# Haiku Madness **URL:** \ **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:** 249
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4963 "2012-09-08T21:41:34Z")
Gritty rendezvous Awaits me now that we bought All of our tile stuff ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4964 "2012-09-09T02:49:26Z")
All of our tile stuff Will be more comfortable than gritty sand As you lie naked on your back ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4965 "2012-09-09T03:09:45Z")
As you lie nude on your back You are told to close your eyes [And think of England](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie_back_and_think_of_England) (changed one word to fit the syllable pattern) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4966 "2012-09-09T03:33:01Z")
And think of England Oh ye who are the mighty And sing for her Queen ---
**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 9, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4967 "2012-09-09T12:17:21Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > All of our tile stuff > Will be more comfortable than gritty sand > As you lie naked on your back What Haikuniverse do you live in?? 😃 mmm ---
**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 9, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4968 "2012-09-09T13:50:42Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > What Haikuniverse do you live in?? 😃 > > mmm The one where all words have one syllable, no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4969 "2012-09-09T17:14:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > What Haikuniverse do you live in?? 😃 > mmm Hey I’m no poet, and I got some basic guidance from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_in_English). Apparently, I can’t count syllables either. A wise man once told me, “There are three kinds of people in this world: those that can count, and those that can’t.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4970 "2012-09-09T17:19:39Z")
Let me try to rejoin the correct universe: And sing for her queen Sing, if ye must, but This day belongs to football (I think that’s 17 syllables!) ---
**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 10, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4971 "2012-09-10T12:31:49Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Let me try to rejoin the correct universe: > > And sing for her queen > Sing, if ye must, but > This day belongs to football > > (I think that’s 17 syllables!) Good effort, echo, but the correct sequence is **5-7-5**. Here, I’ll fix it for ya: And sing for her queen Sing, if ye must, but this day Belongs to football ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4972 "2012-09-10T12:34:03Z")
(Ah, thank you, sir!) Belongs to football At Lambeau Field yesterday the Niners ruled! ---
**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 10, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4973 "2012-09-10T19:01:17Z")
The Niners ruled The Pack’s poor pass D May make the Bears smile ---
**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 10, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4974 "2012-09-10T23:34:59Z")
May make the Bears smile, the Colts certainly did this. No Luck on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4975 "2012-09-11T03:45:38Z")
No Luck on Sunday But RG3, he played great This season, welcome! ---
**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 11, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4976 "2012-09-11T12:58:45Z")
This season, welcome First-time Super Bowl winners: The Detroit Lions\* You heard it here first ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4977 "2012-09-11T14:08:50Z")
The Detroit Lions? Why not dream oh, so wildly? Hey, the Cleveland Browns! ---
**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 11, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4978 "2012-09-11T16:58:37Z")
Hey, the Cleveland Browns Has five syllables! **Echo** Can count after all! 🙂 ---
**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 11, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4979 "2012-09-11T17:08:14Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This season, welcome > First-time Super Bowl winners: > The Detroit Lions\* > > You heard it here first Bwa ha ha ha ha! ;)😃 Anyway… Can count after all The number of times I’ve said On the other hand ---
**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 11, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4980 "2012-09-11T20:17:19Z")
On the other hand Only three working fingers Damn stupid chainsaw. ---
**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 12, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4981 "2012-09-12T00:20:51Z")
Damn stupid chainsaw Couldn’t cut a chain for shite False advertising! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/4982 "2012-09-12T03:47:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Hey, the Cleveland Browns > Has five syllables! **Echo** > Can count after all! 🙂 :eek::D:eek::D:eek: :D:eek::D:eek:😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=248) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=250)