# 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:** 267
**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 21, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5323 "2012-11-21T15:00:31Z")
Don’t forget the beer When you are going hashing Run, drink beer, repeat ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5324 "2012-11-22T04:49:29Z")
Run, drink beer, repeat Burn off all the calories Gain them all right back ---
**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 22, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5325 "2012-11-22T17:22:27Z")
Gain them all right back But trees don’t grow on money Trees need clean, fresh air ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5326 "2012-11-22T21:03:53Z")
Trees need clean, fresh air So they can shed all those leaves You rake up in fall ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5327 "2012-11-23T01:54:25Z")
You rake up in fall Then winter comes, as foretold Cycles of planets. ---
**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 23, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5328 "2012-11-23T13:45:52Z")
Cycles of planets Their elliptical orbits’ Eccentricities ---
**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 23, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5329 "2012-11-23T14:37:04Z")
Eccentricities Most people think you have some. I just think you’re nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5330 "2012-11-23T20:49:26Z")
I just think you’re nuts. Those ghosts you claim to have heard Are kids playing jokes. ---
**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 24, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5331 "2012-11-24T07:20:28Z")
Are kids playing jokes? Pranks rule in college dorm life When you should study ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5332 "2012-11-24T18:55:06Z")
When you should study, You often just masturbate – Er, procrastinate ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5333 "2012-11-24T21:10:12Z")
Er, procrastinate Sounds like a good idea Maybe tomorrow. ---
**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 24, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5334 "2012-11-24T22:31:41Z")
Maybe tomorrow Will be better than today; Yeah, pull my finger. ---
**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 25, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5335 "2012-11-25T04:47:09Z")
Yeah, pull my finger You’ll be greatly rewarded My farts do smell good! ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5336 "2012-11-26T16:01:12Z")
My farts do smell good! Because I powder my ass. A flatulent style. ---
**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 26, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5337 "2012-11-26T16:03:47Z")
A flatulent style. I thought that you smelt what I Dealt. Sorry, my dear. (with apologies to Stephen Sondheim) ---
**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 26, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5338 "2012-11-26T16:05:26Z")
A flatulent style Is something I possess, it Will leave you breathless Ohh, I got ninja’d. Dealt Sorry, my dear But I just don’t give a damn Or a dike either ---
**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 26, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5339 "2012-11-26T16:06:00Z")
Ninja’d by the **Gladiator**! ---
**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 26, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5340 "2012-11-26T16:07:58Z")
Will leave you breathless Sucking wind, gasping for air Or, simply flummoxed ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5341 "2012-11-26T22:47:21Z")
“Or a dike either” – As a start, this leaves me cold Or, simply flummoxed ---
**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 27, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5342 "2012-11-27T11:46:30Z")
Or, simply flummoxed Shaking head, can’t comprehend Life is difficult [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=268)