# 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:** 197

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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:** [June 3, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3922 "2011-06-03T12:24:28Z")

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A stack of nickels  
Is phallic, but only if  
You’ve a dirty mind.

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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:** [June 3, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3923 "2011-06-03T13:59:13Z")

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You’ve a dirty mind  
And everything is phallic  
Including sword fights

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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:** [June 3, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3924 "2011-06-03T17:02:31Z")

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Including sword fights  
In prison activities?  
Wow. On guard, indeed!

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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:** [June 5, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3925 "2011-06-05T22:10:56Z")

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Wow. “On guard”, indeed!  
My dear fellow, in fencing  
One starts with “En garde”.

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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:** [June 5, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3926 "2011-06-05T23:01:01Z")

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One starts with “En garde”  
Then moves to a balestra  
Or so I have heard

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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:** [June 5, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3927 "2011-06-05T23:07:18Z")

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Or so I have heard  
One must always be on guard  
Picking up dropped soap

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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:** [June 6, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3928 "2011-06-06T02:51:51Z")

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Picking up dropped soap?  
Have I once had Zest for that?  
Not on your life, boy!

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**Author:** ![akbar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@akbar7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akbar7)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3929 "2011-06-06T08:01:37Z")

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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
>
> 66666
> 
> Remove two of those digits
> 
> You are the devil

yes you are right …

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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:** [June 6, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3930 "2011-06-06T15:43:01Z")

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“Not on your life, boy!  
I mean, not on your file, boy!”  
Said the dyslexic

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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:** [June 6, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3931 "2011-06-06T16:50:02Z")

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Said the dislexic  
“We’re staging a play, it’s called  
Annie Get Your Nug”

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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:** [June 6, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3932 "2011-06-06T18:18:20Z")

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Annie Get Your Nug  
And Phantom of the Oprah  
Are both standouting

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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:** [June 6, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3933 "2011-06-06T19:26:56Z")

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Are both standouting?  
Standouting of the closet?  
Dyslexic and gay?

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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:** [June 6, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3934 "2011-06-06T22:12:10Z")

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Dyslexic and gay?  
John Elton, his friends call him  
Wait…John Elton Sir

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3935 "2011-06-07T02:47:04Z")

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Wait…John Elton Sir?  
Or maybe Dwight Reginald?  
Fantastic Captain?

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3936 "2011-06-07T03:12:46Z")

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Fantastic! Captain  
Kirk bones buxom green-skinned girl  
Where no man has gone

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3937 "2011-06-07T11:19:42Z")

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“Where No Man Has Gone?”  
“Yes, madam. Welcome to our  
Lesbian date service.”

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3938 "2011-06-07T13:18:30Z")

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Lesbian date service  
Liquor in the front, also  
Liquor in the rear

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3939 "2011-06-07T16:42:09Z")

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Liquor in the rear  
and back door shenanigans  
make strange bedfellows

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3940 "2011-06-07T17:18:14Z")

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make strange bedfellows,  
you say? Don’t want no sort of  
fellows in my bed

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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:** [June 7, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3941 "2011-06-07T22:53:38Z")

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Fellows in my bed?  
No, my wife loves cowboy clothes -  
She wants chaps in bed

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