# Haiku Madness Part Deux

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141
**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
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### 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: [December 11, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4501 "2025-12-11T18:11:54Z")

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Doesn’t it look weird?  
I never know when to use  
who or whom. Whom does?

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### 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: [December 11, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4502 "2025-12-11T19:06:09Z")

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Who or whom. Whom does?  
Pronoun trouble gets me down  
So just shoot me now

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### 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: [December 11, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4503 "2025-12-11T19:22:30Z")

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So just shoot me now  
I did my hair and face, I’m  
Prepped for my close-up

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### 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: [December 14, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4504 "2025-12-14T05:51:23Z")

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Prepped for my close-up,  
I told the director that  
Tom Cruise, I was not.

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### 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: [December 14, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4505 "2025-12-14T15:33:14Z")

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Tom Cruise, I was not  
My Mission Impossible  
To find my lost socks

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### 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: [December 14, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4506 "2025-12-14T17:44:30Z")

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To find my lost socks  
I enlisted the aid of  
A sock-sniffing pup

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### 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: [December 14, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4507 "2025-12-14T19:29:56Z")

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A sock-sniffing pup  
Is a warning sign, because  
Pups sometimes eat socks.

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### 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: [December 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4508 "2025-12-14T22:13:31Z")

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Pups sometimes eat socks  
And they occasionally  
Pass them on the bed

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### 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: [December 15, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4509 "2025-12-15T05:06:53Z")

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“Pass them on the bed,”  
said the madame to the john;  
bordello advice

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### 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: [December 15, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4510 "2025-12-15T13:08:06Z")

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Bordello advice:  
Do not reckon price per pint,  
Fluid flow so dear

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### 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: [December 17, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4511 "2025-12-17T04:42:50Z")

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Fluid flow so dear:  
semen, gasoline, root beer  
not the same at all!

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### 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: [December 17, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4512 "2025-12-17T16:22:02Z")

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Not the same at all!  
Sublime, smart, silly, and wise  
Dumb, mean, and a liar

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### 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: [December 17, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4513 "2025-12-17T22:11:34Z")

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“Liar” seems more like two syllables to me, but OK.

“Dumb, mean and a liar”  
describes a certain leader;  
you know who I mean

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### 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: [December 18, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4514 "2025-12-18T09:43:30Z")

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You know who I mean.  
I’m the man who killed Gus Fring.  
I am Heisenberg.

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### Author: ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4515 "2025-12-18T12:08:55Z")

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I am Heisenberg.  
Uncertainty is certain!  
Einstein got it wrong.

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### 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: [December 18, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4516 "2025-12-18T12:45:47Z")

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Einstein got it wrong  
He thought that I threw the ball  
Einstein is my pup

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### 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: [December 18, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4517 "2025-12-18T16:08:22Z")

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Einstein is my pup  
But he’s no supergenius  
Barks at his own farts

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### 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: [December 18, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4518 "2025-12-18T20:49:59Z")

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Barks at his own farts?  
Sounds like my Uncle Woodrow;  
not the smartest guy.

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### 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: [December 22, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4519 "2025-12-22T21:15:02Z")

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Not the smartest guy  
Thinks saying that he’s “driving”  
Avoids the ticket

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### 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: [December 22, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4520 "2025-12-22T22:31:44Z")

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Avoids the ticket,  
He does. Then he gets a free  
Coupon for Guinness.

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