# 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:** 52
**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 24, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1021 "2010-03-24T21:28:49Z")
syll-a-mah-bah-les why’s haiku so restrictive? controlling bastards! ---
**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 24, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1022 "2010-03-24T21:32:32Z")
Controlling Bastards great Sixties band from Blawnox a one-hit wonder ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1023 "2010-03-24T22:03:42Z")
a one-hit wonder check out Zanger and Evans perfect example. ---
**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 24, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1024 "2010-03-24T22:31:00Z")
Perfect example Of a fish out of water: One of those lungfish ---
**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 24, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1025 "2010-03-24T23:06:58Z")
one of those lungfish took my wallet! No kidding! I want them all dead! ---
**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 24, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1026 "2010-03-24T23:20:13Z")
I want them all dead! Those people who cannot spell Zager and Evans ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1027 "2010-03-25T00:13:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I want them all dead! > Those people who cannot spell > Zager and Evans Zager and Evans Can’t recall what their hit was. Google surely knows. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1028 "2010-03-25T00:15:10Z")
Zager and Evans Denny sells guitars today Rick is still alive (thanks, _Wikipedia_, for your assistance!) Google surely knows. As does _Wikipedia_, As I said above. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1029 "2010-03-25T00:20:13Z")
Google surely knows Where I left my car keys, 'cause I gotta go now! **Rick** is still alive In our friend’s memory. _sigh_ …I gotta go now. ---
**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 25, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1030 "2010-03-25T00:29:58Z")
As I said above Please read and obey the rules For Haiku Madness ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1031 "2010-03-25T02:22:52Z")
For Haiku Madness You don’t have to be crazy But it doesn’t hurt ---
**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 25, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1032 "2010-03-25T04:44:11Z")
But it doesn’t hurt as much as a broken heart country musical ---
**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 25, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1033 "2010-03-25T04:51:18Z")
Country musical _Les Mis_ with a real twang, ya’ll Paris meets Nashville. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1034 "2010-03-25T05:38:26Z")
… ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1035 "2010-03-25T05:41:10Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > and shout “Cannonball!” > and shout “grenade!” and “arrows!” > I just pissed myself I just pissed myself Wake at noon will just not do Shit myself at dawn ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1036 "2010-03-25T06:24:58Z")
To get back on track… > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Country musical > _Les Mis_ with a real twang, ya’ll > Paris meets Nashville. Paris meets Nashville Steven Hawking goes to hell Mayans knew their shit ---
**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 25, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1037 "2010-03-25T06:26:20Z")
Shit myself at dawn better than a firing sqaud shooting me at dawn ---
**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 25, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1038 "2010-03-25T13:23:33Z")
Back on track again: Mayans knew their shit Armageddon in two years John Cusack, save us! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1039 "2010-03-25T13:45:52Z")
John Cusack save us from the scary paper boy I don’t have two bucks! ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1040 "2010-03-25T14:06:02Z")
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