# 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\
**Page:** 25

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/481 "2021-05-06T04:35:42Z")

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Podium – that’s art!  
Or maybe it’s something else.  
I don’t really know.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/482 "2021-05-06T08:37:19Z")

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I don’t really know  
How many licks it takes to  
Eat a Tootsie-Pop.

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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:** [May 6, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/483 "2021-05-06T09:58:02Z")

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Eat a Tootsie-Pop  
While thinking, “what a weird-ass  
Name for a candy”

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/484 "2021-05-06T13:03:50Z")

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Name for a candy  
Do not eat Butterfingers  
have Snickers instead

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/485 "2021-05-06T18:41:27Z")

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Have Snickers instead.  
You know you get cranky when  
You have not eaten.

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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:** [May 6, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/486 "2021-05-06T22:19:04Z")

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You have not eaten  
Any of your broccoli  
You are _not_ excused

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**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:** [May 7, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/487 "2021-05-07T00:31:50Z")

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You are _not_ excused  
From Boy’s Gym Class because it’s  
Your time of the month!

🙄

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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:** [May 9, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/488 "2021-05-09T01:34:08Z")

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Your time of the month  
To pay that land-line phone bill  
Ha ha, sucker!

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/489 "2021-05-10T09:24:32Z")

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Ha ha, sucker!  
I’ve stolen a syllable  
From my own first line!

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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:** [May 10, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/490 "2021-05-10T14:01:29Z")

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From my own first line  
To the last one said by you  
Was not very long.

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/491 "2021-05-10T14:13:36Z")

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Was not very long  
Not the line at the market  
that was way too long.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/492 "2021-05-10T14:23:22Z")

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That was way too long -  
I know you’re proud of it, but  
Enough is enough.

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**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:** [May 10, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/493 "2021-05-10T14:45:19Z")

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“Enough is enough”:  
Aptly named sub-title of  
Streisand/Summer tune.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/494 "2021-05-10T18:27:59Z")

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Streisand - Summer tune  
From _The Way We Were_: “Summer  
Me, Winter Me” - great!

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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:** [May 10, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/495 "2021-05-10T18:34:36Z")

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Me, Winter Me - great  
chance to catch up farmer’s sleep!  
Most years, visits, too.

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/496 "2021-05-12T22:16:33Z")

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Most years visits too  
Many to count (trips to see  
My psychiatrist)

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/497 "2021-05-12T22:20:32Z")

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My psychiatrist  
Says he’s allergic to me -  
It’s because I’m nuts.

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**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/498 "2021-05-12T23:48:45Z")

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It’s because I’m nuts.  
But not acorns or walnuts  
pecans are real deal

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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:** [May 13, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/499 "2021-05-13T01:37:30Z")

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pecans are real deal  
say the signs on the roadside  
entering Georgia.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/500 "2021-05-13T03:40:41Z")

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Entering Georgia  
Can be done from either way –  
The north or the south.

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