# Haiku Madness Part Deux **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 105
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2081 "2023-04-11T14:56:36Z")
Thanks, Noah Webster You made us laugh ev’ry week Wait, not that Webster ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2082 "2023-04-11T15:02:14Z")
Wait, not that Webster, The bald one with the light bulb: Uncle Webster, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2083 "2023-04-11T16:26:01Z")
Uncle Webster, right? At least that’s what I call him Mom’s spidery bro ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2084 "2023-04-11T16:27:25Z")
_(off topic observation)_ You guys are really good at this. Reading this thread is always a pleasure. Bravo! mmm ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2085 "2023-04-11T23:48:42Z")
It’s a team effort! _You’re_ the one keeps it runnin’… _ **That** _ ain’t The Doobies! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2086 "2023-04-12T21:13:44Z")
“Mom’s Spidery Bro” Is my most favorite band That ain’t the Doobies ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2087 "2023-04-12T22:25:23Z")
That ain’t the doobies. Those are regular ciggies - Lung cancer only. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2088 "2023-04-14T01:06:48Z")
Lung cancer only You’re looking for hemorrhoids Three doors down on left ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2089 "2023-04-14T10:26:25Z")
Three doors down on left. I mean my left, not your left. In other words - right. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2090 "2023-04-14T16:06:18Z")
In other words - right. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but Three rights make a left. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2091 "2023-04-14T16:09:09Z")
Three rights make a left And three lefts make a right; but’ Not in politics. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2092 "2023-04-14T19:50:17Z")
Not in politics. My degree is in Civ E. I plan road sections. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2093 "2023-04-14T20:17:50Z")
I plan road sections much better than C-sections or so they tell me ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2094 "2023-04-15T12:33:48Z")
Or so they tell me. They may tell you diff’rently But that’s what I know. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2095 "2023-04-15T14:01:20Z")
But that’s what I know I know, I know, I know, I Know Bill Wither’s song ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2096 "2023-04-15T14:23:30Z")
Know Bill Wither’s song Or stay out of Bill’s fandom; Whichever you please. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2097 "2023-04-15T14:40:54Z")
Whichever you please as long as you write haiku 5-7-5, natch ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2098 "2023-04-15T19:18:32Z")
5-7-5, natch. (It’s slang for naturally) Just count syllables. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2099 "2023-04-15T22:59:58Z")
Just count Syllables. And viscount Phoneme, of course. But nobody else. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2100 "2023-04-15T23:58:02Z")
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