# 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:** 40

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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 15, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/781 "2010-03-15T02:30:12Z")

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Ouch! Son of a bitch!  
Last time I use toilet brush  
Instead of 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:** [March 15, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/782 "2010-03-15T03:59:05Z")

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Instead of paper  
why not cunieform tablets?  
Sumeria rulz!

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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 15, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/783 "2010-03-15T11:32:11Z")

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Sumeria rulz!  
They didn’t shove tubes up butts  
Colonoscopy

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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 15, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/784 "2010-03-15T12:42:55Z")

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Colonoscopy  
Monday here we go again  
I need better job

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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 15, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/785 "2010-03-15T13:31:32Z")

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I need better job,  
bigger house, much more money  
And some “a’s” and “the’s”

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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 15, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/786 "2010-03-15T13:36:17Z")

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And some “a’s” and “the’s”  
These are unused articles  
Send them to Goodwill

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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 15, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/787 "2010-03-15T15:13:22Z")

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Send them to Goodwill  
Send them to craigslist as well  
Lots of great stuff there

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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 15, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/788 "2010-03-15T15:32:28Z")

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Lots of great stuff there  
On the craig’s list, you can get  
Rugs, old toys, and sex

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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 15, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/789 "2010-03-15T16:33:30Z")

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Rugs, old toys, and sex?  
I think you can also get  
Old rugs and sex toys

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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 15, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/790 "2010-03-15T17:17:15Z")

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Old rugs and sex toys  
2 things you should never beat  
Unless you’re dirty.

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/791 "2010-03-15T17:56:38Z")

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Unless you’re dirty  
You won’t want me to clean you  
The way a cat would

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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 15, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/792 "2010-03-15T18:00:46Z")

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the way a cat would  
react when he’s embarrassed?  
Not be embarrassed.

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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 15, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/793 "2010-03-15T18:10:36Z")

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Not be embarrassed?  
Twain said cats and dogs are not;  
only people are.

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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 15, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/794 "2010-03-15T19:44:31Z")

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Only people are  
Embarrassed, or need to be  
(aforementioned Twain)

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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 15, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/795 "2010-03-15T19:52:36Z")

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Aforementioned Twain  
Said much, but lots of “his” quotes  
Never left his mouth

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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 15, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/796 "2010-03-15T20:10:42Z")

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Never left his mouth  
His tongue did; it was always  
Firmly in his cheek

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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 15, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/797 "2010-03-15T21:25:34Z")

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Firmly in his cheek  
was a plug of tobacco  
Cancer chewed him up

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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 16, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/798 "2010-03-16T13:20:25Z")

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cancer chewed him up  
then, of course, it spit him out  
he did not taste good

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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 16, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/799 "2010-03-16T13:27:20Z")

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He did not taste good,  
but a heart attack killed Twain,  
not cancer, you know.

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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 16, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/800 "2010-03-16T13:36:49Z")

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not cancer, you know  
born with Halley’s Comet, and  
He died with it, too.

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