# 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: ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3821 "2025-04-22T00:56:17Z")

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Eighteen yarmulkes  
That is a lot of kippot  
For one man to own

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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 22, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3822 "2025-04-22T16:54:45Z")

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For one man to own  
even _nineteen_ yarmulkes  
would just be too much!

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### Author: ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3823 "2025-04-23T02:41:55Z")

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Would just be too much  
Is what I told my husband  
Ten pounds spaghetti!

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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 23, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3824 "2025-04-23T11:22:56Z")

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£10 spaghetti  
That’s a proper amount of  
Pasta, [innit mate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-knackered/1017313)

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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: [April 23, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3825 "2025-04-23T13:44:06Z")

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Pasta, innit, mate?  
Why did you think it was a  
Big pile of pale worms?

(Going off track for a moment, I found this haiku on the internet and wanted to share its brilliance:

_The first time you read_  
_This, it’s present tense. Now it’s_  
_Past. Did you notice?_

😵‍💫 )

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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 23, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3826 "2025-04-23T13:47:51Z")

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Big pile of pale worms  
Yummy yummy yummy, dude!  
Damn, this haiku sucks

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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 23, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3827 "2025-04-23T13:52:37Z")

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Damn, this haiku sucks  
And the word “sucks” reminds me  
I need to hoover

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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 23, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3828 "2025-04-23T14:09:54Z")

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I need to, Hoover!  
Exclaimed Clyde Tolson, as he  
Ripped off Edgar’s dress.

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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 23, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3829 "2025-04-23T17:34:22Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
>
> (Going off track for a moment, I found this haiku on the internet and wanted to share its brilliance:
> 
> _The first time you read_  
> _This, it’s present tense. Now it’s_  
> _Past. Did you notice?_
> 
> 😵‍💫 )

Dang, that’s clever.

And I’m not touching Edgar’s dress.

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### 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: [April 23, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3830 "2025-04-23T18:22:35Z")

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I will.

Ripped off Edgar’s dress  
Stole Melinda’s undershirt  
From the laundry line.

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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 23, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3831 "2025-04-23T18:22:49Z")

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Ripped off Edgar’s dress  
Left him in his lingerie  
F B ay yi yi

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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 23, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3832 "2025-04-23T18:25:12Z")

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_(dang, Edgar’s dress has already been ripped)_

From the laundry line  
I took down undies under  
Neighbor’s prying eyes

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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 23, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3833 "2025-04-23T20:09:10Z")

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Neighbor’s prying eyes  
resented by my family;  
must keep curtains shut

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### 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: [April 23, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3834 "2025-04-23T22:17:23Z")

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must keep curtains shut  
They don’t want to see pressed ham  
In my neighbor’s yard

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### Author: ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3835 "2025-04-23T23:14:31Z")

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In my neighbor’s yard  
My doggy made a doo-doo  
Shit, Ubu. Good dog.

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### Author: ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3836 "2025-04-24T01:02:12Z")

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Shit, Ubu. Good dog.  
Then I pick it up. Now who  
Is the master here?

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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 24, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3837 "2025-04-24T01:52:27Z")

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Is the master here?  
If not, may I leave a note  
With lisping Igor?

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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: [April 24, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3838 "2025-04-24T15:40:27Z")

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With lisping, Igor  
said, “Hith hump ith on the wrong  
thide!” Eyegore rolled his eyes.

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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: [April 24, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3839 "2025-04-24T16:44:32Z")

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Eyegore rolled his eyes.  
“Too many syllables? I  
Counted them on one hand!”

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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 24, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3840 "2025-04-24T17:24:20Z")

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Counted them on one hand!  
“This Song is Just Six Words Long.”  
If you can’t trust Al . . .

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