# 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:** 174

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3462 "2011-03-11T02:45:27Z")

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You must pay taxes.  
And you must die, it’s certain.  
So said Benjamin.

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**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:** [March 11, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3463 "2011-03-11T03:09:08Z")

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So, said Benjamin;  
You’re trying to seduce me  
Mrs. Robinson?

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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:** [March 11, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3464 "2011-03-11T14:30:59Z")

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Mrs. Robinson?  
Jesus loves you more than you  
Will know. Seduce him.

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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:** [March 11, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3465 "2011-03-11T20:54:24Z")

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Will know. Seduce him.  
Will don’t like either of you  
and he give you clap.

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**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:** [March 11, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3466 "2011-03-11T21:57:25Z")

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And, he give you clap,  
he burning your dog too; he  
Bad motor scooter.

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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:** [March 12, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3467 "2011-03-12T02:00:28Z")

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Bad motor scooter,  
scratched, dented, ugly, worn out:  
yours for thirty bucks!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3468 "2011-03-12T03:18:08Z")

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Yours for thirty bucks  
said the used deer salesman  
I think I’ve been conned

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**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:** [March 12, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3469 "2011-03-12T10:44:33Z")

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I think I’ve been conned  
Said the submarine lookout  
As the hatch slammed shut.

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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:** [March 12, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3470 "2011-03-12T17:54:49Z")

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As the hatch slammed shut,  
tentacles embraced the sub.  
Giant squid’s in love.

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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:** [March 12, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3471 "2011-03-12T21:48:27Z")

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Giant squids in love  
Holding each other in arm  
and arm and arm and…

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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:** [March 13, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3472 "2011-03-13T01:30:40Z")

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And arm and Armand…  
clearly it’s not Hammer time  
baking soda king

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**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:** [March 13, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3473 "2011-03-13T04:32:02Z")

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Baking Soda King  
And his Vinegar Queen made  
A foamy wet spot.

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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:** [March 13, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3474 "2011-03-13T04:47:53Z")

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A foamy wet spot?  
Quick, get a towel, honey!  
Time to wash the sheets

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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:** [March 13, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3475 "2011-03-13T17:21:43Z")

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Time to wash the sheets,  
Cook bacon, make the donuts  
And pour the orange juice.

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**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:** [March 13, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3476 "2011-03-13T18:03:44Z")

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“And pour the orange juice!”  
Roared the cranky astronaut;  
“None of that Tang crap!”

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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:** [March 14, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3477 "2011-03-14T16:06:16Z")

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None of that Tang Crap  
And no Sunny D, either  
I want real OJ!

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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:** [March 14, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3478 "2011-03-14T16:28:26Z")

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I want real OJ!  
not just this old white Blazer  
and this tiny glove.

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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:** [March 14, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3479 "2011-03-14T16:28:37Z")

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I want real OJ!  
Finally, I can get him  
To be my jail bitch!

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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:** [March 14, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3480 "2011-03-14T16:46:55Z")

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To be my jail bitch  
I would prefer Keira, but  
I doubt I’d get her

[http://lh4.ggpht.com/\_deHyWgFUXnM/SkGJvIV-FOI/AAAAAAAAOP4/5VUX-lxCpmU/Kiera+Knightley+(889).jpg](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_deHyWgFUXnM/SkGJvIV-FOI/AAAAAAAAOP4/5VUX-lxCpmU/Kiera+Knightley+(889).jpg)

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**Author:** ![Waldelfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Waldelfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waldelfe)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3481 "2011-03-14T18:56:44Z")

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I doubt I’d get her  
to do a handstand naked  
with a hula hoop

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