# 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:** 83
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1642 "2010-04-26T15:09:47Z")
“[Nil] beside remains” Looked like a thread killing line Don’t kill the haikus! ---
**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 26, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1643 "2010-04-26T15:12:08Z")
Don’t kill the haikus! Veal calves, or baby seals, sure, but not poetry! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1644 "2010-04-26T16:18:19Z")
But not poetry, other forms of art may die, but not humble verse ---
**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 26, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1645 "2010-04-26T16:27:38Z")
But not humble verse will win the fairest maiden if the lad smelleth. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1646 "2010-04-26T16:29:53Z")
If the lad smelleth, He besteth take thy bathys. Then cruise for the chicks. ---
**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 26, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1647 "2010-04-26T16:48:46Z")
Then cruise for the chicks. Unless thy be calleth Tom Cruise for the roosters ---
**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 26, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1648 "2010-04-26T16:50:20Z")
“Cruise for the roosters,” my drunken pal Fred declared, which just made no sense. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1649 "2010-04-26T17:47:42Z")
Which just made no sense Unless you think like Xenu Then nothing is weird ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1650 "2010-04-27T01:35:34Z")
Then nothing is weird. Then it is. Then it isn’t. Then it is… Isn’t. ---
**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 27, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1651 "2010-04-27T03:49:10Z")
“Then it is… isn’t it?”, Clinton said, confusing the judge and lawyers. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1652 "2010-04-27T05:17:07Z")
The judge and lawyers all had a nice softball game. Will wonders e’er cease? ---
**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 27, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1653 "2010-04-27T13:34:03Z")
Will wonders e’er cease? Ne’er here on the Straight Dope, friends; daily amazement. ---
**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 27, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1654 "2010-04-27T13:42:34Z")
daily amazement and amusement and _amis_ I love all youse guys. ---
**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 27, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1655 "2010-04-27T13:45:26Z")
“I love all youse guys,” said the Godfather, sobbing to his goons and mooks. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1656 "2010-04-27T13:50:58Z")
To his goons and mooks, the Godfather expressed love, barrel of a gun. ---
**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 27, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1657 "2010-04-27T14:44:52Z")
barrel of a gun Is what you don’t want to see On a dinner date ---
**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 27, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1658 "2010-04-27T15:40:08Z")
On a dinner date Keira had the steak, I _think_… I was distracted. ---
**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 27, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1659 "2010-04-27T17:05:39Z")
I was distracted Three days gone (did you notice?) Haiku Madness thrives! ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1660 "2010-04-27T17:31:27Z")
Haiku Madness thrives thanks to the unrelenting efforts of dopers ---
**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 27, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1661 "2010-04-27T17:35:12Z")
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