# 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:** 208
**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:** [July 28, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4141 "2025-07-28T21:45:30Z")
TV audience, director, cast, crew and cash: success in Burbank! ---
**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:** [July 28, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4142 "2025-07-28T22:20:02Z")
Success in Burbank! Wait, ain’t that the place with the Beautiful downtown? ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4143 "2025-07-29T01:32:33Z")
Beautiful downtown Burbank was the backdrop of TV of my youth ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4144 "2025-07-29T22:21:20Z")
TV of my youth? Sorry about that, Chief! And Missed it by _that_ much! ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4145 "2025-07-31T00:18:01Z")
“Missed it by _that_ much!” Were the last words William Tell’s Other son Bob heard ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4146 "2025-08-01T20:28:55Z")
Other son Bob heard That his sister just gave birth So Bob’s your uncle ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4147 "2025-08-01T22:06:43Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > So Bob’s your uncle? He’s my brother-in law; so what’s our relation? (When will this spacing / Problem go away, Discourse? / I hope it’s real soon.) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4148 "2025-08-01T22:21:30Z")
(Just you type the words As normal, but use markdown Slider on the left.) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4149 "2025-08-01T23:21:34Z")
(Slider on the left Looks not like a slide to me. Clicking “A” works, though.) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4150 "2025-08-02T01:16:09Z")
Clicking “A” works, though when showing which letter the word apple starts with ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4151 "2025-08-02T02:49:51Z")
Word “apple” starts with? I guess that would be, uh, “app”? Your puzzles are hard! ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4152 "2025-08-02T11:32:13Z")
“Your puzzles are hard!” “Yes they are,” she agreed, “but I call them nipples.” ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4153 "2025-08-03T01:12:06Z")
I call them nipples. That’s what I call everything I want to suck on. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4154 "2025-08-03T01:29:24Z")
I want to suck on An egg, because someone told Me to go do that ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4155 "2025-08-03T02:15:06Z")
Me, to go do that? That’s not going to happen. There’s no chance at all. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4156 "2025-08-03T04:32:55Z")
There’s no chance at all that I _won’t_ write some haiku; that’s just how I roll. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4157 "2025-08-03T05:13:57Z")
That’s just how I roll: Ass over tea kettle, and faster when downhill ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4158 "2025-08-03T11:33:13Z")
Faster when downhill a weird recommendation For a bicycle ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4159 "2025-08-04T00:19:55Z")
For a bicycle I would walk a hundred miles And ride the bike back ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4160 "2025-08-04T01:10:52Z")
And ride the bike back and forth and back and forth… well, that’s my Monday plan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=209)