# 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:** 291

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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:** [March 23, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5803 "2013-03-23T07:35:26Z")

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Lots of gooey cheese?  
“Not for me” I said quickly  
I can’t stand the stuff

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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:** [March 23, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5804 "2013-03-23T13:20:50Z")

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I can’t stand the stuff  
Just keep it away from me  
Bring me a cold beer

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**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 23, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5805 "2013-03-23T17:03:25Z")

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Bring me a cold beer,  
a new car, and a monkey.  
To Santa - North Pole.

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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:** [March 23, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5806 "2013-03-23T18:43:38Z")

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To Santa – North Pole?  
No way. He is way too fat  
to be a stripper

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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:** [March 24, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5807 "2013-03-24T04:15:31Z")

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To be a stripper  
One needs a good pair of legs  
A nice rack helps, too

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**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 24, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5808 "2013-03-24T16:57:31Z")

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A nice rack helps, too -  
a dungeon with no rack like  
a duck with no quack.

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**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5809 "2013-03-24T19:33:01Z")

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a duck with no quack  
echo’s silently in a  
forest with no trees

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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:** [March 24, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5810 "2013-03-24T20:30:46Z")

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Forest with no trees  
Like apple pie with no cheese  
Or hive with no bees.

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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:** [March 25, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5811 "2013-03-25T05:28:32Z")

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Or hive with no bees  
Means honey is close at hand  
Go and tell Pooh Bear

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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:** [March 25, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5812 "2013-03-25T13:46:07Z")

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Go and tell Pooh Bear  
Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo  
Have been abducted!

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**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 26, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5813 "2013-03-26T02:13:33Z")

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Have been abducted!  
By Cecil Adams!! Beware,  
he knows everything!!!

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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:** [March 26, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5814 "2013-03-26T11:13:29Z")

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He knows everything  
Or does he? Has he been wrong?  
He’s human, you know

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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:** [March 26, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5815 "2013-03-26T14:44:16Z")

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“He’s human, you know.”  
“No way. He has an eye in  
the back of his head.”

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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:** [March 26, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5816 "2013-03-26T22:42:13Z")

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The back of his head  
Sported a “party” mullet  
The front was all biz.

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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:** [March 27, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5817 "2013-03-27T05:41:35Z")

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The front was all biz  
It was cold. Her high-beams shone  
Like two beacons bright

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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:** [March 27, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5818 "2013-03-27T14:11:15Z")

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Like two beacons bright  
So … the British are coming??  
English Money Shot

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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:** [March 27, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5819 "2013-03-27T19:32:16Z")

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English Money Shot?  
Does that in some way involve  
Farthing on a cake?

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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:** [March 27, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5820 "2013-03-27T20:18:47Z")

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Farthing on a cake?  
Penny cake sounds better but  
I prefer pound cake

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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:** [March 27, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5821 "2013-03-27T20:29:32Z")

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I prefer pound cake  
(Also called sponge cake) with shrimp  
and Margaritas.

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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:** [March 28, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5822 "2013-03-28T11:28:32Z")

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And margaritas  
Salt on the glass? Or, no salt?  
A shot of Jim Beam

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