# 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:** 35

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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 10, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/681 "2010-03-10T14:37:23Z")

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Silent but deadly  
Her eyes told tales that frightened  
and froze my soul’s core.

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/682 "2010-03-10T14:43:45Z")

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and froze my soul’s core  
with the lifeless gaze of the  
eyes of the undead

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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 10, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/683 "2010-03-10T14:53:22Z")

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Eyes of the undead  
Coworkers in their cubbies  
staring at blank screens.

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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 10, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/684 "2010-03-10T14:59:55Z")

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staring at blank screens.  
Where are the SDMB?  
Did they crash again?

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**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/685 "2010-03-10T15:22:38Z")

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Did the crash again?  
Those crazy women drivers  
Almost worse then men

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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 10, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/686 "2010-03-10T16:35:38Z")

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almost worse than men  
the locusts swarm and devour  
narcissistic bugs

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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 10, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/687 "2010-03-10T16:57:41Z")

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Narcissistic bugs  
Preening, not pollinating  
Colony outcasts.

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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 10, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/688 "2010-03-10T17:23:21Z")

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Colony outcasts  
forced from the stockade, expelled  
into wilderness.

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**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:** [March 10, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/689 "2010-03-10T18:59:22Z")

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Into wilderness  
He befriends bear, grows a beard  
He’s Grizzly Adams

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/690 "2010-03-10T18:59:39Z")

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into wilderness  
would be the ideal form of  
banishment for me.

ETA: Darn it!

He’s Grizzly Adams  
what with all the facial hair  
shave already man!

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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 10, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/691 "2010-03-10T19:21:18Z")

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Shave already man!  
But George Bernard Shaw laughed loud  
beating the barber

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/692 "2010-03-10T19:23:18Z")

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beating the barber  
for not cutting women’s hair  
I don’t like salons.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/693 "2010-03-10T21:11:54Z")

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I don’t like salons.  
I’d rather talk sports than books  
With some other drunks.

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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 10, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/694 "2010-03-10T21:14:19Z")

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With some other drunks  
They yell and weep and stumble;  
I just get giggly.

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**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:** [March 10, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/695 "2010-03-10T21:16:29Z")

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I just get giggly  
watching drunks stagger about  
Whoo hoo! drunks are fun

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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 10, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/696 "2010-03-10T21:19:53Z")

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“Whoo hoo! Drunks are fun,”  
or so Moe tells me when I  
drop in to his bar.

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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 10, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/697 "2010-03-10T21:26:58Z")

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Drop in to his bar.  
If you’re a priest, you’ll soon be  
The butt of a joke.

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/698 "2010-03-10T21:45:31Z")

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The butt of a joke?  
J-Lo is the owner of  
A joke of a butt.

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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 10, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/699 "2010-03-10T22:18:37Z")

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A joke of a butt?  
Nay, J-Lo’s tushy rightly  
is envied by all.

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**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:** [March 10, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/700 "2010-03-10T22:29:15Z")

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Is envied by all?  
I think not, Elendil’s Heir  
As a butt, it’s “meh”

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