# 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:** 117
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2321 "2023-07-03T12:20:34Z")
Bartender, are you? That’s a good job, some places. Hope your place is good. ETA: whoops! That wasn’t there when I typed this! “What’s the long face for?” Don’t ask strangers that question! Someone might tell you. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2322 "2023-07-03T19:44:37Z")
Someone might tell you, if you ask them, about me; but don’t believe them! ---
**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 4, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2323 "2023-07-04T00:43:46Z")
But don’t believe them When they tell you your call is Important to them ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2324 "2023-07-04T02:27:51Z")
Important to them? You know it’s a recording Meant to delay 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 4, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2325 "2023-07-04T10:02:15Z")
Meant to delay you, But you got there right on time. Sorry about that. ---
**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 4, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2326 "2023-07-04T10:43:01Z")
Sorry about that, Chief! Wait, didn’t we just do Some Get Smart haikus? ---
**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 4, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2327 "2023-07-04T11:08:24Z")
Some Get Smart haikus May not have been heard. Remove The Cone of Silence! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2328 "2023-07-04T14:50:03Z")
The Cone of Silence would’ve been great when we had three wailing infants ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2329 "2023-07-04T15:26:55Z")
Three wailing infants - Luckily, not quadruplets Missed it by _that_ much! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2330 "2023-07-05T20:33:52Z")
“Missed it by _that_ much!”, said Maxwell Smart, but never 007 ---
**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 5, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2331 "2023-07-05T20:52:31Z")
007 Said to 99, are you Into 69? ---
**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 5, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2332 "2023-07-05T22:45:07Z")
“Into 69? Of course, but only with dear Agent 86” _ **-“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 6, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2333 "2023-07-06T10:24:34Z")
Agent 86? It’s Apple. Seems it’s time to Upgrade your shoe phone. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2334 "2023-07-06T14:08:56Z")
Upgrade your shoe phone, but please don’t tell TSA. They’re kind of touchy. ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2335 "2023-07-06T15:14:42Z")
They’re kind of touchy- Feely for a group of all Hired mercenaries. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2336 "2023-07-06T15:35:13Z")
Hired mercenaries - A KAOS sideline for sure Siegfried won’t work cheap ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2337 "2023-07-06T15:37:18Z")
Siegfried won’t work cheap - Hiring him will cost you all The gold in the Rhine. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2338 "2023-07-07T18:30:06Z")
The gold in the Rhine is mined by maidens, they say; just ask R. Wagner! ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2339 "2023-07-08T00:17:43Z")
Just ask R. Wagner, White castles are the bestest. I say great sliders. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/2340 "2023-07-08T11:14:36Z")
I say, “Great! ‘Sliders’ Is on right after, ‘Quantum Leap.’” Love MeTV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=118)