# 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:** 264

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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:** [November 11, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5263 "2012-11-11T06:42:52Z")

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And, executed?  
May you live long, and prosper  
Check your emotions

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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:** [November 11, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5264 "2012-11-11T20:04:54Z")

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Check your emotions,  
Why, happy, sad, joyfull, mad  
where to begin now?

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**Author:** ![FrillyNettles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@FrillyNettles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrillyNettles)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5265 "2012-11-12T02:52:43Z")

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Where to begin now?  
This game is new to me, so  
I’ll keep it simple.

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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:** [November 12, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5266 "2012-11-12T03:03:03Z")

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I’ll keep it simple  
My underpants are dirty  
Where is my carrot?

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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:** [November 12, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5267 "2012-11-12T06:25:19Z")

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Where is my carrot?  
It’s right there in your salad  
Bugs Bunny wants his

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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:** [November 12, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5268 "2012-11-12T15:00:40Z")

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Bugs Bunny wants his  
everyone wants something too.  
are wants and needs wrong?

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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:** [November 12, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5269 "2012-11-12T15:17:25Z")

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Are wants and needs wrong?  
We must keep in touch with them  
Desires of the flesh

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**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 12, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5270 "2012-11-12T15:22:39Z")

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Desires of the flesh  
Unfortunately, renamed  
“peach” by Crayola.

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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:** [November 12, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5271 "2012-11-12T19:28:41Z")

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Lol!

Peach by Crayola  
Great to use as skin, unless  
Your skin isn’t peach

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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:** [November 12, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5272 "2012-11-12T23:25:45Z")

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Your skin isn’t peach  
If your name is Bruce Banner  
And you’ve become Hulk

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5273 "2012-11-13T03:00:57Z")

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And you’ve become Hulk  
Means your skin tone is now green  
Clothes don’t fit you, too

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5274 "2012-11-13T18:18:42Z")

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Clothes don’t fit you, too  
Raggaty man in Raggaty  
world, nothing to do.

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5275 "2012-11-13T21:36:14Z")

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World, nothing to do  
Nowhere to run, or, to hide  
I’m gonna get you!

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**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:** [November 13, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5276 "2012-11-13T22:00:22Z")

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I’m gonna get you!  
Hiding in your handkerchief,  
I’m the Booger Man!

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5277 "2012-11-13T22:03:32Z")

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I’m the Booger Man  
I booger and I wooger  
Whenever I can

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5278 "2012-11-13T22:10:03Z")

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Whenever I can,  
I put salmon into tins  
At Alaskan plants

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5279 "2012-11-13T22:51:54Z")

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At Alaska plants  
The factory workers toil  
Until quitting time

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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:** [November 13, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5280 "2012-11-13T23:48:51Z")

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Until quitting time  
Sweet nectar won’t touch my lips  
Wistle blows; drink beer

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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:** [November 14, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5281 "2012-11-14T03:15:49Z")

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Whistle blows; drink beer  
“Life is too short for cheap beer,”  
A wise man once said

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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:** [November 14, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5282 "2012-11-14T17:07:58Z")

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A wise man once said  
sitting under the wishing tree  
There is nothing free.

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