# 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:** 207

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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 26, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4122 "2011-07-26T17:16:19Z")

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Turn you into Job  
Or better, turn you to Gob  
It’s an Illusion

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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 26, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4123 "2011-07-26T18:48:53Z")

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“It’s an illusion.”  
“Pray tell, how do you know?” “I  
made my saving throw.”

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4124 "2011-07-26T19:04:34Z")

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Made my saving throw  
returning a grenade to  
its rightful owner

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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 26, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4125 "2011-07-26T20:07:26Z")

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Its rightful owner  
Doesn’t want his dog’s crap back –  
Gee, I wonder why?

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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 26, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4126 "2011-07-26T21:17:53Z")

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Gee, I wonder why  
Asparagus makes pee stink?  
[Uncle Cecil knows!](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/577/why-does-asparagus-make-your-pee-smell-funny)

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4127 "2011-07-27T04:53:28Z")

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Uncle Cecil knows  
Absolutely everything  
In the whole wide world

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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4128 "2011-07-27T07:05:06Z")

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In the whole wide world  
and up until this moment  
you had not read this

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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 27, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4129 "2011-07-27T12:49:27Z")

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You had not read this  
Nothing in your life is real.  
You do not exist.

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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 27, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4130 "2011-07-27T14:32:30Z")

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You do not exist.  
You are only in my mind.  
Only I am real.

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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 27, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4131 "2011-07-27T15:16:19Z")

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Only I am real  
I rule all I see and I  
Am Zestfully clean

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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 27, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4132 "2011-07-27T22:41:31Z")

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Am zestfully clean  
am I? I am. I just bathed  
for tonight’s big date

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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 27, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4133 "2011-07-27T22:54:05Z")

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For tonight’s big date,  
I sprung for the very best;  
Ribbed for her pleasure!

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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 28, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4134 "2011-07-28T02:18:53Z")

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Ribbed for her pleasure!  
Yet when she saw my package,  
I was the one ribbed.

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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 28, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4135 "2011-07-28T13:15:56Z")

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I was the one ribbed  
Now I see someone called “Eve”  
Without a dangly bit.

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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 28, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4136 "2011-07-28T16:42:40Z")

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Without a dangly bit  
I can’t tell people’s genders  
At Fatty Nude Beach

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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 28, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4137 "2011-07-28T22:51:13Z")

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At Fatty Nude Beach,  
When Moby Dick beached himself,  
Nobody noticed.

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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 29, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4138 "2011-07-29T10:51:33Z")

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Nobody noticed  
that I double dipped the chip  
I am so sneaky

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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 29, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4139 "2011-07-29T13:41:38Z")

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I am so sneaky.  
I run naked through large crowds.  
Make that “so streaky.”

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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 31, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4140 "2011-07-31T01:23:19Z")

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“Make that so streaky  
the lice will have racing lanes”  
I told my stylist

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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 31, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4141 "2011-07-31T01:44:58Z")

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I told my stylist  
I want a reverse mohawk  
Hair on sides, not top

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