# 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:** 299
**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 23, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5963 "2013-04-23T12:14:07Z")
Watch \*Here Come the Brides \* or _Petticoat Junction_, just not _ **Duck Dynasty** _! ---
**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 23, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5964 "2013-04-23T17:38:40Z")
Not .Duck dynasty! Those rulers are for the birds. Give me the crocodiles! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5965 "2013-04-23T21:28:37Z")
Give me crocodiles! Gators and tortoises too. Herpetology. ---
**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 24, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5966 "2013-04-24T00:18:16Z")
Herpetology Molecular chemistry Just, no calculus ---
**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 24, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5967 "2013-04-24T01:59:59Z")
Just no! Calculus Your Vexing Convolutions Will Plague me no longer ---
**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 24, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5968 "2013-04-24T02:12:14Z")
Just no! Calculus Your Vexing Convolutions Plague me no longer ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5969 "2013-04-24T08:47:00Z")
Plague me no longer Thanks for correcting that post For five syllables ---
**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 24, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5970 "2013-04-24T12:18:26Z")
For five syllables’ worth of monkey head chowder: Name the Lost Princess. ---
**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 24, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5971 "2013-04-24T12:44:57Z")
Name the Lost Princess In the form of a question, Win Rice-a-Roni. ---
**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 24, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5972 "2013-04-24T14:36:08Z")
Win Rice-a-Roni It’s the San Francisco treat Party in your mouth! ---
**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 24, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5973 "2013-04-24T17:13:03Z")
Party in your mouth! Like it’s Nineteen Ninety Nine You know you want to ---
**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 24, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5974 "2013-04-24T17:44:30Z")
You know you want to fulfill your own dreams and start reading the Straight Dope. ---
**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 24, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5975 "2013-04-24T20:24:35Z")
reading the Straight Dope. I learn of so many things. Some useful; some not. ---
**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 24, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5976 "2013-04-24T22:31:14Z")
Some useful; some not Some entertaining, some not Read it anyway! ---
**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 24, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5977 "2013-04-24T22:55:38Z")
Read it anyway! My autobiography isn’t that boring. ---
**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 24, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5978 "2013-04-24T23:37:39Z")
Isn’t that boring? Ben Stein asks: “Anyone, anyone?” Bueller takes the day. ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5979 "2013-04-25T01:32:02Z")
Bueller takes the day He takes the Ferrari, too For a spin with friends ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5980 "2013-04-25T17:04:22Z")
For a spin with friends take a little red Corvette. Prince would be so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5981 "2013-04-25T18:56:25Z")
Prince would be so proud. He started out a pauper. Pauper then, Prince now. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/5982 "2013-04-25T19:05:58Z")
Pauper then, Prince now Tom Canty, the usurper In Mark Twain’s classic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=300)