# 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:** 173
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3441 "2024-11-18T04:00:22Z")
My dog can’t blow it; his skills are quite amazing at the free throw line ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3442 "2024-11-18T12:01:53Z")
At the free throw line I got nervous, hence my end- less ball handling ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3443 "2024-11-18T12:11:56Z")
Less ball-handling Fees, the cost of my massage Was quite a good deal. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3444 "2024-11-18T12:55:09Z")
Was “quite a good deal” the secret “art” from The Grifter’s bible? ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3445 "2024-11-20T14:57:36Z")
The Grifter’s bible Ain’t found in any hotel I’ve ever stayed in ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3446 "2024-11-21T03:22:58Z")
I’ve ever stayed in Holiday Inns, all the time; just too damn classy ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3447 "2024-11-23T12:41:16Z")
Just too damn classy Dude, that pretty much sums up Why I hated school ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3448 "2024-11-23T19:53:30Z")
Why I hated school? All those rules, regulations: I gotta be me! ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3449 "2024-11-23T19:58:24Z")
I gotta be me I can’t be anyone else They’re already them ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3450 "2024-11-24T16:04:09Z")
They’re already _Them!_- Those ants grew to monstrous size. Killed James Whitmore, too. Edit: for syllable count 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3451 "2024-11-24T23:00:29Z")
Killed James Whitmore, too, before being tamed by those sparrows in moonlight ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3452 "2024-11-25T13:58:11Z")
Sparrows in moonlight Enough with them already! They’re just not that cool ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3453 "2024-11-25T15:52:51Z")
They’re just not that cool So stop using sunbeds as Refrigerators. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3454 "2024-11-25T18:46:07Z")
Refrigerators. Where would we be without 'em? Eating rotten food? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3455 "2024-11-25T19:18:34Z")
Eating rotten food? Well, he is a dog. So that’s Just the way things go. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3456 "2024-11-25T21:14:36Z")
Just the way things go. Fish gotta swim and those birds Attach for Hitchcock. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3457 "2024-11-25T22:08:45Z")
Attach for Hitchcock They were connected to him like Yoda, says I ---
**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:** [November 25, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3458 "2024-11-25T23:39:47Z")
Doh! Didn’t see the typo. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3459 "2024-11-26T12:50:05Z")
Like Yoda says, I Have a ways to go to be A Jedi master ---
**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:** [November 26, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3460 "2024-11-26T14:39:04Z")
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