# 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\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4883 "2012-07-23T23:38:09Z")

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Dead are coming back?  
damn to hell and shitfire  
There goes my weekend.

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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:** [July 24, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4884 "2012-07-24T13:46:51Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> Dead are coming back?  
> damn to hell and shitfire  
> There goes my weekend.

There goes my weekend  
and I had such great plans too.  
There’s always next year.

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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:** [July 24, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4885 "2012-07-24T17:20:47Z")

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There’s always next year  
Is Chicago fan’s lament  
Why can’t it be now?

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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:** [July 24, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4886 "2012-07-24T20:07:53Z")

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Why can’t it be now?  
The curse placed by [Sianis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sianis)  
Will not be revoked

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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:** [July 24, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4887 "2012-07-24T21:42:09Z")

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Will not be revoked?  
How can my rich uncle leave  
It all to the cat?

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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:** [July 24, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4888 "2012-07-24T21:45:02Z")

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“It all to the cat,  
Your money you must bequeath!”  
Cat voice in my ear.

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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:** [July 24, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4889 "2012-07-24T23:43:36Z")

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Cat voice in my ear:  
“Go straight to Hell. No, feed me,  
then go straight to Hell.”

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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:** [July 25, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4890 "2012-07-25T00:59:11Z")

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then go straight to hell  
to meet Bob Dylan’s SO  
[(that’s his wife’s home town)](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bobdylan/mywifeshometown.html)

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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:** [July 26, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4891 "2012-07-26T19:41:45Z")

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(that’s his wife’s home town)  
But Tom Waites wrote “Jersey Girl.”  
Bruce Springsteen did not.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4892 "2012-07-26T22:21:05Z")

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Bruce Springsteen did not,  
nor did Tom Waites with an “e”. 😉  
(Street Band could use it.)

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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:** [July 27, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4893 "2012-07-27T02:28:54Z")

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street band could use it  
(the gut bass), Blinky thumps it  
down on the corner

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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:** [July 27, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4894 "2012-07-27T18:49:17Z")

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Down the corner  
the pretty girls talk and laugh.  
They won’t look at me.

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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:** [July 27, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4895 "2012-07-27T21:01:36Z")

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They won’t look at me  
[Mexican Tetras](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_tetra#Blind_cave_form) swim past  
Don’t acknowledge me

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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:** [July 28, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4896 "2012-07-28T00:21:21Z")

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“Don’t acknowledge me  
if you see me in public”  
Instructions from kids

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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:** [July 30, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4897 "2012-07-30T22:14:06Z")

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Instructions from kids  
no lettuce! no crusts!  
Must. not. start. screaming.

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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:** [July 31, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4898 "2012-07-31T00:10:34Z")

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Must. not. start. screaming.  
Bu I have to! I have to!  
I’m freaking insane.

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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:** [July 31, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4899 "2012-07-31T16:03:42Z")

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I’m freaking insane  
I expect new result when  
Doing the same way

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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:** [July 31, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4900 "2012-07-31T16:54:04Z")

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“Doing the same way  
Is boring, Baby” So let’s  
Try it doggy style!

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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:** [July 31, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4901 "2012-07-31T20:00:18Z")

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Try it doggy style.  
Let’s drink out of the toilet  
And eat the green grass.

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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:** [August 2, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4902 "2012-08-02T00:18:34Z")

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And eat the green grass?  
No thank you, pretty lady,  
I’d rather smoke it.

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