# 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:** 283

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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 15, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5643 "2013-02-15T00:48:04Z")

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Kid owed me money  
Yes, I want my two dollars!  
But he never paid

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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 15, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5644 "2013-02-15T01:57:14Z")

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But he never paid  
He walked out then ran away  
The damn idiot

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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 15, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5645 "2013-02-15T15:33:56Z")

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The damn idiot  
Confusing they’re, there, and their  
At least he got your

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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 15, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5646 "2013-02-15T21:41:53Z")

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At least he got your  
Order right, but he was rude  
He deserves no tip

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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 16, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5647 "2013-02-16T10:59:08Z")

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He deserves no tip  
The service was truly bad  
Let’s go somewhere else

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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 16, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5648 "2013-02-16T19:17:58Z")

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Let’s go somewhere else.  
Down at Joe’s, they have reefer,  
pretty girls and jazz.

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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 16, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5649 "2013-02-16T20:08:52Z")

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Pretty girls and jazz,  
Hot sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll.  
Or, a quiet night.

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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 17, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5650 "2013-02-17T00:22:50Z")

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“Or, a quiet night.”  
‘Or’ must come after ‘either.’  
Wonder what it was.

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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 17, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5651 "2013-02-17T01:31:34Z")

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Wonder what it was  
That pushed your button this time?  
I like poking it.

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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 17, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5652 "2013-02-17T02:50:52Z")

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“I like poking it”  
Is not what I want to hear  
Here, or anywhere

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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 17, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5653 "2013-02-17T03:08:31Z")

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Here, or anywhere  
Else there’s Internet service,  
We can play this game.

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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 18, 2013, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5654 "2013-02-18T10:28:01Z")

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We can play this game  
Global therm’nuclear war  
It beats tic-tac-toe

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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 18, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5655 "2013-02-18T16:31:14Z")

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It beats tic-tac-toe  
When we play the game Twister  
We play against [Death](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101452/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).

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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 18, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5656 "2013-02-18T17:12:18Z")

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We play against Death  
But we eventually  
We will lose that game

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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 18, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5657 "2013-02-18T19:18:49Z")

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We will lose that game  
so counterintuitive  
It is a fools game.

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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 18, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5658 "2013-02-18T19:50:18Z")

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It is a fools game;  
No Jeopardy champs would go  
On Wheel of Fortune.

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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 18, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5659 "2013-02-18T21:53:56Z")

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On Wheel of Fortune  
The lovely Miss Vanna walks  
So graceful, she is

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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 18, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5660 "2013-02-18T23:42:16Z")

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So graceful, she is  
and smart and pretty. Why won’t  
she go out with me.

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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 20, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5661 "2013-02-20T00:52:13Z")

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She go out with me  
Will she or won’t she? Who knows?  
I want her so bad

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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 20, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5662 "2013-02-20T19:50:23Z")

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I want her so bad  
I will put her on “[the list](http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/The_One_With_Frank_Jr.)”  
Then wife will say yes

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