# 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:** 93
**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 17, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1842 "2010-05-17T11:00:24Z")
No one pitied him Pee on an electric fence And you might get burned ---
**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 17, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1843 "2010-05-17T11:27:19Z")
and you might get burned if you play with matches in a match factory ---
**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 17, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1844 "2010-05-17T11:59:44Z")
A match factory? please, don’t spill gasoline there could spoil your day ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1845 "2010-05-17T17:42:01Z")
Could spoil your day having you finger cut off that’s a real bummer Assuming that “spoil” is pronounced as two syllables “spoy-yul” ---
**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 17, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1846 "2010-05-17T19:35:48Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > …Assuming that “spoil” is pronounced as two syllables “spoy-yul” Correct… doesn’t everyone? Just like “General”: “That’s a real bummer,” said General Sherman, nodding the fat soldier grinned ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1847 "2010-05-17T19:47:14Z")
The fat soldier grinned When the C.O. said “Let’s roll!” Rolling he can do ---
**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 17, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1848 "2010-05-17T23:25:04Z")
Rolling he can do But the baker had trouble: He was too kneady ---
**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 18, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1849 "2010-05-18T00:53:55Z")
He was too kneady And had a yeast infection Bakers are bad dates ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1850 "2010-05-18T01:10:21Z")
Bakers are bad dates They will beat you and whip you, And they’re so crusty ---
**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 18, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1851 "2010-05-18T19:18:14Z")
And they’re so crusty And some of them don’t even Have apple filling! ---
**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 18, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1852 "2010-05-18T19:32:20Z")
“Have apple filling!” my mom said, offering me a Hostess fruit pie. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1853 "2010-05-18T20:19:14Z")
A Hostess Fruit pie is a terrible nickname, I’m just big-boneded! ---
**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 18, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1854 "2010-05-18T22:48:53Z")
Have apple filling But don’t have apple pie crust Here’s a spoon for you ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1855 "2010-05-19T01:37:20Z")
“I’m just big-boneded!” my idiot brother Clem said; “Here’s a spoon for you.” ---
**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 19, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1856 "2010-05-19T04:25:17Z")
Here’s a spoon for you. Try to keep your snot off of the nice hardwood floor. ---
**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 19, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1857 "2010-05-19T12:08:11Z")
the nice hardwood floor is polite and courteous not like naughty pine ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1858 "2010-05-19T13:20:14Z")
not like naughty pine. so please make the Christmas tree a nice polite fir ---
**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 19, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1859 "2010-05-19T14:46:35Z")
“A nice polite fir made me swerve and hit it,” Bob drunkenly explained. ---
**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 19, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1860 "2010-05-19T15:41:41Z")
Drunkenly explained That when he’s drunk, he often explains drunkenly ---
**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 19, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1861 "2010-05-19T17:02:44Z")
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