# 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:** 225

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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:** [November 9, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4483 "2011-11-09T16:14:28Z")

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I use own ketchup  
When I eat beans with George  
Curly’s wife, nice hair

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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:** [November 9, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4484 "2011-11-09T19:20:59Z")

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Curly’s wife, nice hair  
Moe’s wife sported a bowl cut  
Larry was single

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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:** [November 9, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4485 "2011-11-09T21:49:39Z")

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Larry was single;  
or so she’d been told. His wife  
didn’t seem to know.

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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:** [November 10, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4486 "2011-11-10T19:35:49Z")

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didn’t seem to know  
Buddy’s mother’s maiden name  
I could not hack it

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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:** [November 10, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4487 "2011-11-10T20:46:31Z")

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I could not hack it  
In lingerie industry  
I got the pink slip

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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:** [November 10, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4488 "2011-11-10T22:13:23Z")

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I got the pink slip  
Then I worked at the soup plant  
Until I got canned

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**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4489 "2011-11-10T22:20:19Z")

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Until I got canned  
Moonlighted at the shoe store  
They gave me the boot

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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:** [November 10, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4490 "2011-11-10T23:03:37Z")

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They gave me the boot  
I worked at the luggage shop  
They sent me packing

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**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4491 "2011-11-11T00:54:53Z")

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They sent me packing  
Off to be a lumberjack  
They gave me the axe

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4492 "2011-11-11T01:01:10Z")

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They gave me the axe  
Next up, human cannonball  
Of course I got fired

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4493 "2011-11-11T01:15:13Z")

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Of course I got fired;  
I was dating a potter,  
Wound up in her kiln.

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4494 "2011-11-11T12:26:50Z")

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Wound up in her kiln  
Became a sperm bank teller  
But soon got discharged

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4495 "2011-11-11T14:44:50Z")

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But soon got discharged  
Gun went off by accident!  
So says Dick Cheney.

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4496 "2011-11-11T15:23:09Z")

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So says Dick Cheney  
“If you don’t shoot your friend’s face  
Then Al Qaeda wins”

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4497 "2011-11-11T15:25:32Z")

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“So,” says Dick Cheney;  
“You want to know what I think?”  
“Just pull my finger.”

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4498 "2011-11-11T15:43:03Z")

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Then Al Qaeda wins  
Bush’s diplomatic response  
“Just pull my finger.”

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**Author:** ![Curious3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4499 "2011-11-11T20:49:35Z")

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“Just pull my finger”  
He said. “It’s how you start my  
internal jet pack.”

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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:** [November 11, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4500 "2011-11-11T21:00:54Z")

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Internal jet pack  
Does it truly make you soar?  
Or just make you sore?

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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:** [November 14, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4501 "2011-11-14T18:09:32Z")

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Or just make you sore  
In places you have never  
Been sore before, whore

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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:** [November 14, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4502 "2011-11-14T23:20:01Z")

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Been sore before, whore  
On my last trip to the store  
My face hit the door

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