# 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:** 74

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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 12, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1462 "2010-04-12T18:34:31Z")

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Near nuclear plants  
You can find great fishing spots  
'Cuz the water’s warm

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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:** [April 12, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1463 "2010-04-12T19:48:02Z")

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‘Cuz the water’s warm  
I’m not wearing nothing on  
just swimmin’ freely

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1464 "2010-04-12T19:59:37Z")

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Just swimmin’ freely  
In my birthday suit, nekkid,  
Skinny dipping fun!

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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 12, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1465 "2010-04-12T20:13:29Z")

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Skinny dipping fun  
Except for snapping turtles  
You know they’re down there

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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:** [April 12, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1466 "2010-04-12T20:20:11Z")

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You know they’re down there  
In the basement, having sex  
Naughty teenage kids!

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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 12, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1467 "2010-04-12T20:34:32Z")

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Naughty teenage kids  
Flaunting newfound sexy parts  
I should spank them all

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1468 "2010-04-12T21:54:39Z")

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I should spank them all!  
Darn kids should stay off my lawn  
They’ll get what’s comin’.

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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:** [April 12, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1469 "2010-04-12T22:47:37Z")

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They’ll get what’s comin’.  
Said I with a steely gaze.  
My hand reached unseen.

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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 13, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1470 "2010-04-13T01:37:13Z")

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My hand reached unseen  
for my Smith & Wesson, but  
I didn’t have it.

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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:** [April 13, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1471 "2010-04-13T01:54:16Z")

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I didn’t have it  
In fact, I’ve never had it  
Don’t miss it at all

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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:** [April 13, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1472 "2010-04-13T02:03:02Z")

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Don’t miss it at all,  
That job I had one summer  
Detasseling corn

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1473 "2010-04-13T13:15:05Z")

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Detasseling corn  
is a rough but lucrative  
job for teenagers

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1474 "2010-04-13T13:15:07Z")

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Detasseling corn?  
Whoa! I first read that line as  
Detasseling _porn_

So as not to waste the line:

Job for teenagers  
Detasseling corn versus  
Detasseling _porn_

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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:** [April 13, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1475 "2010-04-13T14:04:21Z")

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Detasseling porn  
Might make it pallitable  
But me? Tassels Rock!

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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 13, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1476 "2010-04-13T14:24:36Z")

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“But me tassels rock!”  
protested the Scottish lass  
when told, “Don your shirt.”

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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 13, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1477 "2010-04-13T14:42:33Z")

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When told “Don, your shirt…”  
It makes you look like a Ho."  
He replied “It does?”

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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 13, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1478 "2010-04-13T15:34:36Z")

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He replied “It does?”  
Of the ‘Don’ variety?  
Or more like a skank?

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**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 13, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1479 "2010-04-13T17:15:20Z")

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“Or more like a skank,  
really,” she thought, when she met  
her Dad’s new mistress

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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:** [April 13, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1480 "2010-04-13T17:45:31Z")

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Her Dad’s new mistress  
Is mis-dressed, and quite distressed  
They call her “Miss Stress”

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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1481 "2010-04-13T18:19:25Z")

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They call her “Miss Stress”,  
Mouth foaming and eyes bulging.  
chill out already

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