# 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:** 176
**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 10, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3501 "2024-12-10T08:07:35Z")
Sparrows in moonlight Should go to the quarry and Get thrown down in there. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3502 "2024-12-10T13:50:25Z")
Get thrown down in there amongst the violent mish mosh? not on your life. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3503 "2024-12-10T13:55:48Z")
mosh? not on your life My back is too sore, also I might lose my keys ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3504 "2024-12-10T14:40:42Z")
I might lose my keys, which have a titanium ring and a flashlight. ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3505 "2024-12-10T17:10:33Z")
Ring and a flashlight Two bits! Oh, wait. I think that’s Shave and a haircut ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3506 "2024-12-10T17:24:22Z")
Shave and a haircut was exactly what I thought when I saw that line! Very weird. ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3507 "2024-12-10T21:38:33Z")
When I saw that line I thought, “sparrows in moonlight”. For the last line, though ---
**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 11, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3508 "2024-12-11T19:02:58Z")
For the last line, though I had been told to be brief, I kept going on. ---
**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 11, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3509 "2024-12-11T20:14:45Z")
I kept going on heedless of travails until victory achieved ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3510 "2024-12-12T15:43:08Z")
Victory achieved Can we just go home, or do We have to shake hands? ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3511 "2024-12-12T16:45:50Z")
We have to shake hands Vigorously because the Hand dryers don’t work. ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3512 "2024-12-12T20:30:16Z")
Hand dryers don’t work But that’s ok, because the Faucets don’t either ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3513 "2024-12-12T20:50:31Z")
Faucets don’t either balance my checkbook, or hunt 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:** [December 12, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3514 "2024-12-12T21:41:49Z")
Sparrows in moonlight? Please, God, don’t get me started Enough with that shit! ---
**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 13, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3515 "2024-12-13T07:43:56Z")
Enough with that shit – No sparrows! From now on, use Robins at sunrise. _ **-“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:** [December 13, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3516 "2024-12-13T11:57:38Z")
Robin’s at sunrise Batman’s later, near evening Superman, who knows? ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3517 "2024-12-13T14:03:35Z")
Superman, who knows Lois Lane’s underwear is pink Will not tell a soul ---
**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 13, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3518 "2024-12-13T17:20:01Z")
Will not tell a soul About the garden’s delights - Snail trails gleam silver. ---
**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 14, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3519 "2024-12-14T14:50:09Z")
Snail trails gleam silver Eerily similar to My Grandmother’s hair ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3520 "2024-12-15T04:27:53Z")
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