# 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:** 213
**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 26, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4241 "2025-08-26T10:36:05Z")
And that’s enough! Right Now, pup, you must stop chewing On my furniture! ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4242 "2025-08-26T12:26:15Z")
On my furniture I sit, remote in right hand Mindlessly watching ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4243 "2025-08-26T14:01:50Z")
Mindlessly watching the TV until I fall Asleep. All is calm. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4244 "2025-08-26T14:31:42Z")
Asleep - all is calm. Awake - all is loud chaos. Pre-school kids are wild. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4245 "2025-08-26T19:45:20Z")
Pre-school kids are wild But I am jealous of them Because I love naps ---
**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 26, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4246 "2025-08-26T20:46:41Z")
Because I love naps I collect area rugs And stroke them daily ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4247 "2025-08-27T01:59:03Z")
And stroke them daily? I’m happy to take that job At the cat shelter. ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4248 "2025-08-27T02:24:03Z")
At the cat shelter, My sister picked up Kestra. Sweet lil baby girl. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4249 "2025-08-27T04:22:58Z")
Sweet lil baby girl. That’s what I call my cat, too. Cats are lovable. ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4250 "2025-08-27T15:26:16Z")
Cats are lovable But sometimes they make me sneeze So it’s dogs for me ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4251 "2025-08-27T16:51:59Z")
So it’s dogs for me! Sledding in Iditarod’s what it’s all about ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4252 "2025-08-27T20:45:23Z")
(with apologies to Burt Bacharach) What it’s all about Live just for the moment? _But_ I believe in love ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4253 "2025-08-28T00:51:46Z")
I believe in love, books, tea, naps, and chocolate cake. But mostly the cake. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4254 "2025-08-28T13:02:16Z")
But mostly the cake Was a lie. Still, in the end They made a neat gun. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4255 "2025-08-28T15:46:23Z")
They made a neat gun For the research to be done. Are you still alive? ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4256 "2025-08-28T17:17:50Z")
“Are you still alive?” I shouted to the man who Knocked on his coffin ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4257 "2025-08-28T21:35:53Z")
Knocked on his coffin, but Mozart never replied; he’s decomposing ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4258 "2025-08-29T00:39:05Z")
He’s decomposing The worms crawl in and crawl out. He’s one with the soil. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4259 "2025-08-29T03:04:36Z")
“He’s one with the soil,” the garden-supply clerk said. My goal? Re-potting. ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4260 "2025-08-29T10:53:45Z")
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