# 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:** 152
**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:** [January 4, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3022 "2011-01-04T17:44:22Z")
that guy is funny! Gottfried on Hollywood Squares. Thirteen times: [You Fool!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHmXw49t_v0) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3023 "2011-01-04T18:56:58Z")
“Thirteen times, you fool!” Betsy Ross replied when asked how often stars stitched. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3024 "2011-01-04T21:43:05Z")
How often stars stitched – Motion Picture Country Home Tuesday sewing class ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3025 "2011-01-05T01:06:50Z")
Tuesday sewing class there the whoof and the whef I learn about God ---
**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:** [January 5, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3026 "2011-01-05T02:10:19Z")
I learn about God I saw Him at the diner he ordered tuna ---
**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:** [January 5, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3027 "2011-01-05T17:10:05Z")
he ordered tuna to be held between your knees just bring him the toast. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3028 "2011-01-05T21:30:03Z")
Just bring him the toast, Or you will receive no tip, Just see a meltdown. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3029 "2011-01-05T22:57:20Z")
Just see a meltdown In the new see-through U boat A new-clear sub ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3030 "2011-01-06T15:34:36Z")
A new-clear sub And people who live in it Should not go potty. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3031 "2011-01-06T19:07:21Z")
Should not go potty With my boy, he’ll exclaim “Wow! Look at all that pee!” ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3032 "2011-01-06T19:17:39Z")
“Look at all that pee!” the yokel said, visiting sewage treatment plant. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3033 "2011-01-06T19:58:56Z")
Sewage treatment plant Could be a site for filming Mike Rowe’s _Dirty Jobs_. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3034 "2011-01-06T20:27:31Z")
Mike Rowe’s \*Dirty Jobs \* man, I’m so glad I’m not him I gotta be me! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3035 "2011-01-06T20:30:01Z")
I gotta be me, I’ve got to be me for no one else wants the job. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3036 "2011-01-06T20:33:49Z")
“one else wants the job” ?? What the hell is this? Clearly, Yer on peyote. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3037 "2011-01-06T20:40:38Z")
Yer on peyote! And you-er on peyote! Oprah’s final show. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3038 "2011-01-06T20:41:45Z")
Oprah’s final show? Heh, I doubt it - she’ll be back. Care to make a bet? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3039 "2011-01-07T17:15:56Z")
Care to make a bet? I wager that this piece of cheese does not smell bad ---
**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:** [January 7, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3040 "2011-01-07T18:59:26Z")
Cheese does not smell bad Venezuelan beaver cheese has quite a nice scent. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B3KBuQHHKx0/hqdefault.jpg "The Cheese Shop sketch, Monty Python") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3041 "2011-01-07T23:16:29Z")
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