# 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:** 182

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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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3622 "2011-03-31T16:17:13Z")

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Spring break in Cancún.  
I’m in Mexico. My bags  
Are in Zambia.

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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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3623 "2011-03-31T16:59:58Z")

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Are, in Zambia,  
there any cheetahs? Too few;  
but that could change soon

See p. 5 here: [dcheetahimages.com](http://images.dcheetahimages.com/www.cheetah.org/ama/orig/2011_winter_newsletter_web.pdf)

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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 31, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3624 "2011-03-31T19:02:18Z")

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But that could change soon  
if you don’t do what I say:  
“Just dance with the snakes!”

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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, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3625 "2011-03-31T19:32:28Z")

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Just dance! With the snakes  
in your hair, the effect will  
be petrifying.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3626 "2011-03-31T19:49:24Z")

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“Be petrifying”  
Medusa thought but didn’t  
Even have to ask

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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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3627 "2011-03-31T20:23:18Z")

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Even have to ask  
I did, what in the Sam Hell  
Does this button do?

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3628 "2011-04-01T13:10:38Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
>
> balls, tits, ass, cock, vag!  
> Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker  
> Motherfucker, Tits

> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Motherfucker, Tits  
> Says a bemused George Carlin  
> Not said on TV!

A note of thanks for **Boyo Jim** for picking up the Carlin reference. And I was totally bemused when I realized the seven words work perfectly as the last two lines of a haiku!

To get back on track:

Does this button do  
For your election preference?  
McCain-Palin—NOT!!!

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3629 "2011-04-01T13:23:04Z")

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“Does this button do …?”  
“It does. Mr. President.  
You just nuked Detroit.”

Damn just too late.

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3630 "2011-04-01T13:24:38Z")

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McCain/Palin-not  
a rock band I’d pay to see  
Rush Limbaugh on bass?

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3631 "2011-04-01T15:43:52Z")

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Rush Limbaugh on bass:  
“Does not get me as high as  
The oxycontin”

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3632 "2011-04-01T15:57:10Z")

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the oxycontin  
comes in rectal form, as well  
(not as popular)

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3633 "2011-04-01T16:52:40Z")

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Not as popular  
Is the suppository,  
Or so I suppose.

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3634 "2011-04-01T18:06:20Z")

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Or, so I suppose,  
Is how the French say gold.  
Or, is it golden?

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3635 "2011-04-01T18:36:40Z")

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“…or is it golden?”  
the billionaire asked about  
his plumbing options

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3636 "2011-04-01T18:45:23Z")

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His plumbing options  
Were the bowl or the urinal -  
“To pee, not to pee?”

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3637 "2011-04-01T18:46:23Z")

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His plumbing options:  
Circumcised, uncircumsized,  
Or a Prince Albert.

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3638 "2011-04-01T21:22:01Z")

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To pee or not to pee?  
Yes, that is the question  
Poor waffling Hamlet

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3639 "2011-04-01T21:40:44Z")

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Poor waffling Hamlet  
And Juliet was toasted  
But Puck takes the cake

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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:** [April 1, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3640 "2011-04-01T22:25:01Z")

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But Puck takes the cake  
Olive oil, a bit of cheese  
Worst. Pizza. Ever.

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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:** [April 2, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3641 "2011-04-02T01:35:02Z")

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Worst pizza ever  
Was that wurst pizza I had  
In Stuttgart last fall

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