# 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:** 196
**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:** [May 28, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3902 "2011-05-28T19:28:34Z")
Of lies and money the essence of politics. It’s time for the truth. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3903 "2011-05-29T00:34:08Z")
It’s time for the truth The whole truth, and nothing but The tru-tru-tru-truth ---
**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:** [May 29, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3904 "2011-05-29T01:10:11Z")
“The tru-tru-tru-truth? You can’t ha-handle the truth!” Said Colonel Porky. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3905 "2011-05-29T23:21:15Z")
Said Colonel, “Porky? Nyet, we said Gorky. Meet in Gorky Park, Moscow.” ---
**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:** [May 30, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3906 "2011-05-30T00:50:09Z")
Gorky Park, Moscow, Is now known as Dorky Park Since you’ve been seen there ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3907 "2011-05-30T02:31:02Z")
Since you’ve been seen there, That new “in” dance club in town Has become passé. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3908 "2011-05-30T21:34:02Z")
“Has become _passé_ …” Americans can’t say the word - They stress the last é. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3909 "2011-05-30T23:32:09Z")
They stress the last é In the word ‘cliché’, because Otherwise it’s clish ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3910 "2011-05-31T00:11:52Z")
Otherwise, its clish gets caught in the damn zipper; Hurts like bloody hell! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3911 "2011-05-31T12:44:50Z")
Hurts like bloody hell When your eyeball falls right out And you step on it ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3912 "2011-05-31T14:39:34Z")
And you step on it Better than stepping _in_ it. Or falling in it ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3913 "2011-06-01T19:22:22Z")
Or falling in it… That’s it, it must have fallen Into my pocket. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3914 "2011-06-01T21:54:10Z")
Into my pocket the money comes, but it leaves almost as quickly. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3915 "2011-06-01T22:51:36Z")
Almost as quickly As wind on Fujiama I post a haiku. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3916 "2011-06-01T23:28:19Z")
I post a haiku That isn’t raunchy or lewd; Where’s the fun in that? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3917 "2011-06-02T13:35:37Z")
Where’s the fun in that? Reading The Cat in the Hat. I hate Dr. Seuss. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3918 "2011-06-02T17:12:21Z")
I hate Dr. Seuss Clever art and funny words Don’t belong in books ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3919 "2011-06-03T02:17:30Z")
Don’t belong in books My eyes, that is. Ever since I got a Kindle ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3920 "2011-06-03T03:16:44Z")
I got a Kindle But I sent it back because The porn was so lame. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3921 "2011-06-03T11:59:23Z")
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