# 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:** 107
**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 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2121 "2023-04-20T21:16:59Z")
Woot! They’re sporting bling (not at all like Sportin’ Life, down in Charleston) ---
**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 21, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2122 "2023-04-21T13:14:28Z")
Over in Charleston - “Bess, You is My Woman Now” Crooned lovesick Porgy First line tweaked for syllable count (and personal geographical accuracy) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2123 "2023-04-21T14:09:01Z")
Crooned lovesick Porgy, "I’ve got plenty of nothin’ - He sells NFTs. ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2124 "2023-04-21T14:39:05Z")
He sells NFTs But it’s getting harder to Convince all his friends. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2125 "2023-04-22T03:33:58Z")
Convince all his friends That he has gold in his yard. Ooo, watch them shovel. ---
**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 22, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2126 "2023-04-22T03:45:31Z")
Ooo, watch them shovel! “Lord, what fools these mortals be” - or so said Shakespeare ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2127 "2023-04-22T11:15:08Z")
Or so said Shakespeare: “This ain’t my first rodeo” From Hamlet, I think ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2128 "2023-04-23T04:02:32Z")
From hamlet, I think, To thorp to town or is it The other way round? ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2129 "2023-04-23T10:43:42Z")
The other way round? Is it? I thought it was squared. Let’s triangulate! ---
**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 23, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2130 "2023-04-23T11:19:42Z")
“Let’s triangulate!” I said to my wife’s best friend Got slapped in the face ---
**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 23, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2131 "2023-04-23T12:48:33Z")
Got slapped in the face. I blind-folded Will Smith and Said I was Chris Rock. ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2132 "2023-04-23T14:54:56Z")
Said I was Chris Rock but no, I really wasn’t; I’ve always been me. ---
**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 23, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2133 "2023-04-23T15:46:30Z")
I’ve always been me. Some are in favor of that; I’ve met some who aren’t. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2134 "2023-04-23T17:35:04Z")
I’ve met some who aren’t Inclined to dance a jig, Unless somebody dies. ---
**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 23, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2135 "2023-04-23T17:57:16Z")
Unless someone dies Don’t be interrupting me When Jeopardy’s on _(repaired first line)_ _(middle line is also jacked up)_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2136 "2023-04-24T12:56:47Z")
When Jeopardy’s on, Do they answer questions or Question the answers? ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2137 "2023-04-24T17:33:21Z")
Question the answers Yer gettin’ the switch, and I Don’t mean Nintendo ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2138 "2023-04-24T17:45:03Z")
Don’t mean Nintendo. Nintendo never meaned you. Mean Pippin, maybe. ---
**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 24, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2139 "2023-04-24T19:54:21Z")
Mean Pippin, maybe, would refuse Merry breakfast - even his second! ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2140 "2023-04-25T23:59:10Z")
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