# 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:** 158

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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:** [January 19, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3142 "2011-01-19T13:53:11Z")

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math in the billions…!  
how many hairs on Limbaugh’s  
pendulous nutsack?

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3143 "2011-01-19T14:00:53Z")

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Pendulous nutsack  
oh how you swing to and fro  
in perfect rythym.

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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:** [January 19, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3144 "2011-01-19T14:56:50Z")

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in perfect rythym  
But hardly perfect typing.  
Are you a “Y’s” man?

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3145 "2011-01-19T15:10:11Z")

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Are you a "Y"s man?  
Blame it all on my parents  
I’m Lynyrd Skynyrd

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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:** [January 19, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3146 "2011-01-19T15:25:54Z")

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“I’m Lynyrd Skynyrd  
and you’re not,” Chevy Chase joked;  
oops, no, never mind!

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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:** [January 19, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3147 "2011-01-19T15:26:39Z")

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Oops, no, never mind!  
Elendil’s Heir just posted!  
Let me re-write this…

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**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 19, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3148 "2011-01-19T17:13:48Z")

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Oops, no never mind,  
I can’t think of words with Y.  
Oh, wait, syzygy.

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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:** [January 19, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3149 "2011-01-19T17:25:29Z")

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Oh, wait, syzygy  
[When earth, vine and wine align](http://www.syzygywines.com/)  
In Walla Walla

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3150 "2011-01-19T18:01:42Z")

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In Walla Walla  
but not in Tumwater or  
good old Kennewick

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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:** [January 19, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3151 "2011-01-19T21:45:42Z")

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> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#):
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> Oops, no, never mind!  
> Elendil’s Heir just posted!  
> Let me re-write this…

Let me re-write this…  
I like Yakima less than  
good old Kennewick

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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:** [January 20, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3152 "2011-01-20T00:04:49Z")

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Good old Kennewick  
is a nice place, but I still  
love George, Washington

> **[George, Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George,_Washington)**
>
> George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. The "humorous homage" to President George Washington has landed George, Washington on lists of unusual place names.
> The city is known for being near The Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes called "The Gorge at George". The Gorge Amphitheatre was the location of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival.
> The city also celebrates national holidays such as the Fourth of July, and Washington's Birthday, w...

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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:** [January 20, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3153 "2011-01-20T21:11:36Z")

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Love, George Washington  
The president signed on the  
letter to Martha

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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:** [January 20, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3154 "2011-01-20T21:15:21Z")

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Letter to Martha  
he once wrote from Valley Forge  
'twas very cold there.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3155 "2011-01-20T21:15:29Z")

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Letter to Martha  
“Hello my dear, hope you’re well”  
Regards, John Lennon

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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:** [January 20, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3156 "2011-01-20T21:24:56Z")

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“Regards, John Lennon”  
Ended the note to Yoko –  
Oh no, I lost it!

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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3157 "2011-01-21T07:19:05Z")

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Oh no! I lost it!  
Should be “t’was very cold there”  
but really, who cares?

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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:** [January 21, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3158 "2011-01-21T17:09:41Z")

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But really, who cares?  
I do. I care about all  
kinds of stuff and things

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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:** [January 21, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3159 "2011-01-21T17:37:51Z")

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kind of stuff and things  
Like raindrops on roses and  
Whiskers on kittens.

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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:** [January 21, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3160 "2011-01-21T17:43:46Z")

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Whiskers on kittens  
excrutiatingly cute  
Oh, God, make them stop!

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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:** [January 21, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3161 "2011-01-21T17:47:48Z")

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Oh God, make them stop!  
I said, “No onions on my  
In&Out Burger!”

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