# 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:** 167

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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:** [February 15, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3322 "2011-02-15T21:13:35Z")

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Mess up this order  
and I’ll mess up your face. I’m  
a hardcore boozer.

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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:** [February 15, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3323 "2011-02-15T21:28:18Z")

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A hardcore boozer  
might threaten to mess your face  
But he’ll just pass out

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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:** [February 15, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3324 "2011-02-15T21:37:20Z")

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But he’ll just pass out  
Until he wakes up and asks,  
“Where is my whiskey?”

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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:** [February 15, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3325 "2011-02-15T22:35:50Z")

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Where is my whiskey?  
wait, that’s a silly question  
where is \*your \*whiskey?

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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:** [February 16, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3326 "2011-02-16T15:14:39Z")

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Where is your whiskey?  
I scuff my feet and mumble:  
“I drank all of it.”

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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:** [February 16, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3327 "2011-02-16T15:18:22Z")

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“I drank all of it”  
Said Bob in the beer vat, then  
He peed out the fire

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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:** [February 16, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3328 "2011-02-16T15:29:36Z")

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He peed out the fire  
Though he claimed he didn’t start it.  
Billy Joel stopped it.

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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:** [February 16, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3329 "2011-02-16T17:49:32Z")

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Billy Joel stopped it  
after assuring us that  
we didn’t do it

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**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3330 "2011-02-16T18:54:41Z")

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we didn’t do it  
nobody saw us do it  
can’t prove anything

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**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 16, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3331 "2011-02-16T20:04:51Z")

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can’t prove anything  
just 'cause my hands are ink-stained  
wait. maybe you can.

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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:** [February 16, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3332 "2011-02-16T21:57:27Z")

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Wait. Maybe you can.  
I’ll let you prove yourself – just  
Work a week for free.

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3333 "2011-02-17T13:58:56Z")

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Work a week for free  
since you can’t pay for your meal  
expensive restaurant

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3334 "2011-02-17T15:34:05Z")

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expensive restaurant.  
_Coq au vin et pommes frites_, or  
McNuggets & Fries!

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3335 "2011-02-17T15:38:58Z")

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McNuggets & fries?  
or piggies in a blanket?  
at my chic wedding!

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3336 "2011-02-17T19:49:01Z")

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At my chic wedding,  
there’ll be lobster and champaign.  
You’re not invited!

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3337 "2011-02-17T19:55:46Z")

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You’re not invited!  
Well, if you can’t spell “champagne”  
I don’t want to come.

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3338 "2011-02-17T20:20:37Z")

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I don’t want to come  
To a place that would have me  
It’s complicated

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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:** [February 17, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3339 "2011-02-17T22:05:31Z")

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It’s complicated –  
Although Einstein thought it up,  
He couldn’t explain

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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:** [February 18, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3340 "2011-02-18T00:10:45Z")

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He couldn’t explain  
her refusal. She explained:  
“You can’t spell champagne.”

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**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 18, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3341 "2011-02-18T01:25:01Z")

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You can’t spell champagne  
Or that town in Illinois  
Champaign, dontcha know

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