# 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:** 175
**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, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3482 "2011-03-14T19:02:43Z")
With a hula hoop And a plane that loops de loop. What to get Alvin? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3483 "2011-03-14T19:39:16Z")
What to get Alvin? He doesn’t want just mittens and this tiny glove. ---
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3484 "2011-03-14T19:47:51Z")
“…and this tiny glove once belonged to ol’ Tom Thumb,” the tour guide boasted. ---
**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 14, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3485 "2011-03-14T21:27:03Z")
The tour guide boasted of armies that had been roasted. I just got toasted. ---
**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 14, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3486 "2011-03-14T22:29:33Z")
I just got toasted Marshmallow stuck to my face Like napalm candy. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3487 "2011-03-15T02:51:09Z")
Like napalm candy 'specially in the morning (or at least it’s smell) ---
**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 15, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3488 "2011-03-15T03:31:11Z")
“…or at least its smell,” I said, explaining how one may locate a skunk. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3489 "2011-03-15T12:30:52Z")
“May, locate a skunk” I asked my assistant, May. “We shall dine like kings!” ---
**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 15, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3490 "2011-03-15T14:05:50Z")
We shall dine like kings on meat and wine, then chop off The heads of our wives ---
**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 15, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3491 "2011-03-15T14:28:03Z")
The heads of our wives (er, if we had more than one) are attached, thank God. ---
**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 15, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3492 "2011-03-15T15:07:01Z")
The heads of our wives Need a flat spot on the top To set our drinks on. ---
**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 15, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3493 "2011-03-15T15:12:57Z")
to set our drinks on. We need a bar. We have one. So set them up, Joe. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3494 "2011-03-15T16:54:55Z")
“So set them up, Joe” “Screw you, Barack; it’s your turn!” White House billiards night ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3495 "2011-03-15T17:11:31Z")
White house billards night takes more balls than you might think everyone will cheat. ---
**Author:** ![Waldelfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Waldelfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waldelfe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3496 "2011-03-15T18:03:54Z")
Everyone will cheat but there can’t be no winner until I am there! ---
**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 15, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3497 "2011-03-15T18:17:12Z")
Until I am there I am here, or maybe… _here!_ you never can tell ---
**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 15, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3498 "2011-03-15T18:52:37Z")
you never can tell “C’est la vie”, say the old folks it goes to show you. ---
**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 15, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3499 "2011-03-15T19:17:57Z")
It goes to show you you shouldn’t mix beer and wine. You’ll end up like me. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3500 "2011-03-15T20:33:19Z")
You’ll end up like me. Posting to **Haiku Madness** On a rainy day ---
**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 15, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3501 "2011-03-15T21:00:23Z")
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