# 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:** 275
**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:** [January 3, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5483 "2013-01-03T14:15:27Z")
Last October. Yes. That’s when Halloween occurred. Now when was Christmas? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5484 "2013-01-03T15:50:56Z")
Now when was Christmas It’s here in 11 months I’ve got the tree up ---
**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:** [January 3, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5485 "2013-01-03T16:34:54Z")
“I’ve got the tree up”? I’m not gonna touch that claim With a 10-foot pole ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5486 "2013-01-03T20:18:13Z")
With a 10-foot Pole, A Warsaw team might compete In the NBA. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5487 "2013-01-03T20:20:27Z")
In the NBA Lots of tall and rich players. But few are gay guys. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5488 "2013-01-03T21:43:01Z")
But few are gay guys Not even [Mr. Talese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Talese) Who’s taken a wife ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5489 "2013-01-03T21:44:40Z")
Who’s taken a wife Off on a grand honeymoon? Bus to McDonald’s. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5490 "2013-01-04T00:07:43Z")
Bus to McDonald’s Big Macs for the lot of you Shitter’s in the back ---
**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:** [January 4, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5491 "2013-01-04T00:51:36Z")
Shitter’s in the back Liqour’s in the front; tell me, Where do I poker? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5492 "2013-01-04T05:12:05Z")
Where do I poker? Any place I can. I hope she doesn’t poke back. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5493 "2013-01-04T14:26:11Z")
She doesn’t poke back That hibernating Grizzly Prob’ly a good thing ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5494 "2013-01-04T14:27:17Z")
Prob’ly a good thing That I’m not in a prison Like Martha Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5495 "2013-01-04T22:02:50Z")
Like Martha Stewart? No, I can’t stand the woman. She is too perfect. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5496 "2013-01-05T04:31:56Z")
She is too perfect. Smart, sexy, and beautiful. (Sob!) She turned me down. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5497 "2013-01-05T06:04:01Z")
(Sob!) She turned me down We’re men, used to rejections Our psyches can’t cope ---
**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:** [January 6, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5498 "2013-01-06T19:20:33Z")
Our psyches can’t cope As stated in the old [show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Bother_Me,_I_Can't_Cope) Well, don’t bother me ---
**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:** [January 6, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5499 "2013-01-06T22:40:38Z")
Well, don’t bother me [“Nobody bodders mee-eee”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PEMGuA6tw) Local folks will cringe ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5500 "2013-01-07T05:34:13Z")
Local folks will cringe Well, as they say, “When in Rome…” You gotta blend in ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5501 "2013-01-07T14:02:32Z")
You gotta blend in Tequilla and waste away. Margaritaville. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5502 "2013-01-07T14:17:58Z")
Margaritaville That damn song plays all the time Here in Florida. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=276)