# 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:** 287
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5723 "2013-03-04T17:00:17Z")
New York City hacks You’re talking about the Knicks? But not the Celtics ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5724 "2013-03-05T22:29:43Z")
But not the Celtics? New York had a team named that [Back in the Twenties.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://hoopedia.nba.com/images/thumb/8/80/Celtics_vs_collegians_1923_large.jpg/250px-Celtics_vs_collegians_1923_large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title%3DOriginal_Celtics&h=397&w=250&sz=52&tbnid=FTdk-e1J5-N6ZM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=57&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnew%2Byork%2Bceltics%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=new+york+celtics&usg=__yGYNE_B6Id2ztxDXsLLbsQeBFTk=&docid=_PWWxXgPx6nUlM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gHE2UebNFfL9yAHWyYGYAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFcQ9QEwBQ&dur=579) ---
**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 6, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5725 "2013-03-06T19:28:34Z")
Back in the twenties We had a swell time at the Speakeasy with dames ---
**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 7, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5726 "2013-03-07T21:10:54Z")
Speakeasy with dames, good jazz, and marijuana. I wanna go there! ---
**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 8, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5727 "2013-03-08T00:33:51Z")
_\_ I wanna go there! I wanna! Yeah, I wanna! _\_ Mom, are we there yet? ---
**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 8, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5728 "2013-03-08T21:22:35Z")
Mom, are we there yet? NO! And you will shut up or I will knock your block off. ---
**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 8, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5729 "2013-03-08T21:30:01Z")
Will knock your block off Like _ **Rock’Em Sock’Em Robots** _ Ahh, toys from our youth _([just $250.00 on eBay)](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-1960s-MARX-ROCKEM-SOCKEM-ROBOTS-EX-NRMT-in-box-SWEET-/370773947224?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5653d97358)_ ---
**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 8, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5730 "2013-03-08T21:45:08Z")
([Cheaper at Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Em-Sock-ROBOTS-Game/dp/B00005BY8V/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362778817&sr=8-1&keywords=rock+em+sock+em+robots)…) Ahh, toys from our youth Go outside and throw those Jarts Way up in the air (or at each other…) ---
**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 9, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5731 "2013-03-09T00:31:58Z")
(Amazon’s is the remake, not the original) Way up in the air In my beautiful balloon I can see for miles ---
**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 9, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5732 "2013-03-09T05:17:53Z")
“I can see for miles!” Said Jesus up on the cross; “I can see my house!” ---
**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 9, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5733 "2013-03-09T08:08:39Z")
“I can see my house! See it, there, in Wasilla?” She said from Russia ---
**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 9, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5734 "2013-03-09T21:57:12Z")
She said from Russia: “Would you like some vodka?” “No, I prefer reefer.” ---
**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 10, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5735 "2013-03-10T02:51:15Z")
“I prefer reefer Instead of a martini” Said no Bond ever. ---
**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 10, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5736 "2013-03-10T07:12:34Z")
Said no Bond ever, “I prefer men to women.” Never say never. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5737 "2013-03-10T20:14:45Z")
Never Say Never He who hesitates is Lost Both are Trite and wrong ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5738 "2013-03-11T01:30:41Z")
Both are Trite and Wrong, That famous vaudeville duo. Seltzer down your pants! ---
**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 11, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5739 "2013-03-11T04:56:33Z")
Seltzer down your pants Isn’t any fun at all Not like Marilyn ---
**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 11, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5740 "2013-03-11T13:02:58Z")
Not like Marilyn. Light a candle in the wind. Set your farts on fire. ---
**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 11, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5741 "2013-03-11T14:42:05Z")
Set your farts on fire? Really! What a mondegreen! Set the night on fire! ---
**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 11, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5742 "2013-03-11T15:14:50Z")
Set your farts on fire So you won’t stink up the place You’ll just burn it down Missed it by that much “Set the night on fire” Said Evil Midnight Bomber Who Bombs at Midnight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=288)