# 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:** 241
**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:** [June 27, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4801 "2026-06-27T11:59:56Z")
You just might get some Freshly baked pie whenever Someone joins the Dope ---
**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:** [June 27, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4802 "2026-06-27T12:18:42Z")
Someone joins the Dope Stinky the Trock runs rampant Off to the cornfield ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4803 "2026-06-27T13:21:31Z")
Off to the cornfield: Bill Mumy sends you there or Alpha Centauri ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4804 "2026-06-28T04:06:32Z")
Alpha Centauri has no cornfields, I believe, but I’ve never been. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4805 "2026-06-28T05:48:58Z")
But I’ve never been To Alaska’s winter, so Maybe I’ll survive. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4806 "2026-06-28T10:38:04Z")
Maybe I’ll survive Maybe I’ll be petrified Go, walk out the door ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4807 "2026-06-28T11:04:16Z")
Go, walk out the door. Just turn around now, you’re not Welcome any more. — Gloria Gaynor ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4808 "2026-06-28T11:07:45Z")
Welcome any more You think I’d lay down and die? You think I’d crumble? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4809 "2026-06-28T13:53:05Z")
You think I’d crumble Oreos into a crust For choc’late cheesecake? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4810 "2026-06-28T14:35:04Z")
For choc’late cheesecake? I would crawl a million miles Through dust, sand, and weeds ---
**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:** [July 3, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4811 "2026-07-03T03:08:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Go, walk out the door. > Just turn around now, you’re not > Welcome any more. > > — Gloria Gaynor You. Are. _Awesome_. Whodathunk those lyrics fit the haiku format? Not I. Well done - very well done indeed! In play: Through dust, sand, and weeds I drove my Great Aunt Edna; on and on she bitched. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4812 "2026-07-03T04:34:44Z")
**Mean Mr. Mustard** Gave me the impetus and I just ran with it. (Credit where credit is due.) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4813 "2026-07-03T13:00:36Z")
BIP: On and on she bitched. Putting her on the car roof Was no accident. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4814 "2026-07-03T15:03:38Z")
Was no accident But the noodle incident Most certainly was ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4815 "2026-07-04T13:43:28Z")
“Most certainly _was_!” “Most certainly was _NOT_!” Such Stinging repartee. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4816 "2026-07-04T14:24:50Z")
Stinging repartee When that freakin’ bumblebee Called me a moron ---
**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:** [July 4, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4817 "2026-07-04T15:19:28Z")
Called me a moron; Sticks and stones will break my bones But names can’t hurt 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:** [July 4, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4818 "2026-07-04T20:21:42Z")
But names can’t hurt me Is a lie our parents taught To conceal our pain. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4819 "2026-07-05T03:50:57Z")
“To conceal our pain,” the choir said, “we will sing only happy tunes.” ---
**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:** [July 6, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4820 "2026-07-06T02:10:38Z")
Only happy tunes No Looney or Merrie ones Just Flintstones reruns [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=242)