# 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:** 21
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/401 "2010-03-02T21:11:56Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Ketchup is extra > But only if you believe > It’s not a veg’table. **FOUL!!!** ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/402 "2010-03-02T21:14:34Z")
A hare from his head to which you shall not cause harm you bunny killer! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/403 "2010-03-02T21:17:47Z")
You bunny killer! You foe of the cloying cute. Have you won so far? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/404 "2010-03-02T22:00:32Z")
have you won so far you with your fancy chess moves swapping pawn for pawn ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/405 "2010-03-02T22:12:03Z")
swapping pawn for pawn as we watch congress do this on a massive scale (I gotta quit reading news sites and then coming back to the haiku game!) ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/406 "2010-03-02T22:17:03Z")
on a massive scale it’s easy to overlook devilish details ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/407 "2010-03-02T22:19:07Z")
Devilish details of obfuscated Fed Regs provide my income ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/408 "2010-03-02T22:33:55Z")
Provide my income Its Friday, need to kill cells From my useless brain ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/409 "2010-03-02T22:33:58Z")
from my useless brain haikus are slow to arise preview did not help ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/410 "2010-03-02T23:40:45Z")
preview did not help the movie sucked rotten eggs Battlefield Earth ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/411 "2010-03-02T23:44:43Z")
Battlefield Earth How come thousand-year old jets Can still fly and shoot? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/412 "2010-03-03T00:06:38Z")
“Can still fly and shoot?” I asked the World War II ace; he smiled, gave thumbs-up. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/413 "2010-03-03T02:07:36Z")
He smiled, gave thumbs-up then he disapeared into An elephant’s butt ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/414 "2010-03-03T02:32:01Z")
An elephants butt is not as wide as a barn but it is very close ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/415 "2010-03-03T02:58:27Z")
> [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](#): > > An elephants butt > is not as wide as a barn > but it is very close **FOUL!!!** ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/416 "2010-03-03T03:00:14Z")
but it’s very close said owner of the losing lottery ticket ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/417 "2010-03-03T03:06:23Z")
Lottery ticket Tax on those who suck at math Yet, a chance to dream ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/418 "2010-03-03T03:23:16Z")
Yet, a chance to dream is one of the best parts of sleeping in my bed. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/419 "2010-03-03T03:39:06Z")
Sleeping in my bed an army of biting lice time to change the sheets ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/420 "2010-03-03T05:25:59Z")
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