# 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:** 4

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/61 "2010-02-24T19:08:57Z")

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A full moon tonight  
Do folks truly go crazy?  
Or is that a myth?

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/62 "2010-02-24T19:09:18Z")

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A full moon tonight  
Benicio will howl soon  
and so will Lupine

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/63 "2010-02-24T19:10:33Z")

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Or is that a myth?  
The wench did wonder out loud.  
The scotsman proved it.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/64 "2010-02-24T19:14:46Z")

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The Scotsman proved it  
Butt against glass is pressed ham  
Don’t ask for gravy

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/65 "2010-02-24T19:29:59Z")

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don’t ask for gravy  
on french fries with mayonnaise  
KFC shooting

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/66 "2010-02-24T19:38:05Z")

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KFC shooting  
They got the colonel, oh no  
Blood-splattered white suit

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/67 "2010-02-24T19:51:01Z")

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Blood-spattered white suit  
Very hard to clean, James Bond.  
This will cost extra.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/68 "2010-02-24T19:53:20Z")

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“This will cost extra”  
She said with her whorish smile.  
Where’s an ATM?

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**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/69 "2010-02-24T19:57:05Z")

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Where’s an ATM?  
The blonde likes me, I can tell.  
Must hide the receipts.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/70 "2010-02-24T20:01:09Z")

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> [@melodyharmonius](#):
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> Blood-spattered white suit  
> Very hard to clean, James Bond.  
> This will cost extra.

Threadwinner so far, I’d say. 😃

“Must hide the receipts,”  
said the Mob accountant, Sal,  
as he wiped his brow.

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**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/71 "2010-02-24T20:03:50Z")

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As he wiped his brow,  
His greatest fear was confirmed:  
No toilet paper.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/72 "2010-02-24T20:14:14Z")

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No toilet paper!  
What a dread realization -  
How I would hate that.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/73 "2010-02-24T20:15:02Z")

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No toilet paper  
In this inn, staying here  
Is not number one

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/74 "2010-02-24T20:17:45Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> No toilet paper!  
> What a dread realization -  
> How I would hate that.

How I would hate that  
My turn to be too slow here  
Like some evil race

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/75 "2010-02-24T20:20:57Z")

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like some evil race  
of snakelike eyeless monters  
I lurk in darkness

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/76 "2010-02-24T20:22:06Z")

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I lurk in darkness  
Eternal life with sharp teeth;  
Call me vampire.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/77 "2010-02-24T20:23:17Z")

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Like some evil race  
Of yowling, starved refugees –  
The cats in the yard.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/78 "2010-02-24T20:25:44Z")

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“Call me vampire.”  
Thus begins Melville’s take on  
Dracula’s story.

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/79 "2010-02-24T20:27:40Z")

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Not sure which one to go with, so I am going to stick with the vampire line

call me a vampire  
and I will tear out your heart  
werewolves are better

ETA:  
pervs clad as critters  
are dangerous to us all  
they trick us with fur

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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:** [February 24, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/80 "2010-02-24T20:35:05Z")

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They trick us with fur  
but PETA scowls, flings fake blood,  
screams, “Fur is murder!”

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