# 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:** 219

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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 28, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4363 "2011-09-28T01:47:08Z")

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And booze and sweet jazz  
It’s runnin’ all 'round my brain  
So, your place, or mine?

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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 28, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4364 "2011-09-28T14:05:30Z")

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So, your place or mine?  
Well, I live with my mother.  
So I guess it’s yours.

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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 28, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4365 "2011-09-28T15:38:53Z")

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So I guess it’s yours  
This pink sweater won’t fit me  
Though the color’s nice

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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 28, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4366 "2011-09-28T16:26:18Z")

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Though the color’s nice  
this fall will be brutal as  
I face my demons.

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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 28, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4367 "2011-09-28T16:27:37Z")

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I face my demons  
all day long in the market  
gimme that grapefruit!

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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 28, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4368 "2011-09-28T16:58:19Z")

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Gimme that grapefruit  
so ripe with juice abundant  
no sugar needed

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4369 "2011-09-28T17:01:04Z")

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No sugar needed  
Unless its PMS time  
gimme that candy!

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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 28, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4370 "2011-09-28T18:56:22Z")

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Gimme that candy  
Vending machine “lunch” again  
I could use a break

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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 28, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4371 "2011-09-28T20:27:48Z")

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I could use a break  
hmm, some mocha with whipped cream  
would sure hit the spot.

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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 29, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4372 "2011-09-29T01:39:40Z")

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Would sure hit the Spot  
Shouldn’t happen to a dog  
Poor Spot, hit again

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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 29, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4373 "2011-09-29T02:27:20Z")

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Poor Spot, hit again  
Dealer showed 6, Spot 16  
Dogs suck at blackjack

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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 29, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4374 "2011-09-29T04:24:25Z")

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“Dogs suck at blackjack,”  
my drunken friend Bob told me.  
“Poker is their game.”

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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 29, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4375 "2011-09-29T13:13:37Z")

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Poker is their game  
Texas Hold Em is the name  
Very lucrative

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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 29, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4376 "2011-09-29T14:23:18Z")

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Very lucrative,  
but also very risky  
dichotomy sucks

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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 29, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4377 "2011-09-29T14:29:07Z")

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Dichotomy: Sucks  
to have your dich removed, 'cause  
I use mine daily.

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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4378 "2011-09-29T14:33:39Z")

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I use mine daily!  
So I can’t lend it to you.  
Go get your own, bro.

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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 29, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4379 "2011-09-29T14:34:17Z")

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I use mine daily.  
I whip it out and stroke it.  
Pet rocks bring comfort.

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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 29, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4380 "2011-09-29T14:36:05Z")

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Go get your own, bro  
And don’t take it for granite.  
Pet rocks bring comfort.

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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 29, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4381 "2011-09-29T15:38:14Z")

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Pet rocks bring comfort  
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend  
Sparkly adornment

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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 29, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4382 "2011-09-29T16:00:35Z")

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Sparkly adornment  
is what four-year-old girls crave  
More [Sketchers](http://www.skechers.com/style/10183/twinkle-toes-limelites-sugarlicious/pnk) please, Mom!

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