# 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:** 216
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4301 "2025-09-12T00:37:15Z")
Quite powerless, though The wood stove works fine. How’s your stormy day going? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4302 "2025-09-12T02:38:07Z")
Stormy day going to be a wet one, all right. Got your bumbershoot? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4303 "2025-09-12T14:22:40Z")
Got your Bumbershoot tickets? A festival in Seattle. Music! Aside: I googled “bumbershoot” to get synonyms, and this festival popped up. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4304 "2025-09-12T15:27:52Z")
Seattle music is fine, but not as good as Cleveland music, yo! ---
**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:** [September 13, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4305 "2025-09-13T04:44:00Z")
Cleveland music, yo! From Nine Inch Nails to Joe Walsh, this scene has it all ---
**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:** [September 13, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4306 "2025-09-13T15:00:42Z")
this scene has it all mute bards, clumsy rogues, drunk monks Even drugged out elves ---
**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:** [September 13, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4307 "2025-09-13T20:17:07Z")
Even drugged out elves would do a much better job than the orange turd. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4308 "2025-09-14T02:41:58Z")
“…Than the orange turd.” Anyone’s better than that, but eyeliner guy. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4309 "2025-09-14T02:46:57Z")
“But Eyeliner Guy,” an obscure supervillain demanded, “Why now?” ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4310 "2025-09-15T01:18:56Z")
Demanded, “Why now?” “I don’t know,” I shrugged. “Maybe we can try later.” ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4311 "2025-09-15T12:08:20Z")
We can try later but not much. Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4312 "2025-09-15T15:53:15Z")
Madness takes its toll But if madness has method Justice may prevail ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4313 "2025-09-15T20:46:25Z")
Justice may prevail, but we all must strive for it! It won’t just happen. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4314 "2025-09-16T00:58:02Z")
It won’t just happen if we don’t make it happen, We’re gonna do it! ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4315 "2025-09-16T05:56:04Z")
We’re gonna do it! I lose my virginity. That did not take long. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4316 "2025-09-16T19:47:59Z")
That did not take long. You can always depend on Hamburger Helper. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4317 "2025-09-16T20:15:19Z")
Hamburger Helper Sure tastes great on its own Maybe call it Helper ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4318 "2025-09-17T00:20:16Z")
Maybe call it Helper. Santa’s Little Helper is a very long name. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4319 "2025-09-17T12:12:19Z")
A very long name: John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. It’s NOT my name. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4320 "2025-09-17T19:43:12Z")
Schmidt, it’s NOT my name, and beef, it’s NOT for dinner. And now you all know! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=215) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=217)