# 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:** 253

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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:** [September 21, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5043 "2012-09-21T18:19:08Z")

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Time to sell your stuff  
Too much crap in the house. Damn  
Glass menagerie

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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:** [September 21, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5044 "2012-09-21T19:47:11Z")

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Glass menagerie;  
post 5000 passed. Have we  
shattered the record?

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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:** [September 21, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5045 "2012-09-21T20:15:29Z")

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Shattered the record?  
We’re being closed in on by  
[Other haiku thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665147&highlight=haiku)😃

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**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 22, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5046 "2012-09-22T01:21:39Z")

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Other haiku thread  
Let’s keep the lead over that  
Folks, **WE** shall win out!

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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:** [September 22, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5047 "2012-09-22T03:34:48Z")

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Folks, WE shall win out!  
We’re not only good and cute,  
but we bought the refs.

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**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 22, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5048 "2012-09-22T03:38:32Z")

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But we bought the refs?  
But why, it wasn’t needed?  
We can still kick ass!

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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:** [September 22, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5049 "2012-09-22T11:39:09Z")

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We can still kick ass  
'cause we have **Echo** on board  
He loves his haiku

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**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 22, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5050 "2012-09-22T12:16:43Z")

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He loves his haiku  
Yet, as a kid, he loved math  
English classes, he did not

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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:** [September 23, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5051 "2012-09-23T08:35:33Z")

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English classes, he did not  
Enjoy, except for 12th grade:  
Wonderful teacher!

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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:** [September 23, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5052 "2012-09-23T12:38:46Z")

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Wonderful teacher!  
Showed me her hypotenuse!  
And all her angles!

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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:** [September 23, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5053 "2012-09-23T13:30:36Z")

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And all her angles!  
You’re right, she was acute chick.  
But way too obtuse.

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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:** [September 24, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5054 "2012-09-24T15:01:33Z")

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But way too obtuse  
the angle is to be right.  
Beck wouldn’t like it.

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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:** [September 24, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5055 "2012-09-24T15:24:43Z")

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Beck wouldn’t like it  
And [Becky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0_1vGRRAw) wouldn’t either  
Stop stabbing your friends

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**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 24, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5056 "2012-09-24T23:59:32Z")

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Stop stabbing your friends  
It is bad form, don’t you know?  
Best to ignore them

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5057 "2012-09-25T00:05:55Z")

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Best to ignore them  
Those voices inside your head  
Put those scissors down

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**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5058 "2012-09-25T18:02:56Z")

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Put those scissors down,  
then run around like a clown.  
Safety first always

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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:** [September 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5059 "2012-09-25T19:24:06Z")

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Safety first always  
Remove the knives and matches  
from the baby crib

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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:** [September 25, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5060 "2012-09-25T20:37:55Z")

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From the baby crib  
a kindergartener grew  
before I could blink.

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**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 26, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5061 "2012-09-26T00:14:27Z")

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Before I could blink  
My princess has grown; Today  
I give him her hand

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5062 "2012-09-26T03:00:06Z")

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I gave him her hand.  
He asked what I did with the  
rest of her body.

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