# 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:** 277

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**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5523 "2013-01-10T19:44:34Z")

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My Subway order  
has disappeared, totally  
Man was I hungry.

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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:** [January 10, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5524 "2013-01-10T21:07:37Z")

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“Man was I hungry  
And so man did I consume”  
Said Yoda Lecter

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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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5525 "2013-01-10T21:30:04Z")

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Said Yoda Lecter,  
“Confront Vader, you must; then  
His liver, you eat .”

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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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5526 "2013-01-10T23:14:03Z")

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His liver, you eat;  
Their pancreas, I gargle…  
Nonsense, what it means.

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**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 11, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5527 "2013-01-11T05:00:31Z")

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Nonsense, what it means  
is all the rubbish put out  
by the Tea Party.

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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 11, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5528 "2013-01-11T14:52:59Z")

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By the Tea Party  
In Boston, dumping full crates  
We’re against the king!

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5529 "2013-01-11T15:54:45Z")

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We’re against the King!  
But we’re not against the Queen!  
Put gay / band joke here.

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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 11, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5530 "2013-01-11T15:59:59Z")

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Put gay / band joke here?  
I won’t; you’d have to do that  
Queen, and gays, are great

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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 11, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5531 "2013-01-11T17:38:36Z")

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Queen, and gays, are great  
Without them I wouldn’t know  
How poorly I’m dressed

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**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 11, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5532 "2013-01-11T18:26:30Z")

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How poorly I’m dressed  
Makes no difference to me  
home sick with the flu

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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 11, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5533 "2013-01-11T20:57:44Z")

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Home sick with the flu  
Ain’t no place to be, homey  
Please get well quickly

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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 11, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5534 "2013-01-11T22:04:58Z")

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Please get well quickly  
Have you gotten the vaccine?  
If so, you were robbed!

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**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 12, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5535 "2013-01-12T04:10:44Z")

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If so, you were robbed!  
But I didn’t do it and  
you can’t prove I did!

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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 12, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5536 "2013-01-12T05:04:44Z")

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“You can’t prove I did!”  
But this is nightmare fuel that  
I don’t have to prove…

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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 12, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5537 "2013-01-12T14:22:57Z")

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I don’t have to prove  
I am presumed innocent  
Except in the press

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**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5538 "2013-01-14T03:03:43Z")

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Except in the press  
not hot enough for sandwich  
Just for my best dress.

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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 15, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5539 "2013-01-15T20:37:33Z")

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Just for my best dress  
Staple some meat onto it  
To show I have taste

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**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 16, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5540 "2013-01-16T02:51:37Z")

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To show I have taste  
I read Shakespeare and Dickens  
and listen to jazz.

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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 16, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5541 "2013-01-16T04:18:59Z")

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And listen to jazz  
Cannonball Adderley, or  
Maybe John Coltrane

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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 16, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5542 "2013-01-16T16:12:18Z")

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Maybe John Coltrane  
Is related to Rosco  
P. Coltrane, cue cue

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