# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/561 "2021-06-11T05:05:47Z")
End internet wrongs. First Twitter, Facebook. But lay Off funny cat vids. ---
**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 11, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/562 "2021-06-11T09:36:36Z")
Off, funny cat vids! Get off of my gol-darned phone! Ain’t got time for that ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/563 "2021-06-11T12:14:05Z")
Ain’t got time for that?! Funny cat vids - best use of Time, IMHO. ---
**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 11, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/564 "2021-06-11T15:15:20Z")
Time, IMHO, Keeps flowing like a river, Says Alan Parsons. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/565 "2021-06-11T17:33:27Z")
Says Alan Parsons I have a new project, it’s An Eye In The Sky ---
**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:** [June 11, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/566 "2021-06-11T21:22:55Z")
An Eye In The Sky Used to be a metaphor. Now they’re all over. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/567 "2021-06-12T00:06:24Z")
Now they’re all over Watching us all constantly Tinfoil hat needed. ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/568 "2021-06-12T15:46:28Z")
Tinfoil hat needed To pass around while I busk Heavy metal tunes ---
**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 18, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/569 "2021-06-18T21:01:45Z")
Heavy metal tunes? Howsabout John Mellencamp’s Little Zinc Houses ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/570 "2021-06-19T21:13:33Z")
Little zinc houses Are batteries that power Household devices ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/571 "2021-06-20T01:47:36Z")
Household devices Vacuum, Range, Microwave Making life better Note: According to the Oxford English dictionary and several on-line sources, vacuum has 3 syllables, no matter how you pronounce it… ---
**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 20, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/572 "2021-06-20T10:28:46Z")
“No matter how you pronounce it” doesn’t make a lick of sense. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/573 "2021-06-20T11:50:41Z")
Agreed. And most people pronounce it with two syllables. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/574 "2021-06-20T13:43:55Z")
When I search “vacuum pronunciation” on Bing I get: > [ˈvakˌyo͞o(ə)m] which indicates either 2 or 3 syllables. ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/575 "2021-06-20T13:53:01Z")
Making life better By keeping my mouth shut as Long as possible. ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/576 "2021-06-20T15:21:10Z")
Long as possible Now and forever, “vacuum” Has two syllables ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/577 "2021-06-20T18:19:12Z")
Has “Two syllables!” Become this thread’s tribal flag? _Squee!!_ I’m bi! Kill tri! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/578 "2021-06-20T21:23:25Z")
Squee, I’m bi, kill tri, Pour, pive, pix, peven, pate, pine: Counting is such fun. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/579 "2021-06-20T23:09:59Z")
Counting is such fun So are syllable debates OED is the one truth ---
**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:** [June 21, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/580 "2021-06-21T21:49:57Z")
OED is the one truth? Pshaw! Webster’s Second is the Definitive work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=30)