# 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:** 216
**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:** [September 12, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4303 "2011-09-12T21:54:16Z")
I wish I had known she would jilt me. I wouldn’t have bought those tickets. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4304 "2011-09-13T02:16:31Z")
Have bought those tickets For concerts that were not held Since headliners died ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4305 "2011-09-13T02:16:35Z")
Because head liners died there was much celebration in the Death Pool thread ---
**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 13, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4306 "2011-09-13T14:36:17Z")
In the death pool thread those who “fix” syllable counts are top of the list 😉 ---
**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:** [September 13, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4307 "2011-09-13T17:33:38Z")
are top of the list Woody Allen & OJ My wish-to-die list. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4308 "2011-09-13T17:51:53Z")
My wish-to-die list includes the whole human race. I’m a misanthrope. ---
**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 13, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4309 "2011-09-13T18:55:50Z")
Uh… doesn’t “misanthrope” have four syllables? “I’m a misanthrope,” my people-hating boss said, and I believed him. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4310 "2011-09-13T19:51:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Uh… doesn’t “misanthrope” have four syllables? Not the way I’ve ever heard it. * * * “And I believed him!” She said to herself, gagging. He now begs in vain. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4311 "2011-09-13T22:39:39Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > In the death pool thread > those who “fix” syllable counts > are top of the list > > 😉 Oops! Sorry…not '“fix” but “fuck”.. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4312 "2011-09-14T03:02:07Z")
He now begs in vain Since some folks followed him home And learned he was rich. ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4313 "2011-09-14T03:46:36Z")
And learned he was Rich That Little impressionist Carson regular ---
**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:** [September 14, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4314 "2011-09-14T15:05:55Z")
Carson regular. That’s what you get from eating mucho prunes and bran. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4315 "2011-09-15T14:38:57Z")
mucho prunes and bran Is a breakfast that gives you Much get-up-and-go. ---
**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 15, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4316 "2011-09-15T15:00:08Z")
Much get-up-and-go When I was young, but I guess It got up and went. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4317 "2011-09-15T17:59:39Z")
It got up and went Then came back and left again Stop this damn yo yo ---
**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:** [September 15, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4318 "2011-09-15T18:09:25Z")
Stop this damn yo-yo. It 's too fascinating when I’m stoned to the bone ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4319 "2011-09-16T09:58:46Z")
I’m stoned to the bone and b-b-b-bad as well also, I fuck 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:** [September 16, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4320 "2011-09-16T14:29:22Z")
Also, I fuck up I can’t have sex lying down 'Cuz of this issue ---
**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:** [September 17, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4321 "2011-09-17T03:57:15Z")
'Cuz of this issue I think I need a tissue (played into my hand) ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4322 "2011-09-19T11:03:43Z")
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