# 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:** 170
**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 24, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3382 "2011-02-24T15:18:50Z")
“I still have a wife!” bragged Newt; “In fact, she’s my third!” No prize for that, pal. > **[Heckler Confronts Newt Gingrich Over Affair](https://www.newser.com/story/112674/heckler-confronts-newt-gingrich-over-affair.html)** > > UPenn student calls him a hypocrite for gay marriage position ---
**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 24, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3383 "2011-02-24T15:49:19Z")
No prize for that, pal. This 60 year old [cellist 's](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1344000/Julian-Lloyd-Webber-father-60th-year.html). Fourth wife is pregnant. ---
**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 24, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3384 "2011-02-24T17:10:45Z")
Fourth wife is pregnant? Some bastards have all the luck. I can’t get one wife. ---
**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 24, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3385 "2011-02-24T19:06:28Z")
I can’t get one wife. Yet the brothers Lloyd Webber Have gotten _seven_ ---
**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 24, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3386 "2011-02-24T19:11:44Z")
_Have gotten Seven a new catsuit_, I texted _and she likes it, too!_ [![](https://gandt.blogs.brynmawr.edu/files/2009/02/seven-of-nine.jpg) ](https://gandt.blogs.brynmawr.edu/files/2009/02/seven-of-nine.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3387 "2011-02-25T03:48:46Z")
And she likes it, too! Yet she did not like _Star Trek_ Before she got cast. [Cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_of_Nine#Character_development) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3388 "2011-02-25T13:05:07Z")
Before she got cast The die could roll anything; Luck be a lady! ---
**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 25, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3389 "2011-02-25T14:38:15Z")
Luck be a lady! and not a gentleman, please; that’s not how I roll ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3390 "2011-02-25T14:58:32Z")
That’s not how I roll my tumbling skills are better thank you Jesse White ---
**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 25, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3391 "2011-02-25T15:35:22Z")
Thank you Jesse White Lonely Maytag repair man an iconic role ---
**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 25, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3392 "2011-02-25T15:43:45Z")
an iconic role. Could any other actor Play Charlie Harper? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3393 "2011-02-25T15:53:00Z")
Play Charlie Harper, Play! Your candle burns both ends; Doctor Drew awaits. ---
**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 25, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3394 "2011-02-25T17:54:41Z")
Doctor Drew Awaits To put you in rehab and Laugh his way to bank ---
**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 25, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3395 "2011-02-25T19:30:29Z")
Laugh his way to bank, that’s a Koch sucker. Death to reactionaries. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3396 "2011-02-25T21:10:18Z")
Reactionaries Hate illegal immigrants, As well as “the gays”. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3397 "2011-02-25T22:38:32Z")
As well as “the gays” reminds me of my grandma saying “the negros” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3398 "2011-02-26T01:13:13Z")
saying “the negros” avoids the dreaded hyphen. But is it worth it? ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3399 "2011-02-26T17:34:11Z")
“But is it worth it?” I ask when offered an ounce. I answer “Hell, yes.” ---
**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 26, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3400 "2011-02-26T21:18:46Z")
I answer “Hell, yes,” when Charon asks me if that’s my destination ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3401 "2011-02-27T20:04:26Z")
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