# 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: ![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 6, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3901 "2025-05-06T16:16:29Z")

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Hides short contestants  
Yield go to the winning team.  
This game show is **sick**.

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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 6, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3902 "2025-05-06T19:54:50Z")

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This game show is _Sick_;  
doctors and nurses compete  
as they heal patients

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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: [May 7, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3903 "2025-05-07T00:29:15Z")

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As they heal patients  
Faith healers are the ones who  
End up more well heeled

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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 7, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3904 "2025-05-07T01:09:40Z")

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End up more well heeled  
is the goal of billionaires  
Never enough wealth

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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 7, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3905 "2025-05-07T03:17:31Z")

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“Never enough wealth,”  
or so that Elon dude said;  
now he’s poorer still!

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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: [May 7, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3906 "2025-05-07T18:47:39Z")

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Now he’s poorer. Still  
has a shit-ton of money  
and won’t share any.

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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 8, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3907 "2025-05-08T00:17:14Z")

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“…and won’t share any!”  
Sharing is caring unless  
you’re a kid with treats.

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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 8, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3908 "2025-05-08T01:07:52Z")

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You’re a kid with treats?  
I’d sure like some Skittles, please;  
so sweet and crunchy!

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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 14, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3909 "2025-05-14T23:47:44Z")

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So sweet and crunchy,  
I love chomping hard candy  
'til I break my teeth

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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: [May 15, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3910 "2025-05-15T00:43:12Z")

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‘til I break my teeth  
I will keep crunching corn nuts  
Breakfast, lunch, dinner

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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 15, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3911 "2025-05-15T00:49:07Z")

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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner,  
Elevenses and Supper –  
Hobbits eats them all.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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 15, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3912 "2025-05-15T04:36:50Z")

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Hobbits eats them all;  
quite the voracious wee folk.  
Just watch your fingers!

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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 15, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3913 "2025-05-15T04:55:29Z")

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Just watch your fingers  
when closing the trunk if you  
own a cybertruck.

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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 15, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3914 "2025-05-15T11:31:30Z")

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Own a cybertruck?  
I’ll give you ten bucks for it  
(phoning the scrap yard)

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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: [May 15, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3915 "2025-05-15T12:01:30Z")

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Phoning the scrap yard…  
Say, you got an old Chrysler?  
No? well that’s too bad

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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 15, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3916 "2025-05-15T15:41:03Z")

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No? well that’s too bad.  
Want to go see the movie  
anyway, as friends?

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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: [May 15, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3917 "2025-05-15T15:59:00Z")

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Anyway, as friends,  
I’m sure you’ll keep this secret  
to yourself. Right? Please?

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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 15, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3918 "2025-05-15T16:18:33Z")

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To yourself, right? Please?  
You won’t send it to me, right?  
No china hutch, please.

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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 15, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3919 "2025-05-15T18:02:07Z")

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No China hutch, please.  
I’m an American so  
Call it Freedom hutch

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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 15, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/3920 "2025-05-15T20:18:58Z")

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“Call it freedom, Hutch”  
Said Starsky to his partner  
Going commando

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