# 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\
**Page:** 140

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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:** [November 10, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2782 "2010-11-10T19:00:07Z")

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sometimes we forget order  
seven-five-seven  
pretty sure I fucked it up

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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:** [November 10, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2783 "2010-11-10T19:06:23Z")

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Pretty sure I fucked it up  
A backwards haiku  
How can we correct it now?

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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:** [November 10, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2784 "2010-11-10T19:46:58Z")

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“How can we correct?”  
the SAT taker asked;  
“You can’t,” teacher said.

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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:** [November 10, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2785 "2010-11-10T22:13:20Z")

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“You **can’t** ,” teacher said.  
“But teach, yesterday you said  
There was **no such word**!”

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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:** [November 11, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2786 "2010-11-11T15:05:37Z")

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There was no such word  
I checked dictionary, did  
not find gullible

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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:** [November 11, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2787 "2010-11-11T16:54:20Z")

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not find gullible  
[Le Fantôme de l’Opéra](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585085)  
What an albatross.

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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:** [November 11, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2788 "2010-11-11T22:39:45Z")

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What an albatross!  
Three under on par four ninth.  
My first hole-in-one!

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2789 "2010-11-12T03:21:22Z")

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“My first hole-in-one!”  
a young Tiger said, smiling;  
glory lay ahead.

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2790 "2010-11-12T09:47:37Z")

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glory lay ahead  
inside that public restroom…  
George Michael awaits!

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2791 "2010-11-12T16:37:47Z")

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George Michael awaits  
At the banana stand for  
His cousin Maeby

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2792 "2010-11-12T17:10:55Z")

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His cousin Maeby  
decided to sleep, thereby  
avoiding arrest

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2793 "2010-11-12T18:40:59Z")

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avoiding arrest  
as my doctor can attest  
my heart does it best

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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:** [November 12, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2794 "2010-11-12T22:52:41Z")

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My heart does it best  
When I think about May West  
As you could attest

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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:** [November 14, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2795 "2010-11-14T02:59:10Z")

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As you could attest  
There’s a poet Edgar Guest  
And toothpaste called Crest

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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:** [November 14, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2796 "2010-11-14T18:29:03Z")

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And toothpaste called Crest  
I brush before ev’ry test  
It’s really the best.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2797 "2010-11-14T18:38:55Z")

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It’s really the best  
Rhyming haiku is the test  
I love women’s breasts

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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:** [November 15, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2798 "2010-11-15T03:41:38Z")

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I love women’s breasts  
Encased in bikinis, tank tops,  
Or – better yet – nude

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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:** [November 15, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2799 "2010-11-15T14:58:40Z")

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Or - better yet - nude  
I find I must stare, 'though it’s rude  
and my pants protrude

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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:** [November 15, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2800 "2010-11-15T16:59:36Z")

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And my pants protrude  
From the tentacles in there  
Need Nippon schoolgirl

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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:** [November 15, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/2801 "2010-11-15T19:13:33Z")

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Need Nippon schoolgirl  
For afternoon of playtime  
If she has the yen

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