# 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:** 181

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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 30, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3602 "2011-03-30T03:08:54Z")

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“Those seven-year-olds,”  
moaned the beaten-down teacher,  
“they are just too much!”

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**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3603 "2011-03-30T14:40:23Z")

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They are just too much  
Than a poor student can spend  
Those ramen noodles

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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 30, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3604 "2011-03-30T14:44:42Z")

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Those ramen noodles  
Swim in a broth not unlike  
What embalmed mummies.

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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 30, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3605 "2011-03-30T15:15:34Z")

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What embalmed mummies.  
What a lucky day for a  
Necrophiliac.

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**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3606 "2011-03-30T15:28:40Z")

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Necrophiliac,  
Beastiality, Sadist  
Flogging a dead horse

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3607 "2011-03-30T23:57:37Z")

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Flogging a dead horse?  
You misheard. Horse ran away -  
Dogging a fled horse.

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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:** [March 31, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3608 "2011-03-31T02:31:14Z")

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Dogging a fled horse  
The hounds will find him, unless  
He changed in midstream

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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 31, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3609 "2011-03-31T03:00:11Z")

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He changed in midstream  
from his tux to a muumuu  
and kept his feet dry

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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 31, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3610 "2011-03-31T03:19:37Z")

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And kept his feet dry,  
though the urinal was full  
to overflowing.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3611 "2011-03-31T10:22:19Z")

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To overflowing  
Cups I cannot add water.  
Empty your mind, child.

_(At last - a chance to write a proper haiku.)_

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**Author:** ![Incref](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3612 "2011-03-31T10:57:13Z")

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Empty your mind child  
Get that hippy inner brat  
Right out of your head

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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:** [March 31, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3613 "2011-03-31T12:30:34Z")

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Right out of your head  
Shot the steam when I told you  
How badly you suck

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**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3614 "2011-03-31T12:45:11Z")

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how badly you suck  
he said, taking twenty back  
off of the nightstand  
\* (my haikus make me sound depraved. I’m not, really)\*

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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 31, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3615 "2011-03-31T13:58:54Z")

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off of the nightstand  
haikus make me sound depraved  
I am not, really.

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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 31, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3616 "2011-03-31T14:57:32Z")

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I am not really  
proud of my dirty haiku  
balls, tits, ass, cock, vag!

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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 31, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3617 "2011-03-31T15:17:51Z")

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balls, tits, ass, cock, vag!  
Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker  
Motherfucker, Tits

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**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3618 "2011-03-31T15:23:32Z")

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Motherfucker, tits  
on men, will not win any  
wet tee shirt contests

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3619 "2011-03-31T15:24:02Z")

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Motherfucker, Tits  
Says a bemused George Carlin  
Not said on TV!

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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:** [March 31, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3620 "2011-03-31T16:00:44Z")

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Wet tee shirt contests  
Feature drunken college gals –  
Spring break in Cancún.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3621 "2011-03-31T16:04:53Z")

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