# 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:** 217

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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:** [September 19, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4323 "2011-09-19T14:09:20Z")

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for this haiku thread  
many syllables needed.  
Seventeen times…what?

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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:** [September 19, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4324 "2011-09-19T16:01:18Z")

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Seventeen times! What  
else did you expect from my  
four hour erection?

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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:** [September 19, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4325 "2011-09-19T17:27:44Z")

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Four hour erection?  
That is a quick barn raising  
Amish paradise

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**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4326 "2011-09-20T15:10:09Z")

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Amish paradise  
is where this long thread is spun  
into a warm coat

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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:** [September 20, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4327 "2011-09-20T16:40:08Z")

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Into a warm coat  
The opposums made their nest  
Big one’s named Bitey

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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:** [September 20, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4328 "2011-09-20T16:41:49Z")

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Oops! Ninja’d, ignore this.

into a warm coat  
of denial I would like  
to slip for a while

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**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 20, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4329 "2011-09-20T16:53:11Z")

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To slip for awhile  
and maybe to slide, crash, bam!  
fate on icy roads

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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:** [September 20, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4330 "2011-09-20T17:01:05Z")

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Big one’s named Bitey;  
Stabby, Sluggy and Chokey,  
the not-so-nice Dwarves.

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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:** [September 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4331 "2011-09-20T17:27:28Z")

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fate on icy roads  
out-of-control car flattened  
the not-so-nice Dwarves

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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:** [September 20, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4332 "2011-09-20T22:16:49Z")

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The not-so-nice dwarves  
killed my orcs and trolls. I’ll get  
'em. I’m the DM.

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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:** [September 20, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4333 "2011-09-20T22:52:26Z")

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“Em, I’m the DM”  
The worst palindrome ever,  
It shall be written.

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4334 "2011-09-20T23:49:40Z")

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It shall be written.  
Five-Seven-Five syllables.  
Haiku Madness game.

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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:** [September 21, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4335 "2011-09-21T01:58:43Z")

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Haiku Madness game  
Get the Kindle version at

> **[Amazon.com. Spend less. Smile more.](https://www.amazon.com/)**
>
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**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 21, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4336 "2011-09-21T03:13:04Z")

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> **[Amazon.com. Spend less. Smile more.](https://www.amazon.com/)**
>
> Free shipping on millions of items. Get the best of Shopping and Entertainment with Prime. Enjoy low prices and great deals on the largest selection of everyday essentials and other products, including fashion, home, beauty, electronics, Alexa...

not fucking up like Netflix  
not yet, 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:** [September 21, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4337 "2011-09-21T12:08:15Z")

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not yet, anyway  
my lottery numbers are  
just biding their time

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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:** [September 22, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4338 "2011-09-22T14:49:41Z")

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just biding their time  
awaiting execution  
Death Row murderers

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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:** [September 23, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4339 "2011-09-23T03:58:12Z")

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Death Row murderers  
All claim they are innocent  
As they seek pardons

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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:** [September 23, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4340 "2011-09-23T13:42:21Z")

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As they seek pardons  
they blush, hands over their mouths  
Burping in the West

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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:** [September 23, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4341 "2011-09-23T14:08:26Z")

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Burping in the West  
More polite than the bean scene  
In Blazing Saddles.

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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:** [September 23, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4342 "2011-09-23T21:08:23Z")

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In Blazing Saddles  
And in The Producers, Mel  
Makes fun of Nazis

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