# 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:** 268
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5343 "2012-11-27T14:34:06Z")
Life is difficult You’re born, you get schooled, you work And then a dirt nap. ---
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5344 "2012-11-27T16:22:33Z")
And then a dirt nap Pushing up lovely daisies Or, eternal life ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5345 "2012-11-27T19:46:44Z")
Or, eternal life Perhaps behind pearly gates Perhaps Inferno ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5346 "2012-11-27T22:24:11Z")
Perhaps Inferno The meatloaf was burned badly Let’s go for pizza ---
**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 27, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5347 "2012-11-27T22:28:02Z")
Let’s go for pizza Moon hits your eye like big pie That is a big mess ---
**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5348 "2012-11-27T22:30:33Z")
That is a big mess That’s not amore, my friend Keep the moon up there ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5349 "2012-11-28T02:36:10Z")
Keep the moon up there As a goal for astronauts And to preserve tides. ---
**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 28, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5350 "2012-11-28T03:04:23Z")
And to preserve tides We only need sun and moon Planets have min pull ---
**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 29, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5351 "2012-11-29T20:21:17Z")
Planets have min pull But the sun has lots of pull That’s real heavy, man ---
**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 29, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5352 "2012-11-29T21:04:13Z")
That’s real heavy, man Like, wow, just take a chill pill Gotta relaaaaax, man ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5353 "2012-11-29T21:06:31Z")
Gotta relaaaaax, man Frankie goes to Hollywood He say “don’t do 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 29, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5354 "2012-11-29T21:10:41Z")
He say, “don’t do it” But I say to go ahead Pragmatism rules ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5355 "2012-12-01T01:31:30Z")
Pragmatism rules? Not here. We’re for anarchy romance and chaos ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5356 "2012-12-01T01:32:56Z")
Romance and chaos Love and marriage, and the kids Madness. True madness! ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5357 "2012-12-01T20:50:14Z")
Madness, True Madness. Is this how the world ends? Apocalypse Now. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5358 "2012-12-02T01:52:32Z")
_Apocalypse Now_. Francis Ford Coppola’s take On _Heart of Darkness_. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5359 "2012-12-02T05:51:58Z")
On _Heart of Darkness_ It’s “The horror. The horror.” Joseph Conrad’s book ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5360 "2012-12-02T16:28:44Z")
Joseph Conrad’s book Not that one, the other one Who remembers that? ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5361 "2012-12-02T19:22:37Z")
Who remembers that? Should we remember at all? Do memories fail? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5362 "2012-12-03T01:16:54Z")
Do memories fail? Mammaries fail, with age, yes They sag, droop, get soft [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=269)