# 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:** 164
**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 4, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3262 "2011-02-04T18:05:44Z")
immune system failed these damn lymphocytes, they ain’t what they used to be ---
**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:** [February 4, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3263 "2011-02-04T18:10:22Z")
What they used to be: statement applies to empires as well as humans. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3264 "2011-02-04T22:12:16Z")
As well as humans, Chimpanzees are anthropoid. Lemurs, though, are not. ---
**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 5, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3265 "2011-02-05T13:08:06Z")
Lemurs, though, are not particularly good pets 'less you like screeching ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3266 "2011-02-05T13:54:36Z")
'less you like screeching be careful with maxi-pads… sticky side DOWN, please! ---
**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 6, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3267 "2011-02-06T03:09:52Z")
Sticky side down please! Pineapple upside down cake Comes with instructions ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3268 "2011-02-06T03:24:34Z")
Comes with instructions! Touch here, there, faster! harder! Can’t come without 'em. ---
**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 6, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3269 "2011-02-06T03:51:27Z")
“Can’t come without 'em” is not something I could say about lemurs, pal. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3270 "2011-02-06T04:26:27Z")
About lemurs pal Tomato frogs, aye-aye and Fanaloka, too ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3271 "2011-02-06T04:33:57Z")
Fanaloka, too Is a Malagasy beast A rare striped civet ---
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3272 "2011-02-06T18:31:54Z")
A rare striped [Civet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civet_(band)) Liza Graves in tiger shirt. Femme fatale punk rock ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3273 "2011-02-06T21:30:26Z")
Femme fatale punk rock? Now I have to go google to find some rocker ---
**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 6, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3274 "2011-02-06T22:52:51Z")
To find some rocker Is the task I was assigned Grandma’s gettin’ old ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3275 "2011-02-07T00:00:09Z")
Grandma’s gettin’ old she’s got more chins nowadays than teeth in her mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3276 "2011-02-07T03:51:05Z")
Than teeth in her mouth, Or folks she recognizes – Dementia is cruel ---
**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 7, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3277 "2011-02-07T12:44:46Z")
Dementia is cruel Except that you get to meet So many new friends ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3278 "2011-02-07T13:41:59Z")
So many new friends and plenty of enemies off to the dungeon! ---
**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 7, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3279 "2011-02-07T14:28:28Z")
“Off to the dungeon!” bellowed the king, furious his dinner was cold ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3280 "2011-02-07T16:21:32Z")
His dinner was cold, he lost his job and his wife; only his dog’s true. ---
**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 7, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3281 "2011-02-07T17:05:01Z")
Only his dog is true But he sniffs other dog butts The man’s butt’s unsniffed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=165)