# 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:** 34

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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:** [July 29, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/661 "2021-07-29T13:52:06Z")

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All the cows went home  
And then all the cows went Moo!  
All the bulls came home

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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:** [July 31, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/662 "2021-07-31T19:14:25Z")

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All the Bulls came home  
And each relieved his bowels  
Ain’t that some bullshit?

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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:** [August 1, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/663 "2021-08-01T23:31:31Z")

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Ain’t that some bullshit?  
Karen Carpenter used to  
Swear like a sailor.

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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:** [August 1, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/664 "2021-08-01T23:42:47Z")

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Swear like a sailor,  
Make love like a gigolo,  
Pray like a madman.

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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:** [August 2, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/665 "2021-08-02T22:41:01Z")

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Pray like a madman:  
No IBS flare-ups on  
Our nine hour car trip.

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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:** [August 2, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/666 "2021-08-02T22:57:02Z")

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Our nine hour car trip  
Had continuous soundtrack:  
Mew. Mew. Mew. MEOW.

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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:** [August 2, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/667 "2021-08-02T23:26:31Z")

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[Mew. Mew. Mew. MEOW.  
No! That cat food commercial?  
Malcolm wrote that, right?](https://youtu.be/4c09oI5hcmU?t=22)

[I could only find it in Spanish, but you’ll get the gist.]

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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:** [August 3, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/668 "2021-08-03T20:08:43Z")

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Malcolm wrote that, right?  
That X right after his name?  
Odd choice of surname

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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:** [August 4, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/669 "2021-08-04T10:35:23Z")

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Odd choice of surname -  
Arnold Dorsey told us to  
Call him Humperdinck.

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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:** [August 4, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/670 "2021-08-04T16:27:30Z")

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Call him Humperdinck,  
Her, “Buttercup,” the mawwiage  
Wasn’t meant to be.

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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:** [August 4, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/671 "2021-08-04T22:16:11Z")

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Wasn’t meant to be  
An NBA star, I guess  
I’m only 5-9

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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:** [August 5, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/672 "2021-08-05T03:02:54Z")

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I’m only 5-9  
He said. She thought, I’m 5-2.  
Why’d he say “only”?

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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:** [August 5, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/673 "2021-08-05T09:05:48Z")

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Why’d he say only  
The lonely know how he feels?  
That Roy Orbison!

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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:** [August 6, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/674 "2021-08-06T22:44:20Z")

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That Roy Orbison  
Punched out Johnny Cash over  
Who’s the Man in Black.

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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:** [August 9, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/675 "2021-08-09T16:12:18Z")

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Who’s the Man in Black?  
'Tis the Dread Pirate Roberts!  
Some say it’s Wesley.

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**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:** [August 9, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/676 "2021-08-09T17:41:09Z")

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Some say it’s Wesley.  
Who is Picard’s only son  
He crushed Bev Crusher

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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:** [August 9, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/677 "2021-08-09T22:13:26Z")

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He crushed Bev Crusher  
And he barked at Bob Barker  
I wonder who’s next?

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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:** [August 9, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/678 "2021-08-09T23:40:14Z")

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I wonder who’s next?  
Jim Carrey for President?  
Who’s the bigger clown?

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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:** [August 10, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/679 "2021-08-10T00:42:34Z")

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Who’s the bigger clown?  
Is it Fezzik the Giant  
Or Emmett Kelly?

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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:** [August 10, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/680 "2021-08-10T13:37:46Z")

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OR: “Emmett Kelly  
Died from penile exhaustion -  
It’s ‘Weary Willy’.”

Seriously, it’s hard to start a sentence with “or”

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