# 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:** 2
**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:** [October 11, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/21 "2020-10-11T11:46:33Z")
“In the arena” A sentence with five vowels And five consonants ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/22 "2020-10-11T20:18:12Z")
And five consonants: “Abstemiously” - with all Six vowels present. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/23 "2020-10-14T12:14:16Z")
Six vowels present And, of course, accounted for But I don’t know Y ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/24 "2020-10-14T18:23:36Z")
(with apologies) But I don’t know why, There’s no sun up in the sky It’s stormy weather. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/25 "2020-10-14T18:39:53Z")
It’s Stormy Weather! Here for today’s cage match with **Mean Mr. Mustard!!** ---
**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:** [October 16, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/26 "2020-10-16T09:49:44Z")
Mean Mr. Mustard Sister Pam works in a shop She’s a go-getter ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/27 "2020-10-16T17:31:15Z")
She’s a go-getter Need something from the kitchen? She will go get it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/28 "2020-10-17T01:40:25Z")
She will go get it: FRISBEE! 'til she drops! Border Collies are like that. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/29 "2020-10-17T03:00:01Z")
Collies are like that. Flash: eyes, brown, white fur, tail-flag flying. Ball at feet. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/30 "2020-10-17T11:31:45Z")
Flying, ball at feet Other ball remains in place Amazing g-force ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/31 "2020-10-17T16:54:23Z")
**!!AMAZING G-FORCE!!** : Gerry Anderson’s new pup- pet show! (not really) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/32 "2020-10-17T18:17:24Z")
Pet show! (not really) _Best In Show_ satirizes People more than dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Raucous84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Raucous84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raucous84)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/33 "2020-10-17T18:36:56Z")
People, more than dogs Seem to not know when to leave Well enough alone. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/34 "2020-10-17T19:41:15Z")
Well enough alone – But now it is in public That we find danger. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/35 "2020-10-17T20:12:53Z")
That we find danger In our neighbors’ company Is disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/36 "2020-10-17T20:35:27Z")
Is dis concert in- genue da one dat I saw Doing pirouettes? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/37 "2020-10-17T21:19:00Z")
Doing pirouettes On the roundabout trapeze Shirley fell to earth ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/38 "2020-10-17T21:50:42Z")
Shirley fell to earth happily, parachuting through warm friendly air ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/39 "2020-10-17T22:14:40Z")
through warm friendly air in autumn – the dying sea- son – a leaf slices. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/40 "2020-10-18T01:00:06Z")
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