# 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:** 259
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5163 "2012-10-17T13:53:49Z")
Ah those Fifties fads: Eating goldfish and building bomb shelters ---
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5164 "2012-10-17T14:11:25Z")
Building bomb shelters To me, is just an excuse To buy lots of food. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5165 "2012-10-17T17:27:27Z")
To buy lots of food. to decorate, plan, games, music. Fun, Jubilation now. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5166 "2012-10-17T18:11:31Z")
Jubilation? Now, He was Dogpatch’s founder. [Missing mountaineer!](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/j/jubilationtcornponelilabnerthemusical.shtml) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5167 "2012-10-17T18:15:46Z")
Missing mountaineer: Janice’s husband, named Fritz. _Cliff Hangers?!_ [NOT COOL!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Price_Is_Right_pricing_games#C) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5168 "2012-10-17T23:26:41Z")
Cliff Hangers?! Not cool? Oh, what will I have to use to hang my Cliff Notes. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5169 "2012-10-18T05:17:52Z")
To hang my Cliff Notes Well hung, they are, so I’m told Just take off your clothes ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5170 "2012-10-18T10:10:06Z")
Just take off your clothes And soak self in sweet nectar I’m a honeybee ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5171 "2012-10-18T14:26:40Z")
I’m a honeybee So drone on about your hives And I will feel stung ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5172 "2012-10-18T17:58:05Z")
And I will feel stung when the killer bees get through. I stole their honey. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5173 "2012-10-18T18:11:23Z")
I stole their honey; That’s why the Pooh Bear Brigade Ate piglet for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5174 "2012-10-18T18:23:31Z")
Ate piglet for lunch. Will have ham supper tonight. Bacon tomorrow! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5175 "2012-10-18T18:49:33Z")
Bacon tomorrow I’ll make a pig of myself I am what I eat ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5176 "2012-10-18T18:55:19Z")
I am what I eat. Therefore, I am a pound of Monterey Jack cheese. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5177 "2012-10-19T00:57:24Z")
Monterey Jack cheese Don’t forget cheese rhymes with Cleese Fawlty Towers Please! ---
**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:** [October 20, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5178 "2012-10-20T14:24:53Z")
Fawlty Towers Please! I say “Are You Being Served? Ab Fab, Doctor Who!” ---
**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:** [October 21, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5179 "2012-10-21T12:39:35Z")
Ab Fab, Doctor Who No doctors here. Just nurses In skimpy lace gowns ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5180 "2012-10-21T13:20:18Z")
In skimpy lace gowns, The lingerie models strut. Life on the catwalk ---
**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:** [October 21, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5181 "2012-10-21T15:30:33Z")
Life on the catwalk Replace bulbs, fix the wiring Ths stadium’s TALL!! ---
**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:** [October 22, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5182 "2012-10-22T16:09:40Z")
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