# 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:** 4
**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 14, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/61 "2020-09-14T14:56:29Z")
Spam, you say? I think there is more to life than Spam; cheese, for example ---
**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:** [September 14, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/62 "2020-09-14T17:53:35Z")
Cheese, for example Something that goes in your mouth Also a burger ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/63 "2020-09-15T13:24:02Z")
O, how I love cheese! Venezuelan Beaver Cheese is my favorite ---
**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 15, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/64 "2020-09-15T17:46:14Z")
Strange women lying In ponds, distributing swords Is no real basis. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/65 "2020-09-15T19:01:18Z")
Pythonesque haikus; Basho and Cleese don’t go well Together at all. ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/66 "2020-09-15T19:59:52Z")
Well, to each their own; I rather like the mixture of farce, poetry ---
**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 16, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/67 "2020-09-16T00:19:57Z")
Poems are made by fools Like these, But only God can Make a tree. - Kilmer ---
**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 16, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/68 "2020-09-16T02:48:27Z")
When did Val Kilmer Turn to writing poetry? During “Real Genius”? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/69 "2020-09-16T10:52:03Z")
Six-syllable words like "unjustifiable’ Must go in line two. ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/70 "2020-09-16T13:02:33Z")
Multisyllabic Lexical verbosities Are lacking in zen. ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/71 "2020-09-16T13:13:09Z")
Zen hot dog vendor (“Make me one with ev’rything”) kept all my change, too ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/72 "2020-09-16T13:21:38Z")
Change comes from within. Do not begrudge the seller A pittance few coins. ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/73 "2020-09-16T13:26:24Z")
Oneness with The All doesn’t make me a patsy; gimme my nine cents! ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/74 "2020-09-18T02:40:33Z")
Put in my two cents, gives you eleven pennies. Will you take a check? ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/75 "2020-09-18T04:04:54Z")
Sure I would, **Burpo** , but you owe me nothing, and the vendor still does! ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/76 "2020-09-18T16:38:37Z")
“Forgive us our debts As we forgive our debtors” Seems to come to mind. ---
**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 18, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/77 "2020-09-18T16:51:52Z")
I suppose you’re right; life’s too short to expect change from Zen hot dog guy. ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/78 "2020-09-20T21:56:58Z")
You want Zen?: Dalai Lama’s Pizza! Say, “Make me one with everything!” ---
**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 20, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/79 "2020-09-20T22:40:17Z")
That one is so old I heard it as a wee lad And nobody laughed. ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719/80 "2020-09-21T14:36:29Z")
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