# 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:** 88
**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:** [May 4, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1742 "2010-05-04T18:44:13Z")
New expectations are always good in the spring Sun, green grass, breezes. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1743 "2010-05-04T18:50:03Z")
Sun, green grass, breezes Are expected in meadows Not volcano ash ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1744 "2010-05-04T19:11:39Z")
“Not volcano ash!” exclaimed the young Icelander. “I hate eruptions!” ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1745 "2010-05-04T20:00:49Z")
I hate eruptions! Damn pimples, blackheads and zits! Need a snake oil cure. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1746 "2010-05-04T20:09:04Z")
I hate eruptions! Wet, sticky, a complete mess. Lava’s bad, also. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1747 "2010-05-04T21:08:32Z")
Need a snake oil cure Snake oil all around my house! Would mongoose oil work? (sorry ArchiveGuy - you were late to the dance) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1748 "2010-05-05T00:52:08Z")
“Would mongoose oil work?” something my mom never said except in nightmares. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1749 "2010-05-05T01:07:02Z")
Except in nightmares does my love for you lessen. No. Not even there. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1750 "2010-05-05T03:26:35Z")
“No, not even there,” she said, as he eagerly touched her in that place. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1751 "2010-05-05T03:33:10Z")
touched her in that place. Can you believe a court said don’t do that again. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1752 "2010-05-05T14:31:56Z")
“Don’t do that again” She said as she judo chopped me right in the neck ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1753 "2010-05-05T15:44:24Z")
“Me, right in the neck,” the shortstop said, when Sue asked who got hit and where. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1754 "2010-05-05T18:16:16Z")
“Who got hit and where?” The lawyer asked the witness Who shrugged “I dunno” ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1755 "2010-05-05T19:22:51Z")
Who shrugged “I dunno” Townsend, Daltry, Entwhistle: Poor eyewitnesses ---
**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:** [May 5, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1756 "2010-05-05T20:58:58Z")
Poor eyewitnesses forgot to mention Moon, too, already deceased ---
**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:** [May 6, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1757 "2010-05-06T14:51:19Z")
already deceased E. Harwell at 92 RIP, Ernie ---
**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:** [May 6, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1758 "2010-05-06T15:03:59Z")
RIP, Ernis Bert is crying at your grave Big Bird’s poop squashed you. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1759 "2010-05-06T15:17:35Z")
Big Bird’s poop squashed you At least Snuffleufflegus Didn’t trample you ---
**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:** [May 6, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1760 "2010-05-06T19:55:06Z")
Didn’t trample you? That elephant, I speak of Pachyderm stampede ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1761 "2010-05-06T21:44:53Z")
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