# 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:** 32

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/621 "2010-03-09T01:27:30Z")

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two twin toy turd tops  
not one but two, both the same  
a sight to behold.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/622 "2010-03-09T02:03:12Z")

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a sight to behold  
were his pair of sunglasses  
to the old blind man

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/623 "2010-03-09T02:37:53Z")

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to the old blind man  
Spring comes with the scent of soil  
and the sound of birds

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/624 "2010-03-09T02:51:47Z")

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And the sound of birds  
outside the third floor window  
drives the cat insane

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/625 "2010-03-09T03:15:30Z")

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drives the cat insane?  
drives the dog even madder  
not that it matters

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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 9, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/626 "2010-03-09T03:48:31Z")

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Not that it matters  
To anybody but me –  
I’m going to bed

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/627 "2010-03-09T04:29:56Z")

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I’m going to bed  
but I am coming right back  
can’t make up my mind

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/628 "2010-03-09T05:20:27Z")

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Can’t make up my mind  
indecision is my curse  
which is better, worse?

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/629 "2010-03-09T06:47:29Z")

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which is better, worse  
to act on your wants or not?  
hamlet did choose wrong

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/630 "2010-03-09T07:00:01Z")

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Hamlet did choose wrong:  
Rosenkrantz…no, Guildenstern…  
Blood and rhetoric!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/631 "2010-03-09T07:03:03Z")

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Hamlet did choose wrong;  
a larger pig would not have.  
Porcine bulk makes right.

Edit:  
Blood and rhetoric!  
I didn’t see another verse.  
Miss edit deadline?

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/632 "2010-03-09T10:30:04Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Blood and rhetoric!  
> I didn’t see another verse.  
> Miss edit deadline?

**FOUL!**

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/633 "2010-03-09T10:31:54Z")

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miss edit deadline?  
wow, is that really your name?  
what’s edit short for?

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/634 "2010-03-09T13:43:42Z")

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what is edit short for?  
perhaps editorial  
my only comment

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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 9, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/635 "2010-03-09T14:10:15Z")

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my only comment  
is that I hate commitment,  
comets and kumquats

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/636 "2010-03-09T14:18:51Z")

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Comets and kumquats  
Aren’t sunshine and lollipops  
but I’ll still take 'em.

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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/637 "2010-03-09T14:46:27Z")

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but I’ll still take 'em  
right to the haiku trash heap  
lame-ass haiku-fu

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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 9, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/638 "2010-03-09T14:49:47Z")

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lame-ass haiku-fu,  
lame-ass google-fu, search-fu  
My life is fu’ed up

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**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/639 "2010-03-09T15:31:17Z")

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My life is fu’ed up  
said the emo poet boy  
Needs to find a clue

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/640 "2010-03-09T15:40:06Z")

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Needs to find a clue  
Says super sleuth Nancy Drew  
looking for her keys.

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