# 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:** 271
**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 14, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5403 "2012-12-14T05:11:44Z")
Pandemonium Craziness, total chaos No: serenity ---
**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 14, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5404 "2012-12-14T20:28:20Z")
No Serenity Whedon’s space cowboy show fails Online nerds are sad ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5405 "2012-12-14T20:49:23Z")
Online nerds are sad – NATALIE PORTMAN MARRIES Like they had a chance! ---
**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 14, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5406 "2012-12-14T23:37:23Z")
Like they had a chance But, can’t we always have hope? Alas, fantasy ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5407 "2012-12-15T06:30:50Z")
Alas, fantasy versus the reality Authenticity ---
**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 15, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5408 "2012-12-15T12:34:17Z")
Authenticity Reminds one of The Police Synchronicity ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5409 "2012-12-15T20:10:45Z")
Synchronicity – Is it mere coincidence, Or more meaningful? ---
**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 17, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5410 "2012-12-17T21:04:37Z")
Or more meaning? How does one measure meaning? Ask the Zen Master. ---
**Author:** ![pwmeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@pwmeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pwmeek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5411 "2012-12-18T14:36:41Z")
Ask the Zen Master If I clap with just one hand What is Satori? ---
**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 18, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5412 "2012-12-18T17:18:30Z")
What is Satori? Natural enlightenment? Not naïveté! ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5413 "2012-12-19T01:58:35Z")
Not naivete! where do you keep your anger Innocence wounded. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5414 "2012-12-19T03:10:15Z")
Innocence wounded. Way too many porn sites for Anyone to take. ---
**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 19, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5415 "2012-12-19T05:37:24Z")
Anyone to take Our kids to school, left safely Newtown, we’re with you ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5416 "2012-12-20T01:54:14Z")
Newtown, we’re with you in our minds and hearts always. Can we do better? ---
**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 20, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5417 "2012-12-20T06:41:00Z")
Can we do better? Do we ban assault weapons? Knee-jerk reaction! ---
**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 20, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5418 "2012-12-20T07:07:46Z")
Knee-jerk reaction: Gummint’s gonna take my guns? Let more babies die. ---
**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 20, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5419 "2012-12-20T07:13:32Z")
Let more babies die? Doesn’t something have to change? But, what? Pray tell, what? ---
**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 20, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5420 "2012-12-20T07:29:12Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Knee-jerk reaction: > Gummint’s gonna take my guns? > Let more babies die. I agree with you, BTW. Back to the game: Let more babies die? Doesn’t something have to change? But, what? Pray tell, what? ---
**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 20, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5421 "2012-12-20T15:12:31Z")
But what? Pray tell, what? We _ **could** _ offer treatment to the mentally ill. ---
**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 20, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5422 "2012-12-20T15:40:53Z")
The mentally ill Would help, but only if they Come forward for help [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=272)