# 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:** 262
**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 30, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5223 "2012-10-30T03:27:05Z")
The contestants, too many of them, aren’t playing Time to change the rules ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5224 "2012-10-30T15:15:57Z")
Time to change the rules In strip poker, they all tell Me put clothes back on ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5225 "2012-10-30T15:23:03Z")
Me put clothes back on. If me Tarzan, you Jane, get down on all fours now! ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5226 "2012-10-30T15:34:26Z")
Down on all fours; now Bark like a dog and I will Give you a cookie. ---
**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 30, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5227 "2012-10-30T16:11:43Z")
Give you a cookie. Your price is too low. What if I gave you a cake? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5228 "2012-10-30T16:19:56Z")
I gave you a cake? I sure don’t remember that. Wait, what is my name? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5229 "2012-10-30T20:05:37Z")
Wait, what is my name? I have ten aliases. I deceive myself. ---
**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 30, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5230 "2012-10-30T21:53:19Z")
I deceive myself. I sure am easily fooled. Now, what about you? ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5231 "2012-11-01T01:45:53Z")
Now, what about you? How much did you want to know? Rain, sun, wind, fog, snow. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5232 "2012-11-01T01:54:38Z")
Rain, sun, wind, fog, snow. Yes, it’s a beautiful day. Sweet dreams, and sleep tight. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5233 "2012-11-01T15:47:58Z")
Sweet dreams and sleep tight For soon the monster will come to suck out your brains ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5234 "2012-11-01T18:33:02Z")
to suck out your brains I only need one item A very small straw ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5235 "2012-11-01T20:41:00Z")
A very small straw Can still break a camel’s back – So the proverb goes ---
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5236 "2012-11-01T20:52:59Z")
So the proverb goes But people just don’t listen They think they know all ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5237 "2012-11-02T21:01:38Z")
They think they know all But they don’t know they don’t know. Socrates was right. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5238 "2012-11-02T22:18:20Z")
Socrates was right “Like sands in the hour glass The days of our lives” ---
**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:** [November 3, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5239 "2012-11-03T05:47:46Z")
The days of our lives. Life’s one big soap opera With no commercials ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5240 "2012-11-04T00:06:27Z")
With no commercials Capitolism would never work well. christmas would be lost. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5241 "2012-11-04T04:25:44Z")
Christmas would be lost If Rudolph had not saved it Guiding Santa’s sleigh ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5242 "2012-11-04T15:06:54Z")
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