing haikus, Or are they more than that? ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/279 "2010-02-27T03:42:04Z")
Or are they more than that? do you mean more syllables than are allowed now? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/280 "2010-02-27T03:59:44Z")
“Than **are** allowed now?” That’s not a correct sentence. Subject, verb must jibe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=15)