# 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:** 27

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/521 "2010-03-05T04:44:11Z")

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Am I friend or foe?  
My actions don’t seem to say.  
Maybe I don’t care.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/522 "2010-03-05T05:36:55Z")

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Maybe I don’t care  
if I get some sleep tonight,  
but I really should.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/523 "2010-03-05T05:42:09Z")

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But I really should  
lay my fevered body down.  
It’s time to dream now.

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/524 "2010-03-05T06:54:54Z")

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it’s time to dream now  
waking life has worn me down  
at least for today

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/525 "2010-03-05T13:03:51Z")

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at least for today  
I won’t bother wondering  
About the next bill

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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:** [March 5, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/526 "2010-03-05T13:53:21Z")

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About the next bill  
I have only one question:  
Is it due today?

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/527 "2010-03-05T14:10:32Z")

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Is it due today?  
The fifty cents I owe you?  
Will you take a check?

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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:** [March 5, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/528 "2010-03-05T14:13:12Z")

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Will you take a check?  
It’s only post dated to  
two thousand fifty

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/529 "2010-03-05T14:15:58Z")

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two thousand fifty  
I wonder how the world will  
be diff’rent by then

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/530 "2010-03-05T14:38:52Z")

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Be diff’rent by then!  
A deadline for personal  
Change. Not so easy.

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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/531 "2010-03-05T14:58:08Z")

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change. not so easy.  
between Triathlon legs;  
…a stool in the vault

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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:** [March 5, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/532 "2010-03-05T15:13:30Z")

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…a stool in the vault  
GROSS! Don’t you know there is a  
Bathroom on the right?

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/533 "2010-03-05T15:42:42Z")

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“There’s a bathroom on  
the right” is from a Creedence  
song that is misheard.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/534 "2010-03-05T15:52:25Z")

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song that is misheard:  
“There’s a bad moon on the rise.”  
I love CCR

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/535 "2010-03-05T16:23:44Z")

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I love CCR  
a lot more than CPR.  
Heart attack? No, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/536 "2010-03-05T16:28:55Z")

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Heart attack? No, thanks!  
I can’t afford to be sick  
Well, only a cold

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/537 "2010-03-05T16:30:32Z")

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heart attack? No thanks  
tomorrow I eat healthy  
pass the chili fries

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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:** [March 5, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/538 "2010-03-05T16:31:26Z")

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Pass the chili fries  
I just got a promotion  
Time to celebrate

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/539 "2010-03-05T16:43:51Z")

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Time to celebrate  
the beauteous sounds of birds  
and sights of springtime

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/540 "2010-03-05T16:54:49Z")

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And sights of springtime  
like the odd robin red breast  
never left winter

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