# 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:** 286
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5703 "2013-03-01T02:54:15Z")
nm ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5704 "2013-03-01T14:55:35Z")
It sure takes all kinds I quietly draw the blinds And eat my pork rinds ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5705 "2013-03-01T16:58:14Z")
And eat my pork rinds? Not me. They are unfit for human consumption ---
**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:** [March 1, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5706 "2013-03-01T17:23:13Z")
Human consumption, Why the aliens are here: It is a cookbook! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5707 "2013-03-02T03:55:34Z")
It is a cookbook! Great _Twilight Zone_ episode. As was [“Living Doll”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Doll_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29). ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5708 "2013-03-02T07:08:31Z")
As was “Living Doll”. Which reminds me - [“Mannequin”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin_(1987_film)). I want my time back. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5709 "2013-03-02T08:11:32Z")
I want my time back You cannot get your life back It is time to live ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5710 "2013-03-02T09:45:56Z")
It is time to live. Pack a bag. Burn your house down. Change your name and run. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5711 "2013-03-02T13:38:09Z")
Change your name and run Who knows? You might win it all. The next President ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5712 "2013-03-02T15:57:04Z")
The next President, not like the last Shrub in Charge Better than the now. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5713 "2013-03-02T17:49:51Z")
Better than the now? That’s not asking very much Why such low standards? ---
**Author:** ![inedible\_knapsack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@inedible\_knapsack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inedible_knapsack)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5714 "2013-03-02T18:13:23Z")
Why such low standards? You can do better than him He doesn’t have legs. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5715 "2013-03-02T18:25:01Z")
He doesn’t have legs [That’s just like Eddie Murphy In _Trading Places_](http://www.google.com/search?q=eddie+murphy+trading+places+no+legs&hl=en&client=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=1kMyUd25MIaKqgGcnIDYCQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644) ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5716 "2013-03-03T06:43:16Z")
In Trading Places Jamie Lee topless…boobies… I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5717 "2013-03-03T06:46:59Z")
I’ll be in my bunk That was one hot blouse she wore Then, she took it off ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5718 "2013-03-03T07:35:34Z")
Then she took it off. Her skin was a map of scars. I was lost for words. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5719 "2013-03-04T14:35:45Z")
I was lost for words. Then I noticedmy tiles were: Q, T, I, Z. QUIZ! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5720 "2013-03-04T14:59:30Z")
Q, T, I, Z - QUIZ! Sounds like a cheerleader’s cheer For the bad spellers ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5721 "2013-03-04T15:49:37Z")
For the bad spellers It makes sense too yews a spell checker four you’re work ---
**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:** [March 4, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5722 "2013-03-04T15:57:17Z")
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