# 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:** 90

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**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 9, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1782 "2010-05-09T05:20:45Z")

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Weird video game  
made me take up weed again.  
Woah! Did you see that?

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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:** [May 9, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1783 "2010-05-09T12:10:18Z")

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Woah! Did you see that?  
It was a circus clown with  
a knife and a smile

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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:** [May 9, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1784 "2010-05-09T15:03:41Z")

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a knife and a smile  
is all I need to perform  
your circumcision

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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:** [May 9, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1785 "2010-05-09T16:11:49Z")

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Your circumcision:  
something you don’t remember  
if you are lucky

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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:** [May 10, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1786 "2010-05-10T01:34:00Z")

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If you are Lucky,  
They’re out for your cereal!  
Yellow moons, pink hearts…

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**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 10, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1787 "2010-05-10T02:37:22Z")

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Yellow moons, pink hearts…  
Magic’ly delicious? Not!  
Wait! I take that back!

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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:** [May 10, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1788 "2010-05-10T04:04:30Z")

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“Wait! I take that back!”  
said Clegg, quickly backped’ling.  
“No deals with UKIP!”

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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:** [May 10, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1789 "2010-05-10T17:05:29Z")

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No deals with UKIP  
And no deals with MI6!  
Deal only with Bond

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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:** [May 10, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1790 "2010-05-10T20:13:38Z")

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Deal only with Bond  
shaken, not stirred, damn your eyes,  
for my martini

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**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:** [May 10, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1791 "2010-05-10T20:16:59Z")

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For my martini  
Give me gin, never vodka.  
Traditionalist.

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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:** [May 10, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1792 "2010-05-10T20:19:48Z")

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Traditionalist.  
He never reads books on-line,  
Only dead-tree text.

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1793 "2010-05-11T02:13:27Z")

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Only dead-tree text  
It never needs batteries  
This object called ‘book’

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1794 "2010-05-11T04:23:26Z")

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This object called ‘book’  
so help me Og, I love it  
pulp smell brings me joy

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**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1795 "2010-05-11T05:00:38Z")

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Pulp smell brings me joy  
Speaking of pining away  
Mm mimeograph

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1796 "2010-05-11T13:31:04Z")

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Mmmmm mimeograph,  
vanilla and gasoline!  
Scents I love too much.

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1797 "2010-05-11T14:34:15Z")

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Scents I love too much  
Don’t include gas. Did you fart?  
Oh wait, it was me

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**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1798 "2010-05-11T16:15:13Z")

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Oh wait, it was me.  
But right now I’m something else.  
I’ve transmogrified.

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1799 "2010-05-11T16:43:15Z")

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“I’ve transmogrified!”  
said Calvin to Hobbes, grinning  
at his tiger friend.

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1800 "2010-05-11T16:55:42Z")

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at his tiger friend  
Little Black Sambo gestured,  
“Pancakes! With butter!”

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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:** [May 11, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1801 "2010-05-11T16:59:57Z")

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Pancakes! With butter!  
I just had 'em last night, but  
ran out of syrup.

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