# 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:** 209
**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 4, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4161 "2025-08-04T02:11:38Z")
That’s my Monday plan: To run the dishwasher; and Do some more laundry. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4162 "2025-08-04T13:18:24Z")
“Do some more laundry,” thinks I, when he walks in drenched in sweat from yardwork. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4163 "2025-08-04T15:28:01Z")
In sweat from yardwork A microscope can show you All kinds of creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4164 "2025-08-04T15:40:39Z")
All kinds of creatures Inhabit this strange planet Who am I to judge? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4165 "2025-08-04T18:47:43Z")
Who am I to judge ?! Let me remind you, I am … Ruth Bader Ginsburg. ---
**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 4, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4166 "2025-08-04T19:55:25Z")
Ruth Bader Ginsburg? How’s this for a good judge name: Darth Vader Ginsburg ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4167 "2025-08-04T20:49:45Z")
Darth Vader Ginsburg Is the name of my band but We need a drummer ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4168 "2025-08-04T21:09:26Z")
We need a drummer who won’t just burst into flame, like in that Brit group ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4169 "2025-08-05T00:58:25Z")
Like in that Brit group Ya know, with the long, long hair Wearing wild, wild clothes ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4170 "2025-08-05T02:25:06Z")
Wearing wild, wild clothes I always make quite a splash at the nuns’ meeting ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4171 "2025-08-05T03:18:56Z")
At the nuns’ meeting, I was asked to leave because I am not Catholic ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4172 "2025-08-05T03:19:59Z")
I am not Catholic. I am a Cat-o-holic. I enjoy my cats. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4173 "2025-08-05T04:17:12Z")
I enjoy my cats Barbecued with side of dog I am a strawman ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4174 "2025-08-05T13:58:41Z")
I am a strawman I distort your argument I’m a fallacy ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4175 "2025-08-05T14:36:36Z")
I’m a fallacy I am so very common But I’m still so wrong. ---
**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 6, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4176 "2025-08-06T01:03:56Z")
But I’m still so wrong According to the teacher grading my paper ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4177 "2025-08-06T03:37:33Z")
Grading my paper she discerned I was fascist she gave me an F ---
**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 6, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4178 "2025-08-06T11:23:00Z")
She gave me an F So I gave her back a U I won that exchange ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4179 "2025-08-06T15:39:31Z")
I won that exchange! Back when phone numbers started with exchange letters. Before phone numbers were fully numerical, many began with an **exchange name** that was often shortened to two letters, such as “PEnnsylvania 6-5000”. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4180 "2025-08-06T22:09:47Z")
With exchange letters, Back in my childhood, three - two Was old DAvenport. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=210)