# Haiku Madness Part Deux

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141>\
**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\
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**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 25, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3121 "2024-04-25T23:42:38Z")

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About your urine -  
If it attracts bumblebees,  
You’re diabetic.

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**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 26, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3122 "2024-04-26T15:00:02Z")

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You’re diabetic  
You have, as Wilford Brimley  
Says, diabeetus

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**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 26, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3123 "2024-04-26T17:36:41Z")

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Says “diabeetus”  
but really should know better,  
that ol’ Brimley guy.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3124 "2024-04-29T13:11:40Z")

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That ol’ Brimley guy.  
Wilford looked old for his age.  
Some bad genetics

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**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 29, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3125 "2024-04-29T14:07:02Z")

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Some bad genetics,  
That’s how we got chihuahuas.  
Evil little dogs

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**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 4, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3126 "2024-05-04T01:30:44Z")

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Evil little dogs?  
Not if you get to know them;  
they’re really quite sweet.

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**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, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3127 "2024-05-04T04:21:19Z")

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They’re really quite sweet,  
These candied jalapenos.  
Would you like a bite?

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**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 4, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3128 "2024-05-04T10:59:09Z")

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Would you like a bite?  
All I have to offer is  
Some expired yogurt

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**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, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3129 "2024-05-05T02:41:35Z")

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Some expired yogurt  
is what I offered my date,  
and then she was gone.

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**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 5, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3130 "2024-05-05T02:48:54Z")

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And then she was gone.  
Done scratched gravel and moseyed -  
Wandered down the road.

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**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 7, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3131 "2024-05-07T02:28:15Z")

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Wandered down the road,  
got a lift from a cute girl…  
you can guess the rest.

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**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 7, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3132 "2024-05-07T09:33:44Z")

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“You can guess the rest,”  
Said Pat Sajak, “Or you can  
Buy a vowel or two.”

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**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 7, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3133 "2024-05-07T11:04:55Z")

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Pronouncing ‘vowel’ as a one-syllable word, eh? OK…

“Buy a vowel or two?  
Aye,” said the pirate. “And I’d  
Like to buy an eye.”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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 7, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3134 "2024-05-07T11:56:42Z")

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Like to buy an eye  
Glass, please, I don’t have enough  
Money for a pair

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**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 7, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3135 "2024-05-07T12:04:21Z")

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Money for a pair?  
Jacks or better to open.  
I’m going to fold

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**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 7, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3136 "2024-05-07T12:10:43Z")

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I’m going to fold  
The damned laundry 'cuz it ain’t  
Gonna fold itself

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**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 7, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3137 "2024-05-07T16:05:01Z")

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Gonna fold itself?  
Or you think this poker hand  
Will net me big bucks?

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3138 "2024-05-07T16:16:24Z")

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Will net me big bucks  
with my fishing net, scrape  
coins out of a well

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3139 "2024-05-07T19:52:52Z")

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coins out of a well  
ain’t gonna pay all my bills  
but it’s a good start

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**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 8, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3140 "2024-05-08T17:58:06Z")

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But it’s a good start  
to your day: shower and dress,  
juice, then off to work!

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