# 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:** 24

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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/461 "2010-03-04T02:52:13Z")

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need a new system  
click “Start” to “Shutdown”? Nonsense!  
paging Steven Jobs

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**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/462 "2010-03-04T03:04:27Z")

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paging Steven Jobs?  
is there a place I can find  
an app to do that?

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/463 "2010-03-04T03:33:38Z")

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An app to do _that_?  
Find the nearest whorehouses?  
You’re such a sicko!

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/464 "2010-03-04T04:14:25Z")

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you’re such a sicko!  
Watching Benny Hill reruns  
in your boxer shorts

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/465 "2010-03-04T04:39:54Z")

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In your boxer shorts  
you make like a two-man tent.  
I don’t want to camp.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/466 "2010-03-04T07:39:40Z")

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I don’t want to camp  
Because often it’s intense  
so the old joke says

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/467 "2010-03-04T12:00:53Z")

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so the old joke says  
to get to the other side  
the chicken did cross

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/468 "2010-03-04T12:49:27Z")

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the chicken did cross  
himself when he witnessed a  
poultry funeral

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**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/469 "2010-03-04T13:33:13Z")

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poultry funeral  
gifts in your socks, rabbit eggs  
holidays are weird

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/470 "2010-03-04T13:50:39Z")

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Holidays are weird  
but no complaints come from me  
I’ll take a day off!

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/471 "2010-03-04T14:06:45Z")

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I’ll take a day off!  
feels like spring: birds sing, sun shines;  
soon will come flowers.

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/472 "2010-03-04T14:09:55Z")

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soon will come flowers.  
Mayflowers to bring Pilgrims  
After April rains

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/473 "2010-03-04T14:10:01Z")

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After April rains  
I’ll finally be forty  
still hard to believe.

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/474 "2010-03-04T14:16:37Z")

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Still hard to believe  
someone that young can be so  
wise beyond her years.

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/475 "2010-03-04T14:21:54Z")

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Wise beyond her years?  
I’m a graduate of the  
school of harder knocks.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/476 "2010-03-04T15:10:28Z")

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school of harder knocks  
taught me to appreciate  
using letter “N”

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/477 "2010-03-04T15:19:19Z")

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using letter “N”  
Turns Kotter into Knotter  
Teacher to Boy Scout

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/478 "2010-03-04T15:34:43Z")

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Teacher to Boy Scout:  
“Are you prepared? 'Cause, if not  
you’re, ummm…unprepared.”

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**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/479 "2010-03-04T15:39:16Z")

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“You’re ummm…unprepared.”  
Wedding night bride to her groom.  
Too much Jack Daniels.

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/480 "2010-03-04T15:45:47Z")

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Too much Jack Daniels  
Is there even such a thing?  
That’s just crazy talk.

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