# 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:** 269
**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:** [December 3, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5363 "2012-12-03T14:51:48Z")
They sag, droop, get soft It happens to every man. Time for Viagra. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5364 "2012-12-03T22:58:50Z")
Time for Viagra. Offers fill my Yahoo! box. Name always m!s$pel/ed. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5365 "2012-12-04T04:39:04Z")
Name always m!s$pel/ed How important is spelling? Grammar counts, also ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5366 "2012-12-05T00:24:49Z")
Grammar counts, also Don’t forget syntax either. find the use for words. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5367 "2012-12-05T15:39:18Z")
Find the use for words Don’t look like an idiot Saying the wrong stuff ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5368 "2012-12-05T19:46:48Z")
Saying the wrong stuff May make you look quite foolish. Silence might be best. ---
**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 5, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5369 "2012-12-05T20:16:22Z")
Silence might be best No-one knows you’re a fool, 'til You open your mouth ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5370 "2012-12-06T16:19:06Z")
You open your mouth and spew such utter nonsense credentialed moron \*We will also accept “credentialed twit” as your accent requires. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5371 "2012-12-06T19:17:40Z")
Credentialed moron: Pointy-haired boss in _Dilbert_. Spewer of jargon. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5372 "2012-12-06T20:05:35Z")
Spewer of jargon Acolyte of synergy Belcher of pizzazz ---
**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 6, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5373 "2012-12-06T20:17:39Z")
Belcher of pizzazz Moron of intelligence Completely lost soul ---
**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:** [December 6, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5374 "2012-12-06T20:54:00Z")
Completely lost soul. I’m alone in my room on My Christmas Birthday. ---
**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 6, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5375 "2012-12-06T21:03:13Z")
My Christmas Birthday: Mistletoe, and birthday cake, Egg nog, and ice cream ---
**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:** [December 6, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5376 "2012-12-06T23:50:57Z")
Egg nog and ice cream Is a recipe for an Eye-throbbing brain freeze ---
**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 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5377 "2012-12-07T03:20:46Z")
Eye-throbbing brain freeze You hav’n’t lived, 'til you’ve had one Cold Slurpee, Big Gulp! ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5378 "2012-12-07T04:36:53Z")
Cold Slurpee, Big Gulp that isn’t a way to spend A Celebration ---
**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:** [December 7, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5379 "2012-12-07T19:36:07Z")
A celebration Something worth celebrating By celebrators ---
**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 7, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5380 "2012-12-07T20:40:50Z")
By celebrators Like partiers partying Yes, dancers dancing ---
**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:** [December 7, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5381 "2012-12-07T20:51:58Z")
Yes, dancers dancing And maids maiding, swans swanning… Are those lyrics right? ---
**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 7, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5382 "2012-12-07T20:53:32Z")
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