# 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:** 95
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1882 "2010-05-23T04:37:31Z")
Drank a lot when young. Gave it up when I had to Pay for booze myself. ---
**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 23, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1883 "2010-05-23T22:18:59Z")
“Pay for booze myself?” the sexbomb declared. “No way! Best to let guys pay.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1884 "2010-05-24T02:08:48Z")
“Best to let guys pay.” Chivalry in action, or Just women being cheap? ---
**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 24, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1885 "2010-05-24T13:13:54Z")
Just being cheasp? As Dolly Parton once said Looking cheap costs lots ---
**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 24, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1886 "2010-05-24T15:41:26Z")
Looking cheap costs lots Looking expensive costs more Guess I’ll just wear thongs ---
**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 24, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1887 "2010-05-24T16:16:31Z")
“Guess I’ll just wear thongs,” said Dubya to wife Laura in retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1888 "2010-05-25T02:27:12Z")
In retirement, Old men sit in nursing homes With nowhere to go ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1889 "2010-05-25T14:13:43Z")
With nowhere to go we rested on the cool stone and watched the sun set ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1890 "2010-05-25T14:29:01Z")
And watched the sun set And listened to “Sitting on the dock of the bay” ---
**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 25, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1891 "2010-05-25T19:17:21Z")
The dock of the bay Watching the Tide rolling in Detergent spillage ---
**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 25, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1892 "2010-05-25T19:54:47Z")
Detergent spillage can’t be much worse than BP’s travesty in Gulf. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1893 "2010-05-25T20:27:23Z")
Travesty in Gulf How many barrels have spilled? Certainly millions. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1894 "2010-05-26T13:36:53Z")
Certainly millions Tuned in for “Lost” finale None of them were me ---
**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 26, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1895 "2010-05-26T15:12:38Z")
“None of them were me,” said Joe to the cop. “Instead, they were all my clones!” ---
**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 26, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1896 "2010-05-26T17:32:46Z")
they ere all my clones! I am guilty of making An obscene clone fall. ---
**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 26, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1897 "2010-05-26T17:48:34Z")
An obscene clone fall With the Y changed to an X I can F myself ---
**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 26, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1898 "2010-05-26T18:54:40Z")
“I can F myself, or I can F U,” she said; I chose Option B. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1899 "2010-05-26T19:52:37Z")
I chose Option B Is that how one plays Plinko? I truly don’t know ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1900 "2010-05-27T03:55:22Z")
I truly don’t know Just how long this game will last. One more week, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1901 "2010-05-27T13:09:29Z")
One more week, perhaps? Ha! Check back in a fortnight. It will still be here [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=96)