# 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:** 26
**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 13, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/501 "2021-05-13T09:52:49Z")
The North or the South Where’s your Civil War wager? I bet on the West ---
**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 13, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/502 "2021-05-13T09:58:39Z")
I bet on the West Family - but which to back? Kanye? Adam? Jim? ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/503 "2021-05-13T14:08:29Z")
Kanye? Adam? Jim? It is a decreasing trend five, four, three letters ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/504 "2021-05-13T15:01:49Z")
Five, four, three letters then two, one, then none that week Interest is waning. ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/505 "2021-05-13T15:08:29Z")
Interest is waning. We made six cents last year from Our savings account. ---
**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 13, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/506 "2021-05-13T22:38:37Z")
Our savings account Has lots of zeros, but they’re All at the wrong end ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/507 "2021-05-14T01:43:49Z")
All at the wrong end Except for Proctologist Always at the rear ---
**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 14, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/508 "2021-05-14T01:51:00Z")
Always at the rear Poor Lone Ranger’s horse had to Keep doing that trick. ---
**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 14, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/509 "2021-05-14T08:39:47Z")
Keep doing that trick Where you pull those dollar coins Out of my left ear. ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/510 "2021-05-14T14:58:02Z")
Out of my left ear, The ENT extruded This huge hunk of wax. ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/511 "2021-05-14T19:50:22Z")
This huge hunk of wax Stands where my candles once stood Birthdays on Venus ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/512 "2021-05-16T13:56:49Z")
Birthdays on Venus want to go somewhere colder but not Uranus ---
**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 16, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/513 "2021-05-16T21:11:22Z")
But not Uranus I promised (with fingers crossed) And now she’s my ex ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/514 "2021-05-17T19:33:05Z")
And now she’s my ex; It will take a long while to… Hey, who’s that lady? ---
**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 18, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/515 "2021-05-18T01:19:57Z")
Hey, who’s that lady? That’s no lady – that’s my wife! And here comes trouble… ---
**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 18, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/516 "2021-05-18T01:59:46Z")
And here comes Trouble. I think you can likely guess Why kitten’s named that. ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/517 "2021-05-18T09:35:06Z")
Why kitten’s named “That”? Because we already have “This” and “The Other” ---
**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 18, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/518 "2021-05-18T13:12:19Z")
“This” and “The Other” You have no room there for “That”? Blatant Prejudice. ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/519 "2021-05-18T14:37:31Z")
Blatant Prejudice Is a bad name for a band. Find another one. ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/520 "2021-05-18T21:24:16Z")
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