# 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:** 293
**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:** [April 1, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5843 "2013-04-01T17:59:57Z")
While you’re on a date Nice restaurant and movie: That’s a simple night ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5844 "2013-04-01T21:45:48Z")
That’s a simple night When the echos in your head Finally Shut Up ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5845 "2013-04-02T07:27:51Z")
Finally, shut up! I’m through with you! All of you! Quiet. Give me peace. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5846 "2013-04-02T12:00:11Z")
Quiet. Give me peace. I must meditate in peace or I’ll kill you all ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5847 "2013-04-02T14:11:51Z")
“or I’ll kill you all” Is that some kind of dire threat? I quake in my boots! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5848 "2013-04-02T15:06:07Z")
I quake in my boots? But you, you killed my father. You, prepare to die. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5849 "2013-04-02T15:53:16Z")
You prepare to die While I’m cooking you breakfast? Mmmm! Ptomaine Omelette! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5850 "2013-04-02T17:16:14Z")
Mmmm! Ptomaine Omelette! With arsenic fries and ham fried in cyanide! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5851 "2013-04-02T18:07:24Z")
Fried In Cyanide! Yeah, I saw them open for Pink Floyd just last year. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5852 "2013-04-03T04:22:56Z")
Pink Floyd just last year The hottest tickets around Not like Manilow ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5853 "2013-04-03T05:45:59Z")
Not like Manilow… Aaron Neville was born in Louisiana ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5854 "2013-04-03T07:13:16Z")
Louisiana I come from, with a banjo Them thar on my knee ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5855 "2013-04-03T07:29:18Z")
Them thar on my knee. Can’t ya see? Look closerly. Is 'em wasps or bees? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5856 "2013-04-03T12:13:22Z")
Is 'em wasps or bees? Entomologically, Looks like mosquitoes. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5857 "2013-04-03T15:07:44Z")
Looks like mosquitoes Carry you off; suck you dry Wisconsin Air Force ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5858 "2013-04-03T17:09:40Z")
Wisconsin Air Force planes refuel other aircraft to fight terrorists. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5859 "2013-04-03T23:50:53Z")
To fight terrorists draft men, women and the kids, everyone but me. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5860 "2013-04-04T07:10:47Z")
“Everyone but me?” Yeah, others defend freedom You reap benefits ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5861 "2013-04-04T12:57:10Z")
You reap benefits from active duty service says the G.I. Bill. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5862 "2013-04-04T15:08:03Z")
Says the G.I. Bill And says G.I. Joe and Jane Don’t sign that contract! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=294)