# Haiku Madness - Even More Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719 "2020-09-03T14:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/41 "2020-09-09T12:58:10Z")
Some watch _Survivor_, Some _Downton Abbey_; who will Leave the manor now? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/42 "2020-09-09T14:24:01Z")
Lots are binge-watching pandemic television as way to pass time ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/43 "2020-09-09T15:24:51Z")
Two hundred forty segments of, “Book 'em, Dann-o.” Yeah, 5-0, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/44 "2020-09-09T16:27:06Z")
Yes, it’s _Game of Thrones!_ Come for the nudity, but Stay for the intrigue. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/45 "2020-09-10T13:35:48Z")
It’s movies for me; saw _John Lewis: Good Trouble_ fine, inspiring doc ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/46 "2020-09-10T16:37:28Z")
Finally saw _Bright_: It was not as bad as I Anticipated. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/47 "2020-09-11T03:26:10Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > In the same room, two > TV sets are both playing. > Which one obeys the remote? Anyone notice the two extra syllables? How the mind treats an accented second syllable as a one-syllable word. I read that third line over and over again, always got 5 syllables. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/48 "2020-09-11T13:51:37Z")
I had not noticed. I have enough trouble just Keeping mine own straight. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/49 "2020-09-11T14:33:46Z")
I know what you mean I recount sev-er-al times to be sure it’s right ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/50 "2020-09-11T15:59:35Z")
The moon in glory Washes salmon over the tide, Hark, hear the locust! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/51 "2020-09-11T19:10:37Z")
A quiet day here, looking forward to weekend. Clock-watching? Well, yes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/52 "2020-09-12T15:01:00Z")
My wife is away. Do chores? Are you serious? Did one yesterday! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/53 "2020-09-12T18:40:10Z")
The Mutt has gone wild! He might even enjoy his Crunchy dog biscuits! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/54 "2020-09-13T01:53:11Z")
Vocabulary: Knowing what a goldfish is, And aluminum One that cannot be translated into British ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/55 "2020-09-13T02:58:10Z")
Alumin **i** um: It’s like chewing on tin-foil when the Brits say that. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/56 "2020-09-13T04:00:13Z")
“Nic-a-rag-you-ah” is another different one that I have noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/57 "2020-09-13T12:21:17Z")
“Why can’t the English Speak English?” moan’d Professor Henry Higgins, too. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/58 "2020-09-13T14:39:52Z")
'enry 'iggins, eh? Vikings must have stolen their "H"es long ago. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/59 "2020-09-13T16:11:21Z")
Watch out for Vikings; their love of Spam can make them very dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/60 "2020-09-14T13:15:14Z")
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