# 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: ![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 30, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3861 "2025-04-30T20:06:42Z")

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this is just the place  
To put cheese in your helmet  
For this is the whey

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### Author: ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3862 "2025-04-30T20:22:57Z")

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“For this is the whey,”  
said the Mandalorian  
when he ate some cheese.

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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 30, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3863 "2025-04-30T23:35:43Z")

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When he ate some cheese  
On a juicy hamburger,  
he also had fries.

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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: [May 1, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3864 "2025-05-01T02:18:54Z")

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He also had fries  
at that posh new Scottish place  
they call McDonald’s

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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: [May 1, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3865 "2025-05-01T09:54:21Z")

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They call McDonald’s  
Whenever Trump throws a fit.  
He loves Happy Meals.

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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: [May 1, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3866 "2025-05-01T13:02:00Z")

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He loves Happy Meals  
But by this point I believe  
Trump has all the toys

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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: [May 1, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3867 "2025-05-01T23:57:03Z")

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Trump has all the toys  
But your children get two dolls  
Instead of thirty

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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: [May 2, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3868 "2025-05-02T04:14:42Z")

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Instead of thirty,  
I would rather be twenty,  
if the Genie asks

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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: [May 2, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3869 "2025-05-02T10:13:15Z")

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If the genie asks  
Request millions more wishes  
Well-known genie hack

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### 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: [May 2, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3870 "2025-05-02T13:51:26Z")

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Well-known genie hack –  
Ask to always have enough  
To buy anything.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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: [May 2, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3871 "2025-05-02T19:32:32Z")

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To buy anything  
You will need money, 'cuz that’s  
Capitalism

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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: [May 2, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3872 "2025-05-02T20:12:12Z")

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Capitalism  
Is a ghost story with an  
Invisible hand.

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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: [May 3, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3873 "2025-05-03T00:45:14Z")

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Invisible hand  
Or a goose walks on my grave?  
Shivers down my spine.

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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: [May 3, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3874 "2025-05-03T02:41:44Z")

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Shivers down my spine  
tell me the ghosts have arrived,  
so I’m out of here!

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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: [May 3, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3875 "2025-05-03T11:07:36Z")

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So, I’m out of here  
But I have plenty of there  
And, yes, everywhere

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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: [May 3, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3876 "2025-05-03T12:31:31Z")

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And, yes, everywhere  
You look there’s a cat.  
It’s raining outside.

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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: [May 3, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3877 "2025-05-03T23:37:56Z")

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It’s raining outside  
But it’s not raining inside  
What did you expect?

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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: [May 4, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3878 "2025-05-04T04:09:27Z")

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What did you expect?  
Just a typical haiku?  
Not a fucking chance!

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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: [May 4, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3879 "2025-05-04T14:35:18Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> And, yes, everywhere  
> You look there’s a cat.  
> It’s raining outside.

Whoops, I can’t count.

Please adjust second line to:  
You look inside, there’s a cat.

Not a fucking chance  
Here at the primary school;  
Try the singles bar.

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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: [May 4, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3880 "2025-05-04T23:57:53Z")

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Try the singles bar  
Because the classifieds are  
Rather obsolete

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