# 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:** 265
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5283 "2012-11-14T17:34:10Z")
There is nothing free in the prison of the mind, said the old dipshit. ---
**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5284 "2012-11-14T18:06:33Z")
Said the old dipshit, Stay off my lawn you loud kids There is no joy here. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5285 "2012-11-14T18:23:06Z")
There is no Joy here, so my coupon is worthless! I guess I’ll get Dawn. ---
**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 14, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5286 "2012-11-14T20:41:40Z")
I guess I’ll get Dawn Though I would prefer Tina. I like Ginger more. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5287 "2012-11-14T21:26:19Z")
I like Ginger more than Mary Anne? Not a chance! You take Mrs. Howell ---
**Author:** ![FrillyNettles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@FrillyNettles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrillyNettles)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5288 "2012-11-15T00:06:16Z")
You take Mrs. Howell to her doctor appointment. It’s at nine-fifteen. ---
**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 15, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5289 "2012-11-15T00:11:21Z")
It’s at nine-fifteen Arms, like clock hands, are spread wide As if giving up ---
**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 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5290 "2012-11-15T21:31:12Z")
As if giving up? Haven’t yet begun to fight. Giving up? AS IF!! ---
**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 15, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5291 "2012-11-15T22:31:37Z")
Giving up? AS IF!! Don’t know meaning of the word Or how to spell it ---
**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 16, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5292 "2012-11-16T00:02:14Z")
Or how to spell it Or how even pronounce it Just let me do math ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5293 "2012-11-16T00:12:50Z")
Just let me do math or is it just arithmetic Today division. ---
**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 16, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5294 "2012-11-16T00:15:36Z")
Today, division 'morrow, trigonometry Next week, calculus! ---
**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 16, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5295 "2012-11-16T00:59:21Z")
Next week, calculus Will drive me to distraction. It’s problematic. ---
**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 16, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5296 "2012-11-16T03:48:26Z")
It’s problematic Quizzes, trivia, haiku Can’t we just relax? ---
**Author:** ![FrillyNettles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@FrillyNettles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrillyNettles)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5297 "2012-11-16T04:12:50Z")
Can’t we just relax? Here, have a drink or two, or whatever it takes. ---
**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 16, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5298 "2012-11-16T04:18:28Z")
Whatever it takes Just get 'er dun, just finish A new chore awaits ---
**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 16, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5299 "2012-11-16T15:34:58Z")
A new chore awaits I have to go to the den and Spackle the yak ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5300 "2012-11-16T23:34:03Z")
" … and Spackle the yak Happily ever after Lived in free Tibet." ---
**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:** [November 17, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5301 "2012-11-17T00:00:44Z")
Lived in free Tibet, the Shadow did. That’s how he learned to cloud men’s minds. ---
**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 17, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5302 "2012-11-17T00:27:30Z")
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