# Haiku Madness **URL:** \ **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:** 45
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/881 "2010-03-19T15:16:56Z")
drugs, respectively are cause and solution to all of life’s problems Too young for the grave Too old to play on the swings Ah, It’s middle age ---
**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/882 "2010-03-19T15:42:18Z")
Ah, It’s middle age If your college friends look old Don’t go near mirrors ---
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/883 "2010-03-19T15:44:37Z")
Don’t go near mirrors a wicked witch lives inside at least when I look. ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/884 "2010-03-19T16:51:13Z")
At least when I look the skull is always grinning the joke is on you ---
**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, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/885 "2010-03-19T17:37:33Z")
The joke is on you Same with the next round of drinks Keep it up wise guy ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/886 "2010-03-19T17:56:30Z")
keep it up wise guy said the hooker to the judge penal system rocks ---
**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, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/887 "2010-03-19T18:33:28Z")
Penal system rocks But my Viagra don’t work Penile system failed ---
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/888 "2010-03-19T18:42:38Z")
Penile system failed The body is willing but The lady is not ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/889 "2010-03-19T18:48:46Z")
The lady is not A lady, she is my wife! So goes an old gag. ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/890 "2010-03-19T18:53:04Z")
So goes an old gag I was talking to the duck do you get it now? ---
**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 19, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/891 "2010-03-19T19:08:56Z")
Do you get it now? or later? I need instant gratification ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/892 "2010-03-19T19:34:11Z")
gratification like onomatopoeia very simplistic ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/893 "2010-03-19T19:35:45Z")
gratification homosexuality curiosity (damn, too late) ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/894 "2010-03-19T19:37:08Z")
very simplistic was his plan to rule the world (kill everyone else) ---
**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, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/895 "2010-03-19T20:02:11Z")
Kill everyone else Sounds like a good plan to me Can I help with that? ---
**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 19, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/896 "2010-03-19T20:21:59Z")
Can I help you with that? I seem to have lost my pants The Thinker’s lament ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/897 "2010-03-19T21:03:59Z")
The Thinker’s lament: Someone added a “you” to Make six syllables ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/898 "2010-03-19T21:24:38Z")
Make six syllables sound so suspiciously sad sip sweet sassafras ETA: I love this game! ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/899 "2010-03-19T21:55:45Z")
Sip sweet sassafras suggested Salty Sammy Sure sugar, she said ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/900 "2010-03-19T21:56:34Z")
[del]Sip sweet sassafras But be aware of the risks [Like liver damage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras#Culinary_uses)[/del] “Sure sugar”, she said The waitress got better tips By flirting with guys [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=46)