# 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:** 71
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1402 "2010-04-09T21:06:56Z")
Turn the lights back on. Reset the electric clocks. The power’s returned. ---
**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 9, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1403 "2010-04-09T21:08:17Z")
“Turn the lights back on,” my dad shouted down the stairs; my girlfriend giggled. Dammit. The power’s returned Superman can fly again look out now, bad guys! ---
**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:** [April 10, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1404 "2010-04-10T01:42:12Z")
Look out now, bad guys! But what about the bad girls? Bad girls can be fun! ---
**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:** [April 10, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1405 "2010-04-10T01:51:49Z")
Bad girls can be fun! The worse they are, the better. Mae West told me so. ---
**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 10, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1406 "2010-04-10T02:46:53Z")
Mae West told me so That cute little chickadee Of W.C. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1407 "2010-04-10T04:51:39Z")
Of W.C. choices I prefer Fields or Handy over loo ---
**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 10, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1408 "2010-04-10T05:29:19Z")
Handy over loo is toilet paper, of course; gotta wipe sometimes. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1409 "2010-04-10T05:30:10Z")
Handy over loo or else sloppy over loo want messy toilets? ---
**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 10, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1410 "2010-04-10T12:28:09Z")
Want messy toilets? Head to the chilli cook off Eat yourself stupid ---
**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 10, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1411 "2010-04-10T12:44:32Z")
Eat yourself stupid And drink yourself moronic That’s the life for me! ---
**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 10, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1412 "2010-04-10T13:13:45Z")
That’s the life for me! A pirate on the ocean Pillage and glory! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1413 "2010-04-10T13:46:06Z")
Pillage and glory! This is the meaning of life! Where’s that youth fountain? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1414 "2010-04-10T16:19:32Z")
Where’s that youth fountain? Calling _Ponce de León_ Now, why don’t he write? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1415 "2010-04-10T17:15:30Z")
Now, why don’t he write? My english teacher said “nope” And gave me a “D”. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1416 "2010-04-10T18:00:25Z")
And gave me a “D” Which rhymes with “T”, which stands for Trouble. Music Man! ---
**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 10, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1417 "2010-04-10T18:23:31Z")
“Trouble, Music Man!” said the sweet librarian, as trombones blared out. ---
**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 10, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1418 "2010-04-10T19:06:12Z")
As trombones blared out I couldn’t help but to think About tromboners ---
**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 10, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1419 "2010-04-10T19:38:58Z")
About tromboners… well, the less said, the better you know how it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1420 "2010-04-10T20:42:11Z")
You know how it is When you think of the great joke After the bash ends. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1421 "2010-04-10T21:51:33Z")
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