# 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:** 44

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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 18, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/861 "2010-03-18T14:10:37Z")

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moment of silence  
when Marcel Marceau passed on  
a moment of NON

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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 18, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/862 "2010-03-18T16:52:50Z")

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A moment of Non  
He picked up a bus and threw  
it at Superman

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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 18, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/863 "2010-03-18T18:39:16Z")

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_It_ at Superman?  
Clark Kent hosting [Pennywise](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel))  
In sporting contest?

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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 18, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/864 "2010-03-18T18:45:58Z")

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In sporting contest  
I will always win. Always.  
Well, unless I lose.

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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 18, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/865 "2010-03-18T19:19:47Z")

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Well, unless I lose,  
perforce triumphant I am.  
Such are sports, methinks.

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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 18, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/866 "2010-03-18T19:21:03Z")

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Such are sports, methinks.  
I prefer the indoor kind  
like billiards: sticks, holes.

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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 18, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/867 "2010-03-18T21:32:37Z")

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Like billiards sticks holes  
or bowling balls pin alleys  
What was the question?

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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 18, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/868 "2010-03-18T21:43:39Z")

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What was the question?  
What was the haiku last line?  
Christ on a cracker!

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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 18, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/869 "2010-03-18T23:28:47Z")

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Christ on a cracker!  
Saltine image of Jesus!  
What’s your eBay bid?

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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 18, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/870 "2010-03-18T23:41:09Z")

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What’s your eBay bid?  
For Mother Mary on toast,  
My first born male child.

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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 19, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/871 "2010-03-19T02:30:09Z")

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My first born male child  
Shouted out, “Who’s your daddy?”  
“Your grandpa, you fool.”

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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 19, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/872 "2010-03-19T13:06:03Z")

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Your grandpa, you fool,  
you need to write a letter,  
Won’t live forever.

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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 19, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/873 "2010-03-19T13:15:15Z")

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Won’t live forever.  
Who wants to live forever?  
Take life day to day.

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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 19, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/874 "2010-03-19T13:19:40Z")

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Take life day by day  
And take his wife, won’t you please?  
Begs old Jack Benny.

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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 19, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/875 "2010-03-19T14:05:21Z")

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“Begs old Jack Benny.  
I think you are wrong, wrong, wrong”  
Said Henny Youngman

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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 19, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/876 "2010-03-19T14:08:32Z")

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Said Henny Youngman  
Or was it a young male hen?  
They’re all cocks to me.

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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 19, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/877 "2010-03-19T14:18:40Z")

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They’re all cocks to me  
What, are we back on porn now?  
Hot and bothered now.

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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 19, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/878 "2010-03-19T14:50:16Z")

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Hot and bothered now  
Since seeing Henny Youngman  
And Jack Benny’s names

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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 19, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/879 "2010-03-19T15:11:05Z")

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And Jack Benny’s names  
Are also names for cards and  
drugs, respectively

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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 19, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/880 "2010-03-19T15:14:46Z")

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Drugs respectively  
Declined. Too old for that shit  
Too young for the grave

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