# 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:** 247

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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:** [August 21, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4923 "2012-08-21T15:38:14Z")

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I want the real reason  
You clamped my testicles with  
A pair of [vise grips.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d3LNrp8kjDo/R_gCfGzxRmI/AAAAAAAAAEg/YXiIIjdYr50/s400/23big.png)

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4924 "2012-08-21T16:36:02Z")

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A pair of vice grips  
Have just given me the most  
Disturbing image.

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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:** [August 21, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4925 "2012-08-21T21:55:03Z")

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Disturbing image:  
Too much plastic surgery  
For [Tina Louise](http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/2009/02/24/tina-louise-has-gone-overboard/)

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4926 "2012-08-22T09:49:20Z")

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For Tina Louise,  
I will offer this advice:  
Nobody is fooled!

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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:** [August 22, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4927 "2012-08-22T12:22:44Z")

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Nobody is fooled  
Two kids with long coat and beard  
Won’t trick the doorman

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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:** [August 22, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4928 "2012-08-22T13:14:30Z")

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“Won’t trick the doorman  
He smells, plus he’s on duty”  
said the prostitute

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4929 "2012-08-22T14:53:55Z")

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Said the prostitute,  
“Who are you to judge me, sir?  
You could have been me!”

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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 22, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4930 "2012-08-22T17:09:59Z")

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“You could have been me!?”  
You ain’t that good lookin’, son.  
You ain’t that witty.

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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:** [August 22, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4931 "2012-08-22T17:27:26Z")

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You ain’t that witty  
I sighed, when I heard her say,  
[“Oh, shut the front door!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662285)

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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:** [August 22, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4932 "2012-08-22T18:05:51Z")

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Oh, shut the front door  
This ain’t my first rodeo  
Not in my wheelhouse

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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:** [August 22, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4933 "2012-08-22T18:12:28Z")

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“Not in my wheelhouse!”,  
I said; “No whistling, or you’ll  
whistle up a storm!”

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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:** [August 23, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4934 "2012-08-23T00:14:11Z")

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Whistle up a storm  
Those River Kwai bridge guys did  
A shitstorm, that is

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4935 "2012-08-23T10:02:32Z")

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A shitstorm; that is,  
A tornado made of crap  
A lot like your mom.

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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:** [August 23, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4936 "2012-08-23T14:28:06Z")

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“A lot like your Mom.”  
You clearly know her quite well  
Are we related?

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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 23, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4937 "2012-08-23T20:07:10Z")

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Are we related?  
No way, Jose, you just aren’t  
as handsome as me.

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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:** [August 23, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4938 "2012-08-23T20:47:12Z")

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as handsome as me.  
As handsome as I am is  
more proper English.

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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:** [August 23, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4939 "2012-08-23T21:34:21Z")

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_More Proper English_ –  
Spike Lee’s yet unfilmed sequel  
To _Mo’ Better Blues_

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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:** [August 24, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4940 "2012-08-24T00:37:11Z")

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To Mo’ Better Blues  
I raise a toast (even though  
I have not seen it)

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4941 "2012-08-24T03:55:20Z")

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I have not seen it.  
I do not want to eat it:  
Green Eggs, Ham and Milk

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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:** [August 24, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4942 "2012-08-24T18:20:04Z")

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Green Eggs, Ham – and _Milk_ –  
(A film featuring Sean Penn,  
star of _I Am Sam_)

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