# 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:** 97
**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 28, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1922 "2010-05-28T22:42:17Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Foul! Plagarist! May a diseased yak squat in your hot tub! Hey, copying is the sincerest form of flattery. The baby sitter Would not sit in my hot tub but the ill yak would ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1923 "2010-05-28T22:47:17Z")
“But the ill yak would Not give very tasty milk”, Said Dalai Lama. ---
**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 28, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1924 "2010-05-28T22:53:09Z")
Said Dalai Lama When you die, on your deathbed You will recieve beer ---
**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 28, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1925 "2010-05-28T23:42:29Z")
you will recieve beer if you know ‘I before E except after C’ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1926 "2010-05-30T03:27:55Z")
Except after “C”, Or when pronounced like long “A” As in “freight” and “neigh”. ---
**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 30, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1927 "2010-05-30T16:08:15Z")
As in “freight” and “neigh” two words I just don’t spell much for I have no horse ---
**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 30, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1928 "2010-05-30T17:18:35Z")
for I have no horse (explains why I’m not in the Kentucky Derby) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1929 "2010-05-31T02:29:21Z")
Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs annual race Hats and mint juleps ---
**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 31, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1930 "2010-05-31T16:46:31Z")
hats and mint juleps are two things I like wearing on top of my head ---
**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 31, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1931 "2010-05-31T17:34:29Z")
On top of my head is, alas, less hair each year growing old sure sucks ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1932 "2010-06-01T13:08:20Z")
Growing old sure sucks Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1933 "2010-06-01T13:11:18Z")
I didn’t know, then I read a big book and learned; libraries are great! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1934 "2010-06-01T13:38:06Z")
libraries are great! I’m writing this post at one. Free Internet–GREAT! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1935 "2010-06-01T14:34:04Z")
Free Internet–GREAT! Free milk and doughnuts–BETTER! Free hawt sex–THE BEST! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1936 "2010-06-01T16:14:03Z")
Free hawt sex – the best! But nothing compares to the Cuddling afterwords (Cuddling is two sylamableses) ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1937 "2010-06-01T17:58:58Z")
“Cuddling” after words like cuddle, cudden, cudbear– alphabetically ---
**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:** [June 2, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1938 "2010-06-02T13:18:16Z")
alphabectically [my haiku A to Z thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561514) this thread inspired ---
**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:** [June 2, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1939 "2010-06-02T13:29:20Z")
This thread inspired me to post in the other A-to-Z thread, too. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1940 "2010-06-02T14:19:45Z")
A-to-Z thread, too hard for me to think up a sensible sentence ---
**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:** [June 2, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955/1941 "2010-06-02T14:26:41Z")
Sensible sentence For a serial rapist child murderer–DEATH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955.md?page=98)