# 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:** 109
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2161 "2023-05-04T09:05:08Z")
Mediocrity: Even Roman Hruska said It deserves a chance. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2162 "2023-05-04T23:55:04Z")
It deserves a chance To grow up the tall trellis, Though determinant. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2163 "2023-05-05T00:36:36Z")
Though determinate These tomatoes will produce For a long season. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2164 "2023-05-05T08:45:36Z")
For a long season, Move to Scandinavia: Winter for six months! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2165 "2023-05-05T12:17:47Z")
Winter for six months? I will have to hibernate Tropics here I come! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2166 "2023-05-05T14:09:38Z")
Tropics here I come… I’ll do them one at a time, starting with cancer. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2167 "2023-05-05T15:26:54Z")
Starting with cancer, we’ll check which disease this is. (It’s never lupus.) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2168 "2023-05-05T18:09:27Z")
“It’s never lupus,” so House always said; and yet, wasn’t it just _once_? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2169 "2023-05-08T23:20:59Z")
Wasn’t it just once Or twice that my dog bit you? Come give him a kiss ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2170 "2023-05-09T16:02:56Z")
Come give him a kiss. Hall & Oates are telling you That it’s on his list. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2171 "2023-05-09T16:37:28Z")
That it’s on his list Don’t mean he has to buy it Freakin’ Vegemite! ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2172 "2023-05-09T17:54:35Z")
Freakin’ Vegemite; dear Lord, how I hate it so! Salty, grainy, yuck! ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2173 "2023-05-09T20:50:08Z")
Salty, grainy, yuck - Those are rejected Disney Names for “Snow White” dwarves. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2174 "2023-05-09T21:07:45Z")
Names for “Snow White” dwarves Also include Squeezy, Gassy, Stinky, Bob ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2175 "2023-05-09T23:12:16Z")
Gassy, Stinky, Bob- Bing up and down on the waves: Two months lost at sea. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2176 "2023-05-10T00:12:31Z")
Two months lost at sea I bet my email inbox Is out of control ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2177 "2023-05-10T00:49:57Z")
Is out of control? That shouldn’t be surprising. You know he’s a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2178 "2023-05-10T04:08:46Z")
You know he’s a cat – But he now identifies As a French poodle. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2179 "2023-05-10T05:57:30Z")
'as a French poodle Ever pulled a sled in the Iditarod? Yes! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2180 "2023-05-10T08:30:08Z")
“Iditarod”? Yes! That would be a great name for Elon Musk’s next child. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=110)