# 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:** 219
**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 10, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4361 "2025-10-10T22:28:43Z")
You know what I mean? No, actually, I don’t. You’re not making sense. ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4362 "2025-10-10T23:42:23Z")
You’re not making sense Have you been drinking? Or had A blow to the head? ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4363 "2025-10-11T05:01:08Z")
A blow to the head [is what this lady hopes for](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6grTFSOUznU)… but will she win 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:** [October 13, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4364 "2025-10-13T08:35:33Z")
Five Haikus on Oct 11 but zero on the 12th? Is everyone else too prudish to go with the obvious? But will she win it? This test of tease-denial? Oooh! Floods of relief. ---
**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 15, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4365 "2025-10-15T19:53:46Z")
Oooh! Floods of relief If I ever learn why 10/ 12 haikus offend ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4366 "2025-10-16T13:18:38Z")
Twelve haikus offend But first verse of all brings joy: “In the beginning.” ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4367 "2025-10-16T15:15:59Z")
In the beginning There was the Word. And the Word Was, Let there be light. (OK, so it’s not original. But I just noticed that it makes a haiku.) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4368 "2025-10-16T15:24:38Z")
Was “Let there be light” the last line in Asimov’s _The Final Question_? ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4369 "2025-10-19T04:28:19Z")
The final question? No, the first line of haiku - this time, anyway. ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4370 "2025-10-19T13:35:55Z")
This time, anyway So many stood together That it feels like hope. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4371 "2025-10-19T14:51:12Z")
That it feels like hope Gives me small comfort, 'cause it Felt like hope before ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4372 "2025-10-20T02:54:36Z")
Felt like Hope before: supple thighs, warm hands, sweet lips. I think it’s still her. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4373 "2025-10-21T14:29:49Z")
“I think it’s still her” Glimpsing amid the rubble Statue Liberty ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4374 "2025-10-21T16:29:26Z")
Statue Liberty Hey, wait! Someone stole the _of!_ And also the _the!_ ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4375 "2025-10-21T17:31:19Z")
And also the _the!_ Planet of the Apes, Taylor screams, “Damn you! Damn you to…” ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4376 "2025-10-21T19:54:23Z")
“Damn you! Damn you to… H-E-double hickory sticks" I won’t swear, damn it ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4377 "2025-10-21T23:54:38Z")
I won’t swear, damn it Even when your second line Has eight syllables ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4378 "2025-10-22T13:13:08Z")
Has eight syllables? Damn, I said “hickory” S’posed to be hockey. ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4379 "2025-10-22T14:34:14Z")
S’posed to be hockey Game tonight. But we couldn’t Find ice to skate 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:** [October 22, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4380 "2025-10-22T14:54:43Z")
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