# Rhyming Haiku Madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727 "2018-08-16T13:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 8

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**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:** [November 19, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/141 "2018-11-19T15:22:22Z")

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I grip the white wheel  
Getting electrocuted  
I think “What’s that deal?”

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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:** [November 19, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/142 "2018-11-19T15:54:52Z")

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electrocuted  
When you grab that fence and you’re  
Not rubber booted

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**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:** [November 19, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/143 "2018-11-19T15:56:28Z")

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When you grab that fence  
Remind him that he owes me  
Ninety-seven cents

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/144 "2018-11-21T05:20:27Z")

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Remind him that owes  
Money, money is nothing  
Compared to snapped toes.

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**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:** [November 21, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/145 "2018-11-21T14:18:04Z")

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Money is nothing  
Until you don’t have any  
Then it’s a big thing.

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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:** [November 21, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/146 "2018-11-21T14:23:28Z")

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You don’t have any  
Sweet, tasty penny candy  
Costs but a penny

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**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:** [November 21, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/147 "2018-11-21T15:58:06Z")

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Sweet penny candy  
To quote Dorothy Parker:  
Candy is Dandy…

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/148 "2018-11-22T17:05:18Z")

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Dorothy Parker,  
When Coolidge died: “How could they  
Tell?” What a larker!!

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/149 "2018-11-24T08:29:49Z")

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“How could they?” Coolidge  
Asked, “know I prefer fox-trot  
Over the Charleston.”

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**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:** [November 24, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/150 "2018-11-24T14:18:17Z")

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I prefer fox trot  
To the shimmy shimmy shake.  
Old dances are hot.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/151 "2018-11-25T02:16:25Z")

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Shimmy shimmy shake  
Is what the flim flam man makes  
When your coin he takes.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/152 "2018-11-25T03:25:08Z")

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Shimmy shimmy shake  
Walkin the dog to the dance  
To hully gully.

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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:** [November 28, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/153 "2018-11-28T21:34:17Z")

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Walkin’ to the dance  
Hope for a little romance  
This is my last chance

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**Author:** ![Darkon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Darkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkon)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/154 "2018-11-29T07:18:06Z")

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A little romance?  
With flagrant fashion faux pas,  
You haven’t a chance.

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**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:** [November 29, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/155 "2018-11-29T15:05:25Z")

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With fashion faux pas  
Janet Jackson really wished  
She had worn a bra

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**Author:** ![Darkon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Darkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkon)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/156 "2018-11-29T18:35:17Z")

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Janet Jackson wished  
She’d been in her happy place:  
The stream where she fished.

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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/157 "2018-12-02T02:31:21Z")

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In her happy place  
Is where we both were when she  
Sat down on my face.

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/158 "2018-12-03T05:21:06Z")

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Is where we both were  
When we sobered up, in jail?  
Or was that your pad?

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**Author:** ![Darkon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Darkon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkon)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/159 "2018-12-05T06:22:23Z")

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When we sobered up,  
You insisted on having  
Folgers in your cup.

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**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:** [December 5, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhyming-haiku-madness/819727/160 "2018-12-05T14:57:46Z")

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You insisted on  
Meeting the Mafia’s chief  
The Godfather Don

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