# 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:** 200

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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 21, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3982 "2011-06-21T01:55:14Z")

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And, yes, **Hal Briston**  
Used to be known as **Sir Blah**.  
Now, though, he is **not**.

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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 21, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3983 "2011-06-21T09:41:06Z")

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Now, though, he is not  
blowing his sax on this earth  
RIP, Big Man

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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 21, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3984 "2011-06-21T19:44:03Z")

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RIP. Big Man  
You thought you’d the right of way.  
But I had the truck.

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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 22, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3985 "2011-06-22T14:19:01Z")

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But I had the truck  
But I didn’t know about the  
Body in the trunk.

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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 22, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3986 "2011-06-22T15:14:34Z")

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Body in the trunk  
Plus lots of other trash, I’ve  
Got junk in the trunk

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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 22, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3987 "2011-06-22T18:51:01Z")

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Got junk in the trunk?  
I’m the goddamned Fred Sanford  
of mammoth asses

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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 22, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3988 "2011-06-22T19:10:25Z")

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Of mammoth asses  
There is no shortage of porn,  
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 23, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3989 "2011-06-23T01:06:19Z")

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Or so I have heard  
How can I leave this behind?  
(talk about mud flaps)

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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 23, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3990 "2011-06-23T16:46:43Z")

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Talk about mud flaps!  
Spinal Tap are gods of rock  
Where is Shark Sandwhich?

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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 23, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3991 "2011-06-23T18:41:45Z")

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Where is shark sandwich?  
Freakin’ McDonalds never  
Get my order right

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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 23, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3992 "2011-06-23T18:48:30Z")

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Get my order right.  
For the vegetarian:  
Large fries, apple pie.

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**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 23, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3993 "2011-06-23T19:15:19Z")

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Large fries, apple pie,  
half a chicken, eight veggies,  
I eat like a horse.

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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 23, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3994 "2011-06-23T20:55:01Z")

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I eat like a horse  
Oats, hay, grass, sometimes apples,  
And a sugar cube

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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 23, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3995 "2011-06-23T23:31:00Z")

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And a sugar cube  
The size of a Rubik’s cube  
Would be so puzzling

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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 24, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3996 "2011-06-24T21:28:05Z")

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Would be so puzzling  
Puzzles perpetrated by  
Peter Puzzler

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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 25, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3997 "2011-06-25T15:51:15Z")

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by Peter Puzzler  
Is how the last line should read.  
It’s 5,7,5.

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**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 25, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3998 "2011-06-25T20:55:09Z")

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It’s five, seven, five  
to make a haiku and five  
to make four thousand.

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/3999 "2011-06-25T22:54:38Z")

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To make four thousand  
You need to start with one  
It must be perfect.

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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 27, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4000 "2011-06-27T02:05:22Z")

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It must be perfect  
The diamond I give my wife  
That’s why she has none

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4001 "2011-06-27T07:04:13Z")

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That’s why she has none  
An object all would desire  
I wish I had one

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