# 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:** 204

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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:** [July 6, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4062 "2011-07-06T22:59:49Z")

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“But we worked it out  
with a slide rule,” as Einstein  
solved constipation.

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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:** [July 7, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4063 "2011-07-07T02:51:32Z")

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Solved constipation.  
With a high-fiber diet  
Lots of prunes and beans

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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:** [July 7, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4064 "2011-07-07T12:48:40Z")

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lots of prunes and beans  
are in my recipe for  
“Hershey Squirt Delite”

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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:** [July 7, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4065 "2011-07-07T13:32:26Z")

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“Hershey Squirt Delite”  
Heads rolled at Ben & Jerry’s;  
Worst. Ice cream. Ever.

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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:** [July 7, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4066 "2011-07-07T14:31:15Z")

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“Worst. Ice cream. Ever!”  
Said the kids. I disagree:  
I like pickled fish.

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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:** [July 7, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4067 "2011-07-07T15:43:59Z")

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“I like pickled fish,”  
Opus had said to Binkley  
Binkley replied “Yuck”

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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:** [July 8, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4068 "2011-07-08T18:24:32Z")

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Binkley replied “Yuck.”  
I slapped him and insisted:  
“Swallow anyway.”

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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:** [July 8, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4069 "2011-07-08T18:43:28Z")

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“Swallow anyway”  
Oh, the possibilities…  
Nah…way too easy

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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:** [July 8, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4070 "2011-07-08T21:03:13Z")

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Nah…way too easy.  
It comes, I swallow it all…  
Eating contests rock.

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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:** [July 8, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4071 "2011-07-08T22:11:20Z")

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Eating contests rock.  
Some like to down pies at fairs.  
Some prefer wieners.

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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:** [July 8, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4072 "2011-07-08T22:42:28Z")

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Some prefer wieners,  
But I prefer pie, because  
I have a wiener.

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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:** [July 9, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4073 "2011-07-09T13:23:49Z")

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I have a wierner?  
Don’t think so. I’m a female  
Vegetarian.

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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:** [July 9, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4074 "2011-07-09T16:21:07Z")

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Vegetarian?  
Not me. I like fish, beef, lamb,  
chicken, and pussy.

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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:** [July 10, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4075 "2011-07-10T04:47:35Z")

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Chicken And Pussy  
My new strip club and buffet  
Needs a better name

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**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4076 "2011-07-10T11:17:26Z")

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Needs a better name  
-last line of the last haiku.  
Now let’s continue.

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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:** [July 11, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4077 "2011-07-11T00:34:00Z")

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Now let’s continue  
As friends, she said, but I knew  
She’s no amigo

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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:** [July 11, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4078 "2011-07-11T01:06:14Z")

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She’s no amigo.  
Even if she is friendly,  
She’s an _amiga_.

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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:** [July 11, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4079 "2011-07-11T03:33:32Z")

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She’s an Amiga  
Sitting on the shelf next to  
Colecovision

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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:** [July 12, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4080 "2011-07-12T00:44:29Z")

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Colecovision:  
No Guitar Hero for this;  
Tambourine Hero?

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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:** [July 12, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4081 "2011-07-12T01:31:32Z")

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Tambourine Hero  
Played protest songs at Haji  
'Til his face melted.

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