# 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:** 214
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4262 "2011-09-03T01:18:13Z")
(Is “quiet” one syllable for you?) Quiet by kissing her Much louder by tickling her Ah, my dear Keira! [http://lh4.ggpht.com/\_deHyWgFUXnM/SkGJvIV-FOI/AAAAAAAAOP4/5VUX-lxCpmU/Kiera+Knightley+(889).jpg](http://lh4.ggpht.com/_deHyWgFUXnM/SkGJvIV-FOI/AAAAAAAAOP4/5VUX-lxCpmU/Kiera+Knightley+%28889%29.jpg) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4263 "2011-09-03T01:59:15Z")
Ah, my dear Keira That Bajoran nose wrinkle Gives Worf Klingon wood. ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4264 "2011-09-03T03:38:33Z")
Gives Worf Klingon wood? “jIH nob Worf tlhIngan Sor Hap” – be hard on her tongue. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4265 "2011-09-03T05:25:02Z")
“Be hard on her tongue,” the torturer’s boss had said, and that’s what they did ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4266 "2011-09-03T09:46:34Z")
And that’s what they did exactly _where_ I’m not sure who needs the details? ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4267 "2011-09-03T10:07:11Z")
Who needs the details, With one’s imagination Inventing details? ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4268 "2011-09-03T11:43:16Z")
Inventing details When a police is asking Makes you a suspect ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4269 "2011-09-03T11:46:40Z")
Makes you a suspect when suspicion is rising so suspiciously ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4270 "2011-09-03T16:36:33Z")
So suspiciously the crows eye this narrow, cold blade of crescent moon. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4271 "2011-09-03T17:54:33Z")
Blade of crescent moon cry of the ancient banshee quite a spooky night ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4272 "2011-09-04T02:16:52Z")
Quite a spooky night when we lay under the moon, our pale limbs askew. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4273 "2011-09-04T07:34:37Z")
Our pale limbs askew not a league of gentlemen but legs akimbo ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4274 "2011-09-05T15:19:01Z")
but legs akimbo, a recent phenomenon (used to be just arms) ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4275 "2011-09-05T18:27:10Z")
Used to be just “arms to hold me” in country songs. Now? Duct tape and belts. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4276 "2011-09-06T01:12:29Z")
Now! Duct tape! And belts! And whips and chains and leather! Need my bondage, fast! ---
**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:** [September 6, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4277 "2011-09-06T01:55:06Z")
Need my bondage fast obliterated; I yearn for freedom’s first breath ---
**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:** [September 6, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4278 "2011-09-06T03:54:20Z")
for freedom’s first breath of the morning was so foul I offered a mint ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4279 "2011-09-06T11:44:15Z")
I offered a mint but it still wasn’t enough - such a rare comic ---
**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:** [September 6, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4280 "2011-09-06T15:49:39Z")
Such a rare comic was late great Sam Kinison screamingly funny ---
**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:** [September 7, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4281 "2011-09-07T01:07:06Z")
screamingly funny are hardly the words I choose to describe Sam K. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=215)