# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1341 "2010-04-07T20:07:19Z")
Shows how dumb you are! Idiot blind flutist dumb Nyarlathotep (spelled right I hope - I pronounce it with 5 - but maybe I’m wrong!) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1342 "2010-04-07T20:15:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “Godless gibberish?” > sniffed the Cthulhu cultist. > “Shows how dumb you are!” 🙂 Shows how dumb you are! Haiku Madness is the gate! the Great Old Ones Rise! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1343 "2010-04-07T20:25:40Z")
Nyarlathotep Appears in Lovecraft works, where the Great Old Ones Rise! ---
**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 7, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1344 "2010-04-07T20:41:36Z")
The great old ones rise With the help of viagra Crazy old horndogs ---
**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 7, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1346 "2010-04-07T21:10:55Z")
Crazy old horndogs pack the State Home for the Quite Mad but Lecherous. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1347 "2010-04-07T21:20:20Z")
Mad but lecherous: Not sending my mom to an old folks home like that ---
**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 7, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1348 "2010-04-07T21:28:01Z")
old folks home like that bingo-callin’ card-shufflin’ hell I shall avoid ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1349 "2010-04-07T21:54:17Z")
Hell, I shall avoid anything that sounds like work. Can I retire yet? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1350 "2010-04-08T00:03:59Z")
Can I retire yet? As long as this board exists, I shall not be bored! ---
**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 8, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1351 "2010-04-08T00:34:31Z")
I shall not be bored so long as the Dope sings its siren song to me. ---
**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 8, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1352 "2010-04-08T01:51:17Z")
siren song to me she sounds like an ambulance you know, all screechy ---
**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 8, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1353 "2010-04-08T04:04:13Z")
You know, all screechy like Phyllis Diller after far too much whiskey. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1354 "2010-04-08T12:12:49Z")
Far too much whiskey depends on who is drinking Ask Dylan Thomas ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1355 "2010-04-08T14:06:12Z")
Ask Dylan Thomas [The man ain’t got no culture But it’s all right, ma](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/A-Simple-Desultory-Philippic-lyrics-Simon-and-Garfunkel/912AF3649ACCF16648256896000EC212) ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1356 "2010-04-08T15:03:01Z")
But it’s all right ma, no need to search my room-don’t look under the bed ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1357 "2010-04-08T15:22:12Z")
Look under the bed no I said don’t, don’t look there I am so busted ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1358 "2010-04-08T15:23:06Z")
I am so busted I think Mom found my stash of Marijuana. (gulp) ---
**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 8, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1359 "2010-04-08T15:27:05Z")
Marijuana (gulp) Look at the pretty colors Got any nachos? ---
**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 8, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1360 "2010-04-08T16:01:30Z")
Got any nachos? The kind with the gooey cheese From a huge tin can? ---
**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:** [April 8, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1361 "2010-04-08T16:12:24Z")
From a huge tin can? Yep, buried in the back yard GrandPa stashed it there [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=69)