# 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:** 116
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2301 "2023-06-27T17:24:35Z")
The actual start is synonymous with the very start, I’d say ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2302 "2023-06-27T18:54:40Z")
Very start, I’d say Then I say, why add “very”? Seems redundant, no? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2303 "2023-06-27T19:21:36Z")
Seems redundant, no? – Yes, but they often haven’t Heard me the first time. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2304 "2023-06-27T21:30:21Z")
“Heard me the first time, You did. Big enough for both, Dagoba isn’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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2305 "2023-06-27T23:07:45Z")
Dagoba isn’t A noted vacation spot. Try someplace drier. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2306 "2023-06-27T23:17:46Z")
Try someplace drier, like, say, Tatooine or Hoth; there’s lots to do there ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2307 "2023-06-28T11:48:18Z")
There’s lots to do there Cheapest vacation ever! It’s all in your head ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2308 "2023-06-28T12:50:18Z")
It’s all in your head Cerebellum, pons, brainstem And other stuff too ---
**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:** [June 28, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2309 "2023-06-28T17:29:49Z")
And other stuff too icky to mention up there; not for the squeamish ---
**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:** [June 29, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2310 "2023-06-29T10:31:45Z")
Not for the squeamish: “Curried squid and brussels sprouts In a chocolate sauce”. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2311 "2023-06-29T13:56:35Z")
In a choc’late sauce I’d rather have raspberries. Not the kind you blow. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2312 "2023-06-29T14:34:49Z")
Not the kind you blow? Then what kind of kazoo are You talking about? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2313 "2023-06-30T03:35:36Z")
You talking about haiku? ‘Cause we got haiku right here in this thread. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2314 "2023-06-30T10:30:26Z")
Right here in this thread Are the greatest poets of Our generation ---
**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:** [June 30, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2315 "2023-06-30T14:29:33Z")
Our generation but not _my_ generation; leave them to The Who ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2316 "2023-07-02T21:16:39Z")
“Leave them to The Who” Wait, ain’t that a title to A Dr. Seuss book? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2317 "2023-07-03T04:03:42Z")
A Dr. Seuss book, A fifth of good dark rum, And rock me to sleep. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2318 "2023-07-03T05:49:54Z")
And rock me to sleep. But for heaven’s sake, please don’t Use actual rocks. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2319 "2023-07-03T12:06:07Z")
Use actual rocks In my Rickey? What sort of Bartender are you? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2320 "2023-07-03T12:20:12Z")
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