# 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:** 237
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4721 "2026-04-20T01:26:12Z")
I’ll get my ass warned If I let him shove his nose At the annoyed cat. ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4722 "2026-04-20T11:27:41Z")
At the annoyed cat What’s with those cats, anyway? Superior, them? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4723 "2026-04-20T15:24:03Z")
Superior, them? Of course they are; and know it. They don’t start hate groups. ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4724 "2026-04-20T15:54:24Z")
They don’t start hate groups But yet, folks just being folks Some do love to hate ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4725 "2026-04-20T18:39:00Z")
Some do love to hate And others, they hate to love Me? I like to like ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4726 "2026-04-20T20:48:24Z")
Me? I like to like A good way to be. Like me, I sure hate to hate ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4727 "2026-04-25T11:37:09Z")
I sure hate to hate But I struggle with that when I see litterbugs ---
**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 25, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4728 "2026-04-25T11:50:00Z")
I see litterbugs They don’t know that they are trash Don’t see each other ---
**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:** [April 25, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4729 "2026-04-25T14:19:43Z")
Don’t see each other Each sees only their own dreams. Makes a bad marriage. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4730 "2026-04-29T04:15:05Z")
Makes a bad marriage: loathing, distrust, cheating, theft. So just keep looking! ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4731 "2026-04-29T04:26:44Z")
So just keep looking! You’ll find your glasses sometime. Are they on your head? ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4732 "2026-04-29T10:24:07Z")
Are they on your head? I’m talking about your ears… That’s where they should be ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4733 "2026-04-29T13:02:22Z")
That’s where they should be They said. But I disagree. Mine go where they please. ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4734 "2026-04-29T13:16:10Z")
Mine go where they please Which just proves the old adage You cannot herd fleas ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4735 "2026-04-29T13:31:51Z")
You cannot herd fleas Or the cats that carry them. It’s easy with sheep. ---
**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 29, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4736 "2026-04-29T16:02:36Z")
“It’s easy with sheep,” an old Scotsman told me once, but I still doubt it. ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4737 "2026-04-29T17:08:45Z")
But I still doubt it Dirty deeds are always A done deal in Perth ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4738 "2026-04-29T17:34:28Z")
A done deal in Perth is not so “done” in Melbourne, or so Bruce told me. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4739 "2026-04-29T18:55:56Z")
“Or so”? Bruce told me That you need to be precise Building this device. ---
**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 29, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4740 "2026-04-29T20:23:04Z")
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