# 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:** 166
**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 10, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3302 "2011-02-10T05:37:56Z")
She did Maximize: the gladiator, that is, who had changed his name. ---
**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 10, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3303 "2011-02-10T14:16:17Z")
who had changed his name to “the-artist-formerly-known- as-Prince.” It’s too long. ---
**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 10, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3304 "2011-02-10T14:23:39Z")
“As Prince, it’s too long,” the royal fellow told me, “but not for Princess.” ---
**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 10, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3305 "2011-02-10T17:33:35Z")
But not for princesses Sleeping on their matresses I’d have no mashed peas ---
**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 10, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3306 "2011-02-10T18:26:11Z")
I’d have no mashed peas. But all we are saying is Give mashed peas a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3307 "2011-02-10T21:02:19Z")
Give mashed peas a chance – Or, if in Massachusetts, Give [Mashpee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee,_Massachusetts) a chance. ---
**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 10, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3308 "2011-02-10T21:18:05Z")
Give Mashpee a chance? I don’t know, I want romance; I’ll ask her to dance. ---
**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 10, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3309 "2011-02-10T21:20:19Z")
I’ll ask her to dance she has the moves, I’ll tell you mighty fine to see ---
**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 10, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3310 "2011-02-10T23:20:22Z")
Mighty fine to see All you nice folks here today Now hand me your cash! ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3311 "2011-02-11T00:22:14Z")
Now hand me your cash! Pay-before-play, big fella. you’re not a cop, right?? ---
**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 11, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3312 "2011-02-11T03:13:39Z")
“You’re not a cop, right?” the hooker asked the tall man, who told her, “Um… no.” ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3313 "2011-02-11T05:02:01Z")
who told her, “Um… no.”? might have been her husband? Sure wasn’t the milkman. ---
**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 11, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3314 "2011-02-11T14:58:15Z")
Wasn’t the milkman the jerk who kicked my doggy? So I gave him syph \* \*There’s an old joke there. If you need to hear it, let me know. ---
**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 11, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3315 "2011-02-11T15:38:59Z")
So I gave him syph.\* And it affected his lungs. Now he’s breathing hard. \*I know the old joke. And that haiku damn near wrote itself in about five secondsf. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3316 "2011-02-11T17:21:18Z")
Now he’s breathing hard After running – still, better Than hardly breathing ---
**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 11, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3317 "2011-02-11T19:27:45Z")
Than hardly breathing, I choose gasping after the old in-out, in-out. ---
**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 13, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3318 "2011-02-13T21:11:40Z")
old in-out, in-out Can’t keep current with fashion Got bell-bottom blues ---
**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 13, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3319 "2011-02-13T22:55:31Z")
Got bell-bottom blues me and all of my droogies disco at milk bar ---
**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 15, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3320 "2011-02-15T00:02:50Z")
Disco at milk bar?!? You’re crazy, I need serious booze to boogie down. ---
**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 15, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3321 "2011-02-15T15:26:49Z")
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