# 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:** 174
**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 26, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3461 "2024-11-26T20:06:43Z")
It requires more force To crush a toilet paper Lengthwise than to . . . what? ---
**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 26, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3462 "2024-11-26T22:27:48Z")
Lengthwise than to . . . what? Whatever you wish, I’d say; still a free country. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3463 "2024-11-27T14:39:33Z")
Still, a free country Can’t possibly be as good As the paid version ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3464 "2024-11-27T16:31:38Z")
As the paid version costs just _'way_ too much for me, I’ll take the free one. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3465 "2024-11-27T17:34:10Z")
“I’ll take the free one”. “Sorry - ‘Buy One, Get One Free’ Doesn’t work like that.” ---
**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 27, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3466 "2024-11-27T19:39:56Z")
Doesn’t work like that; it works like _this_, see? Not like sparrows in moonlight. ---
**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 28, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3467 "2024-11-28T00:41:32Z")
Sparrows in moonlight? All dead! And never to be Spoken of again ---
**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 28, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3468 "2024-11-28T10:12:34Z")
Spoken of again? It must be that song “Rio” By Duran Duran. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3469 "2024-11-28T13:04:37Z")
By Duran Duran In New York New York Ate mahi-mahi ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3470 "2024-11-28T23:52:29Z")
Ate mahi-mahi and couscous with Yo-Yo Ma; it was quite delish! ---
**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 29, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3471 "2024-11-29T11:58:03Z")
It was quite delish But would have been improved with Some agar agar ---
**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 29, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3472 "2024-11-29T13:01:47Z")
“Some agar agar”? I typed “Sammy Hagar”! Damn My autocorrect! ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3473 "2024-11-30T01:40:58Z")
My autocorrect Or as I like to call it: Damn autocarrot. ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3474 "2024-11-30T02:42:05Z")
Damn Autocarrot: character in _Transformers_’s next big action flick ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3475 "2024-11-30T11:09:06Z")
Next big action flick “Skunkman versus the Stinkbug” With Smell-O-Vision! ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3476 "2024-11-30T16:38:38Z")
With Smell-O-Vision Our movies are finally Well suited for dogs. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3477 "2024-12-01T00:23:19Z")
Well-suited for dogs, perhaps, but not for those damn sparrows in moonlight ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3478 "2024-12-01T01:37:13Z")
Sparrows in moonlight Aren’t going away, are they Wait, where’s my shotgun? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3479 "2024-12-01T02:08:37Z")
Wait, where’s my shotgun? I’m starting to feel threatened. Put up the bird net. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3480 "2024-12-01T02:31:34Z")
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