# 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:** 235
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4681 "2026-04-03T19:11:49Z")
Lets all systems go! What’s the worst that could happen? Mass hysteria? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4682 "2026-04-03T22:16:42Z")
Mass hysteria Converts to energy calm Under great pressure ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4683 "2026-04-03T22:21:49Z")
Under great pressure They dived to the Titanic And never returned ---
**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:** [April 3, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4684 "2026-04-03T22:51:16Z")
And never returned? That would be poor old Charlie On the MTA ---
**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:** [April 4, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4685 "2026-04-04T01:51:08Z")
On the MTA He changed for Jamalca Plain Sans one more nickel ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4686 "2026-04-04T03:29:06Z")
Sans one more nickel But good luck finding pennies Soon they’ll all be gone ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4687 "2026-04-05T04:37:32Z")
Soon they’ll all be gone, and I couldn’t be more glad; they’ve been here all year! ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4688 "2026-04-05T05:41:06Z")
They’ve been here all year, But now at last they’re blooming. Now I know they’re red. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4689 "2026-04-05T11:14:34Z")
Now, I _know_ they’re red Says Senator McCarthy Or at least dark pink ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4690 "2026-04-05T12:37:41Z")
Or at least dark pink? Still, Artemis II flies on Looking for the moon ---
**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:** [April 5, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4691 "2026-04-05T14:06:57Z")
Looking for the Moon The Sun searches folornly Til the end of time ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4692 "2026-04-06T02:59:08Z")
'Til the end of time I will despise peach ice cream. I really mean it! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4693 "2026-04-06T09:59:54Z")
I really mean it: Bone in rib eye is heaven! With good Cabernet ---
**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:** [April 10, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4694 "2026-04-10T02:47:07Z")
With good Cabernet, a Census taker’s liver is only so-so (Better to try some fava beans and a nice Chianti instead, I’m told) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4695 "2026-04-10T08:46:20Z")
Is only so-so Wake me up ‘fore you go-go Not going solo (Chianti helps to make the medicine go down) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4696 "2026-04-10T11:15:52Z")
Not going, Solo You can just take the droids and That Wookie fella ---
**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:** [April 10, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4697 "2026-04-10T13:26:08Z")
That Wookie fella Howled at his space chess rival And ripped his arms off ---
**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:** [April 12, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4698 "2026-04-12T04:38:04Z")
“…and ripped his arms off,” Sheila told me, and I thought: What a sore loser! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4699 "2026-04-12T06:05:08Z")
What a sore loser You can’t win ’em all, can you? But you can sure try ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4700 "2026-04-13T22:15:27Z")
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