# 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:** 218
**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 27, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4341 "2025-09-27T03:41:54Z")
Beach Boys and surfboards are never seen in my 'hood (not that I would mind)! ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4342 "2025-09-27T05:01:59Z")
Not that I would mind, my office banned popcorn 'cause it makes work smell good. ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4343 "2025-09-27T07:42:14Z")
It makes work smell good I love the smell of napalm Morning noon or night. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4344 "2025-09-27T11:34:29Z")
Morning, noon, or night Winter, spring, summer, or fall I’m always open ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4345 "2025-09-27T20:48:38Z")
I’m always open To possibly buying One or more new books. ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4346 "2025-09-27T23:03:33Z")
One or more new books have been written about that thing that happened once. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4347 "2025-09-28T02:57:54Z")
Thing that happened once might happen twice or thrice more, but that’s all, by gum! ---
**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:** [September 28, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4348 "2025-09-28T12:27:37Z")
But that’s all by gum At the register. Candy, Mints, and batteries ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4349 "2025-09-28T19:45:31Z")
Mints and batteries - Only one is edible. Both can give a zing. ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4350 "2025-09-30T08:12:53Z")
Both can give a zing. That’s why I like to date twins. Birthdays are real fun. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4351 "2025-10-01T22:11:49Z")
Birthdays are real fun, Unless you are the person Who is giving birth ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4352 "2025-10-02T02:22:57Z")
Who is giving birth? It’s not me, I’m pretty sure. But thanks for asking! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4353 "2025-10-07T13:28:12Z")
But thanks for asking About the bumps on my skin They’re from licking frogs ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4354 "2025-10-07T15:34:34Z")
They’re from licking. Frogs Do that a lot. Or maybe That “fact” isn’t true. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4355 "2025-10-07T16:22:16Z")
That fact isn’t true So then let’s go ahead and Call it a factoid ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4356 "2025-10-08T01:10:10Z")
Call it a factoid Or thesaurus coprolite - Saying lie is harsh. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4357 "2025-10-08T14:19:51Z")
Saying lie is harsh Try saying lain, perhaps laid Those are much softer ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4358 "2025-10-09T16:57:23Z")
Those are much softer; my Egyptian-cotton sheets aren’t _nearly_ that soft. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4359 "2025-10-10T19:21:10Z")
“Aren’t nearly that soft” The awkward tagline to the New Viagra ads ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4360 "2025-10-10T20:55:39Z")
New Viagra ads are really stimulating; _you_ know what I mean! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=217) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=219)