# 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:** 162
**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 27, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3222 "2011-01-27T15:51:56Z")
“This one is better,” said Betty of the batters, but barely blushing. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3223 "2011-01-27T15:55:28Z")
But barely blushing Bluto began blubbering Popeye is so mean ---
**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 27, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3224 "2011-01-27T16:10:45Z")
Popeye is so mean Olive Oyl scrammed with Wimpy and must help him beg. ---
**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 27, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3225 "2011-01-27T18:13:55Z")
“…and must help him beg,” Dickens said, thinking aloud of his next great work. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3226 "2011-01-27T20:17:14Z")
Of his next great work, Mark Twain was musing one night. "Raspberry Finn? Nah… " ---
**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 27, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3227 "2011-01-27T20:26:53Z")
"_Raspberry_ Finn? Nah… " said the brute. “My name’s Mickey!” He knocked me right out. ---
**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 27, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3228 "2011-01-27T21:49:15Z")
He knocked me out Rubbed his armpit on my nose Bad pit stop for me ---
**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3229 "2011-01-27T23:28:56Z")
Bad pit stop for me Of the arm variety New razor needed ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3230 "2011-01-28T13:22:22Z")
New razor needed got too fat for the old one damn tiny scooter. ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3231 "2011-01-28T14:42:55Z")
Damn tiny scooter but Audrey fit on it well fine, bright days in Rome [![](https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hepburn,%20Audrey/Annex/Annex%20-%20Hepburn,%20Audrey%20(Roman%20Holiday)_05.jpg) ](https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Hepburn,%20Audrey/Annex/Annex%20-%20Hepburn,%20Audrey%20(Roman%20Holiday)_05.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3232 "2011-01-28T21:41:52Z")
Fine, bright days in Rome Tossing coins into Trevi Wishing to return ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3233 "2011-01-28T21:49:41Z")
Wishing to return the enclosed items I bought they’re not urine proof. ---
**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 29, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3234 "2011-01-29T03:33:30Z")
They’re not urine-proof, nor poop, nor barf, nor… um, well, you get the picture. ---
**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 29, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3235 "2011-01-29T21:09:06Z")
You get the picture? You didn’t?!?! Parker, you’re fired!!! I want Spider-Man. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3236 "2011-01-29T21:29:47Z")
I want Spider-Man. Brother wants The Green Lantern. Sharing comics sucks. ---
**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 29, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3237 "2011-01-29T23:05:26Z")
Sharing comics sucks Can’t we all just agree on Watching Superman? ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3238 "2011-01-29T23:55:06Z")
Watching Superman I want to strip in public inside a phone booth. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3239 "2011-01-30T04:41:47Z")
inside a phone booth, Twenty collegians were crammed – Ah, the fads of yore! ---
**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 30, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3240 "2011-01-30T18:39:52Z")
Ah, the fads of yore! Talking to an empty skull. Alas, poor Yorrick. ---
**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 30, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3241 "2011-01-30T20:15:58Z")
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