# 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:** 25

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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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/481 "2010-03-04T15:51:34Z")

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that’s just crazy talk  
said the wise psychiatrist  
to the crazy mute

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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, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/482 "2010-03-04T16:24:22Z")

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To the crazy mute  
I acknowledge your madness  
silent but deadly.

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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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/483 "2010-03-04T16:32:32Z")

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Silent but deadly  
He pulls sheets over my head  
trapping in the farts.

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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:** [March 4, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/484 "2010-03-04T16:33:57Z")

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Trapping in the farts  
With her butt cheeks on my head  
Then I fell in love

(true story!)

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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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/485 "2010-03-04T16:36:36Z")

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Then I fell in love.  
And now it has been 2 years  
So glad I found him!

(true story part deux! we celebrate 3/15 & 16 - our first date lasted 23 hours . . .)

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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, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/486 "2010-03-04T16:56:19Z")

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So glad I found him!  
Is that a line from a song?  
like maybe Motown?

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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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/487 "2010-03-04T17:13:41Z")

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Like, maybe, Motown?  
Yes, I have always liked it  
Aretha is great!

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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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/488 "2010-03-04T17:17:37Z")

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Aretha is great!  
R-E-S-P-E-C-T  
what it means to me!

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**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/489 "2010-03-04T17:27:35Z")

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What it means to me  
Means nothing to anyone  
Ya know what I mean?

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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, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/490 "2010-03-04T18:01:31Z")

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ya know what I mean?  
lyric also, Lee Michaels  
“Been forty days since…”

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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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/491 "2010-03-04T18:30:53Z")

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Been forty days since  
I’ve been out to do something  
fun and exciting.

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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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/492 "2010-03-04T18:45:49Z")

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Fun and exciting?  
What the Dope is all about!  
I do love this place.

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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, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/493 "2010-03-04T18:46:54Z")

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I do love this place  
with the haiku madness game  
this has my focus

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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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/494 "2010-03-04T18:53:01Z")

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this has my focus  
but only for a moment  
then to other stuff

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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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/495 "2010-03-04T19:00:46Z")

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then to other stuff?  
don’t go, Disgruntled Penguin!  
are you now gruntled?

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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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/496 "2010-03-04T19:03:57Z")

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“Are you now gruntled?”  
asked the Mean Mr. Mustard  
like he even cares.

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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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/497 "2010-03-04T19:11:13Z")

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Like he even cares.  
He said to have a nice day  
without looking up.

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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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/498 "2010-03-04T19:12:44Z")

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without looking up  
I could tell it was raining  
as my head was damp

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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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/499 "2010-03-04T19:15:32Z")

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As my head was damp  
from the wine thrown angrily  
by my teenage bride

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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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/500 "2010-03-04T19:22:00Z")

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By my teenage bride  
I was led; passionately  
adventurous nights.

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