# 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:** 8

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**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/141 "2010-02-25T17:17:07Z")

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With our children at…  
our feet smell like ripened cheese.  
The cheese stands alone.

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/142 "2010-02-25T17:22:07Z")

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The cheese stands alone  
as a delicious statement  
of edible joy

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/143 "2010-02-25T17:28:20Z")

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of edible joy  
of drinkable ecstasy  
food, drink: all I need

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/144 "2010-02-25T17:29:31Z")

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Food, drink, all I need  
Beyond those few essentials  
Is mondo nookie.

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/145 "2010-02-25T17:35:40Z")

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Is mondo nookie  
nookie you get when you do  
a girl named Mondo?

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/146 "2010-02-25T17:43:30Z")

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a girl named Mondo?  
what were my her parents thinking  
or was she a dude?

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/147 "2010-02-25T17:45:41Z")

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Or was she a dude?  
I took a peek at her buldge  
Yep, she is a dude

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/148 "2010-02-25T17:48:35Z")

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A girl named Mondo  
her parents were hoping to  
get some free t-shirts

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/149 "2010-02-25T17:49:00Z")

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Yep she is a dude  
Steven Tyler sang about  
all this confusion

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/150 "2010-02-25T17:50:21Z")

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Yep, she is a dude  
I’m substantially relieved  
to learn this morning

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/151 "2010-02-25T17:51:22Z")

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all this confusion  
I can’t seem to catch up to  
the doper’s brilliance

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/152 "2010-02-25T18:05:19Z")

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The Doper’s brilliance  
Normally self-declared  
But lacks in this thread.

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/153 "2010-02-25T18:10:45Z")

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But lacks in this thread  
Any sense of dignity  
Then, meh… who needs it?

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/154 "2010-02-25T18:14:12Z")

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then, meh . . . who needs it  
said the person who had it  
how selfish of them

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/155 "2010-02-25T18:19:24Z")

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How selfish of them  
to suck air out of the dome  
Give ze people z’air!

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/156 "2010-02-25T18:21:51Z")

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give ze people z’air  
what is that supposed to mean  
IG is tricky

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/157 "2010-02-25T18:29:53Z")

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IG is tricky  
the mad scientist said while  
Mixing his madness

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/158 "2010-02-25T18:31:41Z")

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mixing his madness  
in the sanctity of home  
he laughed evilly

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**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/159 "2010-02-25T18:34:21Z")

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(ok, who else counts the syllables on their fingers like I do?)

He laughed evilly  
Until with a start he realized  
that Penny was dead.

(for you Dr. Horrible fans).

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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:** [February 25, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/160 "2010-02-25T18:37:14Z")

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that Penny was dead  
and the mad scientist laughed  
He hated her cheer

(is there a way to do this without counting? ;))

I guess read together it really doesn’t make sense, since he stopped laughing before. Oh well! I could do this all day long! Thanks **Mean Mr. Mustard** for getting it started!

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