# Haiku Madness Part Deux
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [October 3, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141 "2020-10-03T19:26:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1 "2020-10-03T19:26:56Z")
Back in February, 2010 I created Haiku Madness ([link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness/529955)). At one point I strayed from the thread. I recently sought it out again only to find that it had been closed on 9/3/2020. Apparently threads max out at 10,000 replies.
So I did a search to see if anyone revived the game. I found “Haiku Madness – Even More Madness” thread. But, upon venturing in, I realized that it is not really HM (where your first line must be the final line of the previous haiku), but rather a series of semi- or unrelated haikus.
Nothing against that, but I’d like to continue the original concept.
This is my Post One from the original thread:
_After posting a reply to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553113), I’ve come up with a new game that’s sure to sweep the nation: **Haiku Madness**._
_Allow me to explain. The thread of note was about the disappearance of the actor who portrayed the character Boner on the old sitcom ‘Growing Pains’. The title of the thread: Boner Gone Missing._
_I replied stating that Boner Gone Missing sounded like the beginning of an interesting haiku, which I then completed and posted:_
_Boner gone missing_
_She doesn’t shave her armpits_
_Wanna play Yahtzee?_
_Anyway, I thought we could make a game of this. The rules are simple: write a haiku using the previous poster’s final line as your first._
_In other words, the first line of the next haiku is, of course, Wanna play Yahtzee?_
Interestingly, the final haiku from the original thread is quite appropriate:
Was soul searching too
And I found Haiku Madness
I knew we need more
With that in mind, let us continue with:
I knew we need more
So, Haiku Madness Part Deux?
Are you in or out?
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### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2 "2020-10-03T20:15:14Z")
Note – there is already [Haiku Madness - Even More Madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719) without the domino rule.
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### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3 "2020-10-03T20:16:49Z")
Are you in or out?
If you really cannot tell
Let’s just not bother.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4 "2020-10-03T21:01:03Z")
> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#):
>
> Note – there is already [Haiku Madness - Even More Madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-even-more-madness/919719) without the domino rule.
From the OP:
> So I did a search to see if anyone revived the game. I found “Haiku Madness – Even More Madness” thread. But, upon venturing in, I realized that it is not really HM (where your first line must be the final line of the previous haiku), but rather a series of semi- or unrelated haikus.
>
> Nothing against that, but I’d like to continue the original concept.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/5 "2020-10-03T21:16:13Z")
Let’s just not bother
Reporting Donald Trump’s health
Unless there’s good news
😜
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/6 "2020-10-04T12:22:53Z")
I started “Even More Madness” hoping to continue that thought, but somehow it got away from me…
Unless there’s good news
There will be just more bad news
That’s 2020!
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/7 "2020-10-05T01:13:52Z")
That’s 2020
Words I want to hear only
From my eye doctor
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### Author:  [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/8 "2020-10-05T02:21:20Z")
From my eye doctor.
Where else would you think the tears
Were emanating?
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### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/9 "2020-10-05T03:57:13Z")
We’re emanating
To Mars when we can
Oh! “Emigrating?”
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/10 "2020-10-05T04:16:59Z")
Oh, emigrating?
Why anyone would come here
now–that escapes me.
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/11 "2020-10-05T09:43:58Z")
Now, that escapes me
I said as I farted and
belched in unison
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/12 "2020-10-08T11:29:55Z")
Belched in unison
Did we all when faced with lies
Just after dinner
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/13 "2020-10-08T20:12:58Z")
Just after dinner,
Our plates delisciously laden
Now desolately empty
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### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/14 "2020-10-08T21:05:34Z")
Seven syllables –
“Now desolately empty.”
A great second line.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/15 "2020-10-09T00:12:57Z")
A great second line
Spaced six feet apart, to get
_Hamilton_ tickets.
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/16 "2020-10-09T00:32:16Z")
_Hamilton_ tickets.
Scoring, more exciting than
Going to the show?
> [@Quondam\_Mechanic](#):
>
> Seven syllables –
> “Now desolately empty.”
> A great second line.
Oops. I lost track of what I was doing. Nicely pointed out. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/17 "2020-10-09T09:37:26Z")
Going to the show
Saw it once,will see again
That’s entertainment!
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/18 "2020-10-09T16:38:31Z")
“That’s Entertainment!” -
Kelly and Astaire present
MGM prime clips.
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### Author:  [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/19 "2020-10-09T19:52:55Z")
MGM prime clips:
That’s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?
Yes, the lion one.
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### Author:  [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/20 "2020-10-09T20:50:47Z")
Yes, the lion won.
Gladiators have no chance
In the arena.
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