# 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:** 183

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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 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3642 "2011-04-02T03:43:11Z")

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In Stuttgart last fall  
I was stunned, and then stuttered  
stentoriously

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3643 "2011-04-03T01:49:17Z")

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stentoriously  
yes I had to go look it up  
and now you do too

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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 3, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3644 "2011-04-03T02:22:53Z")

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And now you do too,  
Unless you already know  
[Greek mythology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stentor)

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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 3, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3645 "2011-04-03T03:57:59Z")

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Greek mythology:  
Feta is made with cocaine  
A Greek urban myth

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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 3, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3646 "2011-04-03T04:13:55Z")

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A Greek urban myth:  
men, boys, crowbars - that’s just rude!  
you can do better

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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 3, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3647 "2011-04-03T13:36:09Z")

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“You can do better  
Than inviting VCU”,  
Said Bilas and Phelps.

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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 3, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3648 "2011-04-03T13:42:11Z")

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Said Bilas and Phelps  
One of us can’t dance for shit  
[And here is your proof](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbEUc0heKOQ)

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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 3, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3649 "2011-04-03T14:39:14Z")

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“And here is your proof!”  
declared the prosecutor.  
Jury ruled: “Guilty!”

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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 3, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3650 "2011-04-03T14:53:38Z")

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Jury ruled: “Guilty!”  
“You’re guilty of being hot!”  
([Ms. Peet](http://www.alwaysgirls.com/bigimage/1280/amanda_peet13.jpg) was on trial)

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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 4, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3651 "2011-04-04T13:02:06Z")

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Ms Peet was on trial.  
The Mounties had got their man.  
He’d got a sex change.

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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 4, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3652 "2011-04-04T13:41:38Z")

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He got a sex change.  
Yes, Sonny & Cher’s daughter  
Is now Cher’s son Chaz.

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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 4, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3653 "2011-04-04T20:09:36Z")

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Is now Cher’s son Chaz  
starting a singing career?  
Got good genes for it.

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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 5, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3654 "2011-04-05T02:56:07Z")

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got good genes for it  
said Hank Jr. of drinking  
dem honky tonk blues

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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 5, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3655 "2011-04-05T11:29:59Z")

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Dem honky tonk blues?  
“I’m gonna tuck my worries  
Underneath my arm.”

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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 5, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3656 "2011-04-05T11:52:13Z")

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Underneath my arm  
Is where you will find Mitchum  
(the gel, not Robert)

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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:** [April 5, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3657 "2011-04-05T15:14:56Z")

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The gel, not Robert.  
My group sex lube is so fake  
Not made by humans

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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 5, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3658 "2011-04-05T17:55:50Z")

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Not made by humans  
Machines have taken over  
All our industries

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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 5, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3659 "2011-04-05T17:56:24Z")

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Not made by humans  
This delicious Slurm I drink  
I’ve got to have more

Drats!

All our industries  
From fishing to looming  
And of course stabbing

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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 5, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3660 "2011-04-05T18:37:40Z")

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And of course stabbing  
Is considered very rude  
After Labor Day

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3661 "2011-04-05T19:35:33Z")

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After Labor Day  
The evil vortex does swirl  
For school eats your soul

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