# 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:** 175
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3481 "2024-12-02T14:02:32Z")
Ripe enough to eat: nurs’ry rhyme: twenty-four baked sparrows in moonlight ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3482 "2024-12-02T15:03:48Z")
Sparrows in moonlight Sometimes comes at night to kill Those who mention them. ---
**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 2, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3483 "2024-12-02T20:26:30Z")
Those who mention them are keeping a running gag going - it’s all good! ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3484 "2024-12-02T21:11:29Z")
Going - it’s all good! Long after the quarry joke Was no longer fun. ---
**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 2, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3485 "2024-12-02T21:23:01Z")
Was no longer fun That is why I quit poking Myself in the eye ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3486 "2024-12-02T22:17:39Z")
Myself in the eye Just like a big pizza pie That’s not amore ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3487 "2024-12-03T02:06:40Z")
That’s not amore. That’s a-less-ay, or fewer. If you roll that way. ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3488 "2024-12-03T02:41:05Z")
If you roll that way your pie crust will be too thin. Use a lighter touch. ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3489 "2024-12-03T03:03:52Z")
“Use a lighter touch” Six-year-old me said to Dad As he spanked my butt ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3490 "2024-12-03T04:48:04Z")
As he spanked my butt Dad was not thinking of damn… sparrows in moonlight ---
**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 3, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3491 "2024-12-03T05:12:29Z")
Sparrows in moonlight: Required by law to be Retroreflective. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3492 "2024-12-03T16:41:28Z")
Retroreflective materials are required for road signs and such. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3493 "2024-12-03T16:53:59Z")
for road signs and such we rely on reading skills to understand them ---
**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 7, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3494 "2024-12-07T02:44:40Z")
To understand _Them!_ is simply not worth your time: [giant killer ants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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:** [December 8, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3495 "2024-12-08T13:52:50Z")
Giant killer ants Must be dealt at once with a Giant can of raid ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3496 "2024-12-09T05:11:03Z")
Giant can of Raid? Not what I want for Christmas. Peace, goodwill instead. ---
**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 9, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3497 "2024-12-09T20:37:47Z")
Peace, goodwill - instead Of those dense Christmas fruitcakes. Those things give me wind. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3498 "2024-12-09T21:58:13Z")
Those things give me wind? No, not at all. That’s because I never ate one. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3499 "2024-12-09T22:22:50Z")
I never ate one One was way too much to eat The one ton wonton ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3500 "2024-12-10T05:48:42Z")
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