# 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:** 282

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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:** [February 6, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5623 "2013-02-06T22:54:43Z")

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I’m bad to the bone  
Osteoporosis says  
I’m bad in the bones

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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:** [February 8, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5624 "2013-02-08T18:47:00Z")

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I’m bad in the bones,  
in the muscles, tendons too.  
Can’t run from your age.

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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:** [February 8, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5625 "2013-02-08T19:32:31Z")

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Can’t run from your age,  
But my hopped up Hoveround  
Leaves it in the dust.

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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:** [February 11, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5626 "2013-02-11T21:23:28Z")

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Leaves it in the dust.  
Leaves what? My heart. She broke it  
in a million shards.

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**Author:** ![Tollhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5627 "2013-02-12T07:29:43Z")

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In a million shards  
Like broken glass valentines  
The way some go

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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:** [February 12, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5628 "2013-02-12T20:44:56Z")

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The way some go  
is not to have seventeen  
syllables. You goofed!

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**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5629 "2013-02-12T20:55:47Z")

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syllables. You goofed!  
Said Miss Jones, My Teacher  
I replied …Says You!

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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:** [February 12, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5630 "2013-02-12T22:25:40Z")

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I replied “Says you!”  
As a snappy comeback, 2  
Days after the dis

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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:** [February 12, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5631 "2013-02-12T22:54:51Z")

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Days after the dis-  
appearance of Judge Crater,  
Much speculation.

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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:** [February 12, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5632 "2013-02-12T22:57:36Z")

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Much speculation  
If OJ did it or not  
But we know he did

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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:** [February 13, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5633 "2013-02-13T05:59:44Z")

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But we know he did  
Just like you, we are the same  
Human to a fault.

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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:** [February 13, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5634 "2013-02-13T06:10:45Z")

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Human to a fault  
To err, but to screw things up  
Takes a computer

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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:** [February 13, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5635 "2013-02-13T23:45:41Z")

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Takes a computer  
to calculate the mistakes  
I have made in life.

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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:** [February 14, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5636 "2013-02-14T00:58:05Z")

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I have made in life  
I have made a maid in life?  
Why yes, lucky me

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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:** [February 14, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5637 "2013-02-14T03:30:57Z")

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Why yes, lucky me  
I found a ten-dollar bill  
On my neighbor’s lawn

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5638 "2013-02-14T05:08:46Z")

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On my neighbour’s lawn  
Everything hides 'neath the snow  
Winter is such fun

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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:** [February 14, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5639 "2013-02-14T11:24:00Z")

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Winter is such fun  
Writing my name in the snow  
You girls can’t do that.

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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:** [February 14, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5640 "2013-02-14T11:54:05Z")

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You girls can’t do that  
And you can’t pee, standing up  
But we men, we can

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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:** [February 14, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5641 "2013-02-14T21:17:40Z")

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But we men, we can  
Pee standing up? Let’s see you  
push out a baby.

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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:** [February 15, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5642 "2013-02-15T00:22:16Z")

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Push out a baby?  
Why, officer, I had to.  
Kid owed me money.

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