# 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:** 276

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**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, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5503 "2013-01-07T15:33:32Z")

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Here in Florida  
There’s gators and conch fritters  
But there’s no mountains

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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:** [January 7, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5504 "2013-01-07T15:40:19Z")

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But there’s no mountains  
They said _mounted_ police  
Which means they’re on horses

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**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 7, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5505 "2013-01-07T22:54:27Z")

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Which means they’re on horses?  
Said Wagstaff, “I’d horsewhip you,  
If I had a horse!”

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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:** [January 8, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5506 "2013-01-08T03:17:38Z")

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If I had a horse  
I’d ride into the sunset  
Just like Roy Rogers

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**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 8, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5507 "2013-01-08T05:42:26Z")

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Just like Roy Rogers  
And Dale Evans, and Trigger  
They might all be stuffed

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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:** [January 8, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5508 "2013-01-08T17:08:50Z")

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They might all be stuffed  
If they ate the horseburgers  
What would Trigger that?

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5509 "2013-01-09T04:41:34Z")

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What would trigger that?  
Not enough meat on Bullet  
To stuff themselves with.

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**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 9, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5510 "2013-01-09T05:43:08Z")

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To stuff themselves with  
And Dale Evans, and Trigger  
Just like Roy Rogers

😃

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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:** [January 9, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5511 "2013-01-09T06:35:17Z")

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Just like Roy Rogers,  
I ended up in a song  
Sung by Elton John

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**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 9, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5512 "2013-01-09T06:45:18Z")

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Sung by Elton John  
So don’t go breakin’ my heart  
Babe, you’re not that kind

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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:** [January 9, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5513 "2013-01-09T19:07:23Z")

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Babe, you’re not that kind  
You know damn well you wouldn’t  
Give me a kidney

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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:** [January 9, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5514 "2013-01-09T20:42:46Z")

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Give me a kidney  
I’m sick of dialysis  
It takes so much time

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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:** [January 9, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5515 "2013-01-09T21:10:58Z")

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It takes so much time  
To lace up my boots, oh why  
Do I wear thigh highs?

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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:** [January 10, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5516 "2013-01-10T03:02:31Z")

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Do I wear thigh-highs?  
I’ll have to check. This body-  
Blindness doesn’t help.

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**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 10, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5517 "2013-01-10T03:30:37Z")

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Blindness doesn’t help  
Unless you’re tasting, smelling  
Heightened senses, there

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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:** [January 10, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5518 "2013-01-10T16:57:05Z")

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Heightened senses, there  
Acute sight, acute hearing  
And acute rear end

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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:** [January 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5519 "2013-01-10T16:58:06Z")

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Heightened senses, there  
You’re just like Daredevil but  
without ninja skills

Speaking of ninja’d…

And acute rear end  
Is a quality I look  
for in a hero

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**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 10, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5520 "2013-01-10T17:26:21Z")

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For in a hero,  
Meat or vegetable matter  
Between two starch planes.

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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:** [January 10, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5521 "2013-01-10T17:31:53Z")

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Brilliant!

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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:** [January 10, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5522 "2013-01-10T19:02:54Z")

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Between two starch planes  
Bacon, lettuce, tomato  
My Subway order

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