# 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:** 59

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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 30, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1161 "2010-03-30T16:17:50Z")

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Like those jumbo shrimp?  
The secret ingredient  
is love (and booze, too)

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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 30, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1162 "2010-03-30T16:38:27Z")

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Is love (and booze, too)  
what makes the world go around?  
Sure makes my head spin

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1163 "2010-03-30T16:48:53Z")

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Sure makes my head spin  
when people cannot agree  
I want anchovies

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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 30, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1164 "2010-03-30T17:21:41Z")

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I want anchovies  
To not be on my pizza  
Swim elswhere, fishies

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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 30, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1165 "2010-03-30T17:37:50Z")

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Swim elsewhere, fishies  
It looks like a waterslide  
But it’s a beer bong

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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 30, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1166 "2010-03-30T19:35:01Z")

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But it’s a beer bong  
The frat boy is drinking from.  
Ah, campus hijinks!

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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 30, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1167 "2010-03-30T21:30:08Z")

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Ah, campus hijinks  
Getting drunk and having fun  
Why should we study?

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1168 "2010-03-30T23:23:16Z")

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Why should we study?  
Why should we care? What the hell?  
I’m off to Vegas.

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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 31, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1169 "2010-03-31T00:44:42Z")

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I’m off to Vegas  
I can take advantage of  
Those hot sluts, er, slots

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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 31, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1170 "2010-03-31T04:21:16Z")

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Those hot sluts, er, slots  
have me dreaming of wenches,  
trollops, whores and fish.

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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 31, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1171 "2010-03-31T05:26:18Z")

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trollops, whores and fish  
all sold by mongers and they  
kind of smell the same

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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 31, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1172 "2010-03-31T12:10:48Z")

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kind of smell the same  
kind of look a lot alike  
This must be LA

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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 31, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1173 "2010-03-31T14:22:49Z")

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This must be LA  
The boobs, smiles, and attitudes  
They are all fake here

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1174 "2010-03-31T19:59:10Z")

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They are all fake here.  
Nothing is real. Up is down.  
I’m in Wackyland.

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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 31, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1175 "2010-03-31T20:20:46Z")

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I’m in Wackyland.  
It’s a theme park where the rides  
Are based on [these cards](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Packages).

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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 31, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1176 "2010-03-31T21:46:59Z")

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Are based on these cards  
Odds of me winning, that is,  
This fifty-cent pot

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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 31, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1177 "2010-03-31T22:15:22Z")

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This fifty-cent pot  
Must be the worst weed ever.  
Makes chemo pain worse!

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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:** [April 1, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1178 "2010-04-01T00:57:02Z")

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Makes chemo pain worse  
Though fortunately for me  
gangrene cures cancer

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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:** [April 1, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1179 "2010-04-01T01:42:45Z")

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gangrene cures cancer  
it also cures arthritis  
but it ain’t pretty

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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:** [April 1, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1180 "2010-04-01T02:10:54Z")

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“But it ain’t pretty,”  
griped the hillbilly about his  
newborn baby girl.

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