# 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:** 298

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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:** [April 20, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5943 "2013-04-20T08:59:12Z")

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Groucho would be proud  
Harpo would be left speechless  
Zeppo…forgotten

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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:** [April 20, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5944 "2013-04-20T10:59:19Z")

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Zeppo forgotten  
Gummo not even mentioned  
What about Chico?

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**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 20, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5945 "2013-04-20T13:45:20Z")

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What about Chico?  
He’s downtown at the pool hall,  
hustlin’ the suckers!

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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:** [April 20, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5946 "2013-04-20T17:48:43Z")

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Hustlin’ the suckers.  
That’s what I do. Come get your  
lollipops real cheap.

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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:** [April 20, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5947 "2013-04-20T18:39:31Z")

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Lollipops real cheap  
Candies for all the kiddies  
Hop in my Ford Van

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**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 20, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5948 "2013-04-20T23:22:45Z")

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Hop in my Ford Van  
and we’ll go to the drive-in  
just like we used to.

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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:** [April 21, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5949 "2013-04-21T02:22:11Z")

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Just like we used to  
Way back when the air was clean,  
And sex was dirty.

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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:** [April 21, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5950 "2013-04-21T02:29:49Z")

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And sex was dirty  
A Chicagoan rebelled  
His name? Hugh Hefner.

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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:** [April 21, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5951 "2013-04-21T05:48:52Z")

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His name? Hugh Hefner.  
His house? The Playboy Mansion.  
His girls? **VERRRRRY nice.**

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5952 "2013-04-21T10:41:20Z")

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His girls? \*\*VERRRRRY nice. \*\*  
But the whole world wonders why  
they’re not just full whores…

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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:** [April 21, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5953 "2013-04-21T12:26:35Z")

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They’re not just full whores,  
Do it for money, honey?  
That’s a whore to me.

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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:** [April 21, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5954 "2013-04-21T17:25:18Z")

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That’s a whore to me.  
And when there’s a bunch of them:  
It’s a whored of whores.

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**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 21, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5955 "2013-04-21T18:56:50Z")

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It’s a whored of whores,  
Parliament of prostitutes,  
Pimpernel of pimps.

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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:** [April 21, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5956 "2013-04-21T19:39:13Z")

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Pimpernel of pimps  
Preponderence of pussy  
Galore, by golly

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5957 "2013-04-22T06:08:45Z")

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“Galore, by golly!”  
he shouted when he saw it  
piles and piles of cash.

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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:** [April 22, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5958 "2013-04-22T06:28:48Z")

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Piles and piles of cash  
Secured behind the locked bars  
Until I break in

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**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 22, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5959 "2013-04-22T11:59:04Z")

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Until I break in  
these new shoes on my poor feet  
they are gonna pinch.

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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:** [April 22, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5960 "2013-04-22T12:13:28Z")

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They are gonna pinch  
Mom used to always do that  
It sure beats The Belt

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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:** [April 22, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5961 "2013-04-22T17:55:53Z")

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It sure beats the Belt,  
driving country roads, searching  
for a whored of whores.

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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:** [April 23, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5962 "2013-04-23T11:26:15Z")

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For a whored of whores  
They were on television  
Watch _Here Come the Brides_

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