# 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:** 244
**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 24, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4861 "2026-07-24T21:02:07Z")
…and infinity doesn’t seem so big when you’re on the _Enterprise_. ---
**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 24, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4862 "2026-07-24T22:59:25Z")
On the Enterprise Rental car I noticed a Hertz bumper sticker ---
**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:** [July 26, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4863 "2026-07-26T18:50:25Z")
Hertz bumper sticker Is not advertising cars But their audio. ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4864 "2026-07-27T01:57:23Z")
But their audio Wasn’t working on the Zoom; Whole session was mute. ---
**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 27, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4865 "2026-07-27T10:45:35Z")
Whole session was mute A meeting in pantomime And semaphore code ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4866 "2026-07-27T20:21:20Z")
… and semaphore code was all wrong on The Beatles’ **Help** album cover. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4867 "2026-07-28T20:42:49Z")
Help album cover? No, I only help people. That’s just how I roll. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4868 "2026-07-28T20:53:45Z")
That’s just how I roll It’s usually downhill And getting grass stains ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4869 "2026-07-29T01:36:56Z")
… and getting grass stains out of your dress whites can be a major hassle. ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4870 "2026-07-29T02:30:55Z")
A Major Hassle Made me scrub down the latrine With a mere toothbrush ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4871 "2026-07-29T02:34:12Z")
With a mere toothbrush The plucky story hero Saved everybody! ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4872 "2026-07-29T21:32:05Z")
Saved everybody and then went on vacation. Sure, I deserved it! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4873 "2026-07-29T23:32:23Z")
Sure, I deserved it! And chocolate comes from a bean - It’s a vegetable. ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4874 "2026-07-30T00:17:59Z")
It’s a vegetable And a fruit at the same time As many foods are. ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4875 "2026-07-30T00:59:49Z")
As many foods are fattening… don’t know where I was going with that. ---
**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 30, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4876 "2026-07-30T01:48:45Z")
Was going with that Strange girl to the senior prom Won the “Worst Dressed” prize ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4877 "2026-07-30T18:48:27Z")
Won the “Worst Dressed” prize, which I’m really quite proud of; of course you see why! ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4878 "2026-08-10T16:49:14Z")
Of course you see why! The population grows old, Needs more blue parking. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4879 "2026-08-10T17:46:16Z")
Needs more blue. Parking That red crayon for a while Gives better color. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/4880 "2026-08-10T18:25:44Z")
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