# 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:** 221
**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 9, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4401 "2025-11-09T04:50:54Z")
“By”/“Buy”? Not sure homonyms are fair play, but I’ll go from your last line. “Especially thou,” my Old Testament sweetheart once lovingly said. ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4402 "2025-11-09T12:32:20Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “By”/“Buy”? Not sure homonyms are fair play, but I’ll go from your last line. The Heir raises a good point. For clarity, homonyms are not allowed from this point forward. For the record, punctuation _may_ be altered. Once lovingly said, “You’re an ass!” has taken on A different meaning ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4403 "2025-11-10T17:17:57Z")
Thanks, **MMM**. A different meaning was what I intended when I said, “Eat my shorts!” ---
**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:** [November 10, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4404 "2025-11-10T17:28:02Z")
I said, “Eat my shorts!” But the moths declined. They said They were synthetic. ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4405 "2025-11-11T03:06:10Z")
They were synthetic, but really empathetic; nicest moths ever! ---
**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 11, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4406 "2025-11-11T12:42:38Z")
Nicest moths ever! When they’re done flitting about They turn off the light ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4407 "2025-11-14T02:17:46Z")
They turn off the light when we forget to pay bill. Where are the candles? ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4408 "2025-11-14T12:41:28Z")
Where are the candles? This stinks! This is BS! This… Oh, wait, here they are ---
**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:** [November 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4409 "2025-11-14T16:35:07Z")
“Oh, wait, here they are” Hey, I recognize that quote ! It’s Bulldog Briscoe ! ---
**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 14, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4410 "2025-11-14T18:12:59Z")
It’s Bulldog Briscoe! A great _Frasier_ character; always liked that guy ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4411 "2025-11-14T18:19:53Z")
Wait! It’s November? Where has the time gone this year? Soon two oh two six. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4412 "2025-11-14T19:25:23Z")
Always liked that guy But he never seemed to know The rules for the thread. ---
**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 14, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4413 "2025-11-14T19:59:59Z")
The rules for the thread are to quote the last line of the previous post. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4414 "2025-11-14T20:11:30Z")
The previous post Has a cute wee tweety bird No more puddy tat ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4415 "2025-11-14T20:47:33Z")
“No more puddy tat,” said the giant Tweety bird, wiping off his beak. ---
**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 14, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4416 "2025-11-14T21:03:48Z")
Wiping off his beak The robin was grossed out 'cause There’s dirt on his worms ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4417 "2025-11-14T21:28:20Z")
There’s dirt on his worms As they ate into his brain The wall was too high ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4418 "2025-11-15T03:30:59Z")
The Wall was too high, just as the Stasi liked it, but is now long gone. ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4419 "2025-11-15T12:56:39Z")
But is now long gone Right down the middle it came Bruce Springsteen’s speedball ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4420 "2025-11-17T04:52:17Z")
[Out of game] > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > “By”/“Buy”? Not sure homonyms are fair play, but I’ll go from your last line. > > The Heir raises a good point. For clarity, homonyms are not allowed from this point forward. For the record, punctuation _may_ be altered. Just to be certain (and to avoid further infraction): What about same-spelling homonyms? For example in response to > [@](#): > > Seems like yesterday > you held each other so tight. > Time flies. You can not. would the following be permitted? > [@](#): > > Time flies? You can not: > They fly erratically > and much too quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=222)