# Low IQ Haiku

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 5, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330 "2002-05-05T01:46:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/61 "2002-05-07T22:34:10Z")

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Mah truck up ‘n died  
Mah dawg up ‘n died  
An’ my commin law huzbin’

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/62 "2002-05-07T22:45:24Z")

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I have to admit:  
I counted on my fingers  
to make these haikus.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/63 "2002-05-07T22:57:19Z")

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Naught and naught is naught;  
See how good I can cipher?  
(Need some help **pravnik**?)

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/64 "2002-05-08T02:33:31Z")

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Damn, Pravnik cheated!  
He has seventeen fingers!  
I’m already out.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/65 "2002-05-08T02:36:04Z")

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Toes! Damn, I forgot!  
You just keep counting on your  
feet, so you have enough.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/66 "2002-05-08T02:38:10Z")

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Hey, this ain’t so hard.  
All you have to do is stop,  
when you run out of

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**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 8, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/67 "2002-05-08T02:43:54Z")

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You all so funny  
I 'bout damn pissed myself twice  
and shit myself thrice!

Willy wants some love  
Get back in those pants, bad boy!  
Wait til Ma comes home.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/68 "2002-05-08T03:48:15Z")

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Man, I love potry,  
Percy bitch shelly, he ain’t  
got nothin on me

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/69 "2002-05-08T03:56:44Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Triskadecamus \*  
> \*\*Toes! Damn, I forgot!  
> You just keep counting on your  
> feet, so you have enough. \*\*

Count in binary!  
A finger up is one, and  
down it means zero.

Any number can be  
represented uniquely  
in base two, you see?

So your thumb is one,  
the next finger two, and you  
keep doubling each time.

Multiply by one  
or zero as your finger  
says you should do.

In this way, counting  
to seventeen is no problem.  
Count in binary!

(Sorry, I seem to have gotten this mixed up with the high-IQ haiku thread. I promise my next haikus will be dumber than ever.)

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/70 "2002-05-08T04:25:10Z")

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What the heck was that?  
Whew! Man, sumpin just flew by here!  
I heard it whoosh by.

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**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/71 "2002-05-08T05:23:08Z")

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Og compose haiku!!  
nngh…nnngh…hnnngh…kkkrrrrrnnnn-nnnggh…gggghhh…nnnggghhhhaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!  
No haiku! Og smash!!

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**Author:** ![hello32499](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cc9497/32.png) [@hello32499](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hello32499)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/72 "2002-05-08T07:06:28Z")

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Wow, I feel like I’m reading the Style Section of the Washington Post. The haikus (haiki?) there are 100 word max little paragraphs–someone should really tell them the secret of haiku writing.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/73 "2002-05-08T11:47:07Z")

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What is a haiku?  
Is that the the sound created  
By a small pigeon?

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**Author:** ![Soba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Soba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soba)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/74 "2002-05-08T14:12:39Z")

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Girlfriend farts in bed  
Why do girl farts smell soooo bad  
When mine smell soooo good?

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**Author:** ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/75 "2002-05-08T17:49:44Z")

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My finger is stuck  
Up my nose, trying to get  
My favorite snack

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/76 "2002-05-08T19:12:07Z")

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Just took the tires off  
My new trailer. Ain’t she a…  
What the? TORNADO!!!

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/77 "2002-05-08T19:41:02Z")

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Og sort all rubbish  
Including all these haikus  
That must go in bin!

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/78 "2002-05-08T20:38:20Z")

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Hey, wait a minute!  
This stuff isn’t poetry.  
It don’t even rhyme!

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**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/79 "2002-05-09T00:53:54Z")

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I may be stipud,  
But I _know_ that I’m stipud.  
Does that make me smart?

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**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-iq-haiku/107330/80 "2002-05-09T01:47:38Z")

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Get in the cellar,  
There is a twister coming.  
Your truck will be toast.

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