# 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:** 220
**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 22, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4381 "2025-10-22T17:08:33Z")
Second line has six? Stickling nitpicker stickles While wondrous world burns ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4382 "2025-10-22T19:40:47Z")
While wondrous world burns We must maintain strict order In our haiku club ---
**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, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4383 "2025-10-22T20:45:21Z")
In our haiku club Too many syllamables Will ruin our day ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4384 "2025-10-23T02:41:11Z")
Will, ruin our day? No, he’s much too nice a guy. Three big cheers for Will! ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4385 "2025-10-23T09:29:30Z")
Three big cheers for Will and Dick but most chiefly for King Charlie the Third ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4386 "2025-10-23T10:05:49Z")
King Charlie, the third Donut was a bit much, no? Watch that royal waist ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4387 "2025-10-26T17:17:00Z")
Watch that royal waist? I prefer the beauty queen with forty-inch hips. ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4388 "2025-10-29T10:46:07Z")
With forty-inch hips you are too stunned to reply. Cope with thirty-nine? ---
**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 29, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4389 "2025-10-29T11:46:17Z")
Cope with “'39”? Of course! It’s one of Queen’s most Underrated [songs.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE8kGMfXaFU) ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4390 "2025-10-30T11:54:47Z")
Under-rated songs? [Click on this YouTube right now!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc) It bewitches 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:** [November 1, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4391 "2025-11-01T04:38:42Z")
_It_ bewitches me. Just love that scary-ass clown; might move to Derry! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4392 "2025-11-01T18:40:12Z")
Might move to Derry. But maybe not! Have you seen the brand new series? It’s on HBO Max. Pretty gruesome! But almost comics-like. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4393 "2025-11-02T03:05:02Z")
The Brand new series is great - Russell’s best work yet! Or so he tells me. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4394 "2025-11-03T22:44:46Z")
Or, so he tells me, I can get off the, you know, Porcelain king-seat. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4395 "2025-11-04T02:15:25Z")
Porcelain king-seat For when you feel the need to Do a royal flush ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4396 "2025-11-04T03:50:38Z")
Do a royal flush if His Majesty lets you sit upon his throne ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4397 "2025-11-06T04:48:49Z")
“Sit upon his throne!” – But I am naked of clothes. “So’s His Majesty.” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4398 "2025-11-06T12:41:32Z")
So’s His Majesty Ordering fast food? Perhaps A Royale with Cheese? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4399 "2025-11-07T05:42:36Z")
A Royale with Cheese: the burger that hitmen love. By me? Not so much. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4400 "2025-11-08T10:49:05Z")
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