# 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:** 294
**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 4, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5863 "2013-04-04T18:25:46Z")
Don’t sign that contract! She is not an employer. She is the devil! ---
**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 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5864 "2013-04-04T18:52:28Z")
She is the devil And she is in a blue dress Blue dress, blue dress on ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5865 "2013-04-04T22:25:13Z")
Blue dress? Blue dress on a young girl, with white checks, Over the Rainbow. ---
**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 5, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5866 "2013-04-05T15:28:14Z")
Over the rainbow Follow the yellow brick road Back home to Kansas ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5867 "2013-04-05T16:00:05Z")
Back home to Kansas City, Missouri, come the Chiefs– Victorious team! ---
**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 5, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5868 "2013-04-05T16:24:23Z")
Victorious team? SB IV was long ago Stram and Len Dawson ---
**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 5, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5869 "2013-04-05T18:53:36Z")
Stram and Len Dawson, matriculatin’ the ball all the way! Touchdown! ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5870 "2013-04-06T05:00:59Z")
All the way! Touchdown! Now put the soap back in the Tray where it belongs. ---
**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 6, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5871 "2013-04-06T09:08:22Z")
Tray where it belongs Trig, Track, Bristol and Piper That leaves dear Willow ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5872 "2013-04-06T13:13:13Z")
That leaves dear Willow To the fanboys’ fantasies Ah, Ms. Rosenberg! ---
**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 6, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5873 "2013-04-06T14:39:25Z")
Ah, Ms. Rosenberg! Sexy, curvaceous and hot Ah, Mrs. Prasad! ---
**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 8, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5874 "2013-04-08T12:30:59Z")
Ah, Mrs. Prasad! What the heck are you doing in an odd haiku? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5875 "2013-04-08T14:02:47Z")
In an odd haiku? Don’t seventeen syllables Make all haikus odd? ---
**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 8, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5876 "2013-04-08T16:39:56Z")
Make all haikus odd Straight Dope Board members write them About their hobbies ---
**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 8, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5877 "2013-04-08T17:02:35Z")
“About their hobbies” Has only four syllables, so I’ll add an extra here. ---
**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 9, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5878 "2013-04-09T04:34:53Z")
I’ll add an extra here How many syllables? It’s 5, 7, & 5! ---
**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 9, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5879 "2013-04-09T11:15:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “About their hobbies” > Has only four syllables, so > I’ll add an extra here. “About their hobbies” has 5 syllables to me. How are you counting it? 5, 7, & 5! Get the haiku right or the Haiku cops will come ---
**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 9, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5880 "2013-04-09T11:33:42Z")
Haiku cops will come If I mention boobs again; Screw the Man! Boobies! ---
**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 9, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5881 "2013-04-09T12:06:36Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > “About their hobbies” has 5 syllables to me. How are you counting it? > > 5, 7, & 5! > Get the haiku right or the > Haiku cops will come —Gack! Where was my head? A thousand pardons! ---
**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 9, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5882 "2013-04-09T12:07:48Z")
Screw the Man! Boobies are God’s gift to all of us. How I miss Annette! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=293) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=295)