# 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:** 201
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4001 "2025-06-06T02:03:27Z")
Of the Grand Canyon I just don’t know all that much; fun to visit, though! ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4002 "2025-06-06T12:20:41Z")
Fun to visit, though I wouldn’t want to live there; too crowded for me. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4003 "2025-06-06T12:24:16Z")
Too crowded for me That’s why I avoid New York; a great policy ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4004 "2025-06-06T13:02:56Z")
A great policy Is universal health care. A bad one is DOGE. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4005 "2025-06-06T16:35:58Z")
A bad one is DOGE When you’re trying to say “dog” With a French accent ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4006 "2025-06-06T23:33:46Z")
With a French accent Even the dumbest phrases Sound kinda sexy ---
**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:** [June 7, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4007 "2025-06-07T02:56:23Z")
“Sound kinda sexy” is not how _anyone_ has ever described me ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4008 "2025-06-08T12:33:17Z")
Ever described me? I need to know when and why And just what you said ---
**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:** [June 8, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4009 "2025-06-08T23:59:58Z")
And just what you said, Or what I thought that you said, Or, maybe, like, huh? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4010 "2025-06-09T01:44:13Z")
“Or, maybe, like, huh?” Such a silver-tonged devil **Yllaria** is ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4011 "2025-06-09T01:53:51Z")
Yllaria is A poster on Straight Dope boards. That’s how I know them. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4012 "2025-06-09T02:40:57Z")
That’s how I know them, By the fruits of their labor, or something like that. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4013 "2025-06-09T10:18:43Z")
Or something like that Or this one or that one, but Certainly not those ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4014 "2025-06-09T14:21:07Z")
“Certainly not _those_,” my snooty cousin Ed sniffed; he is quite picky ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4015 "2025-06-09T15:44:29Z")
He is quite picky. Will only eat grapes if they are peeled for him first. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4016 "2025-06-09T23:32:22Z")
Are peeled for him first Is the only way my kid Will consume most fruit ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4017 "2025-06-10T01:33:54Z")
“Will consume most fruit,” the curious want-ad read; did she get hired? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4018 "2025-06-10T15:52:34Z")
Did she get hired? Was she one syllable short? Maybe she got fired ---
**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:** [June 10, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4019 "2025-06-10T23:30:57Z")
Maybe she got fired Or maybe she got laid off. What’s the difference? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4020 "2025-06-11T01:49:21Z")
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