# 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:** 40

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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:** [September 27, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/781 "2021-09-27T15:44:56Z")

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Sounds like a great plan:  
Watching a DVD with  
Pretzels and cream cheese

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**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:** [September 27, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/782 "2021-09-27T17:05:35Z")

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Pretzels and cream cheese  
just not as good as bagels  
or so I believe

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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:** [September 27, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/783 "2021-09-27T22:19:12Z")

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Or so I believe  
Never had pretzel/cream cheese  
That is gonna change

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**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:** [September 28, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/784 "2021-09-28T15:55:56Z")

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That is gonna change  
Declaration of intent:  
new kind of noshing

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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:** [September 28, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/785 "2021-09-28T20:21:35Z")

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new kind of noshing  
Slam food in mouth at rock show  
I call it nosh mosh

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**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:** [September 29, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/786 "2021-09-29T16:52:35Z")

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I call it nosh mosh;  
college first year reggae fan  
says: nosh mosh frosh Tosh

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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:** [October 1, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/787 "2021-10-01T00:56:46Z")

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says: nosh mosh frosh Tosh  
and I say, please chew your food  
'fore you speak to me

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/788 "2021-10-01T04:44:20Z")

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‘fore you speak to me

dig deep in your pocket and

pay me what you owe

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**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:** [October 1, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/789 "2021-10-01T14:40:50Z")

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Pay me what you owe  
if you’re a man of your word  
that is only right

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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:** [October 1, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/790 "2021-10-01T16:13:12Z")

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That is only right  
said the signpost up ahead  
into the twilight

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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:** [October 1, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/791 "2021-10-01T21:43:33Z")

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Into the twilight  
Went Rod Serling, saying I’ve  
Got an idea

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/792 "2021-10-02T03:42:28Z")

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**Got an idea?**

**Let me promote it for you.**

**Forty percent yours.**

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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:** [October 4, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/793 "2021-10-04T11:17:19Z")

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Forty percent yours,  
Forty percent mine. The rest  
The cat inherits.

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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:** [October 4, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/794 "2021-10-04T14:58:41Z")

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The cat inherits  
Her coat and claws but must learn  
Who it’s safe to trust.

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**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:** [October 6, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/795 "2021-10-06T17:56:34Z")

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Who it’s safe to trust  
always a crucial question  
especially now

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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:** [October 6, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/796 "2021-10-06T18:45:34Z")

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Especially now  
I’ve got a hankerin’ for  
Cider and doughnuts

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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:** [October 6, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/797 "2021-10-06T23:54:18Z")

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Cider and doughnuts  
Hot cocoa and apple pie  
Hot toddy and buns

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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:** [October 7, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/798 "2021-10-07T12:59:43Z")

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Hot Toddy and Buns  
I have wondered all my life  
what a toddy is.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/799 "2021-10-07T14:18:27Z")

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What a toddy is,  
It is, in fact, a toddy.  
Now it is your turn.

> **[Hot toddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_toddy)**
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> Pages for logged out editors learn more
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> A hot toddy, also known as hot whiskey in Ireland, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey, (or in some recipes, sugar), lemon, herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot. Hot toddy recipes vary and are traditionally drunk before retiring for the night, in wet or cold weather or to relieve the symptoms of the cold and flu. In How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as "the vitamin C for health, the honey to soo...

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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:** [October 7, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/800 "2021-10-07T17:00:14Z")

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Now it is your turn  
To jump off of your high horse  
And on your low foal

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