# 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:** 278
**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 17, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5543 "2013-01-17T04:53:37Z")
P. Coltrane, cue, cue? I am dumbfounded. Are you trying to shoot pool? ---
**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 17, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5544 "2013-01-17T07:22:10Z")
Trying to shoot pool Give it English, sink that eight Or you’ll owe big bucks ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5545 "2013-01-17T20:12:15Z")
Or you’ll owe big bucks I suggest you pay promptly Deer want full payment ---
**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 18, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5546 "2013-01-18T18:44:50Z")
Deer want full payment? No! The rats on stilts eat way too much as it is. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5547 "2013-01-18T21:08:35Z")
too much as it is the cosmic beard grows longer it is full of crumbs ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5548 "2013-01-18T21:12:13Z")
It is full of crumbs The Christmas cookie jar now Holidays are past ---
**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 19, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5549 "2013-01-19T16:04:31Z")
Holidays are past Darn it, we’re back to the grind Back to the rat race ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5550 "2013-01-19T17:27:37Z")
Back to the rat race, Now is the time of great bills, Must return to work. ---
**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 19, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5551 "2013-01-19T20:53:31Z")
Must return to work on Monday, but I plan to watch football Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5552 "2013-01-19T23:23:50Z")
Watch Football Sunday. The titles are on the line. Be there or Be square! ---
**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 20, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5553 "2013-01-20T14:02:38Z")
Be there or be square Falcons or 49ers? Ravens, or the Pats? ---
**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 20, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5554 "2013-01-20T18:12:00Z")
Ravens, or the Pats? And now that hockey is back: Islanders or Bruins\*? \*Note: Like any born and bred New Englander, I prounounce this word correctly, with one syllable: “Bruns.” ---
**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 20, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5555 "2013-01-20T21:03:12Z")
Islanders or “Bruns”? I miss New England Whalers Now, it’s _ **LET’S GO SHARKS!!!** _ ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5556 "2013-01-21T21:47:41Z")
Now it’s Let’s go Sharks Unless you cheer for the Jets The Jets all the way ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5557 "2013-01-21T21:49:49Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Now it’s Let’s go Sharks > Unless you cheer for the Jets > The Jets all the way The Jets all the way Right into the Twin Towers They all tumble down ---
**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 22, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5558 "2013-01-22T00:36:48Z")
They all tumble down? Is there a good reason they can’t all tumble up? ---
**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 22, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5559 "2013-01-22T00:44:05Z")
Can’t all tumble up. Around here, we obey the Law of Gravity. ---
**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 22, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5560 "2013-01-22T15:54:58Z")
Law of Gravity Isaac Newton? And Einstein? Sounds like a sit-com. ---
**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 22, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5561 "2013-01-22T16:00:42Z")
Sounds like a sit-com He’s a dog and she’s a cat A real odd couple ---
**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 22, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5562 "2013-01-22T16:41:05Z")
A real odd couple Dogs, cats; Felix and Oscar Like husband and wife [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=279)