# 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:** 63
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1241 "2022-03-21T15:55:00Z")
Wonderful husband How I describe me to wife She agrees sometimes ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1242 "2022-03-21T17:54:48Z")
She agrees sometimes but other times? not so much so I’ll keep trying ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1243 "2022-03-22T03:05:01Z")
So I’ll keep trying, Even though [“Trying” is the First step to “Failure”](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Trying%22+is+the+First+step+to+%22Failure%22&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1244 "2022-03-22T05:12:00Z")
First step to failure Is overconfidence that You deserve it all. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1245 "2022-03-22T16:37:45Z")
“You deserve it all,” the Queen said while knighting me Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1246 "2022-03-22T18:23:05Z")
Yeah, that’s the ticket The traffic cop issued me. Now I speed no more. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1247 "2022-03-22T18:31:31Z")
Now I speed no more two broken legs have really slowed me down, y’know? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1248 "2022-03-22T20:19:36Z")
Slowed me down, y’know that sand you put in the tank. DON’T DO IT AGAIN. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1249 "2022-03-22T21:18:49Z")
Don’t do it again unless I ask you to, 'k? And even then… don’t. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1250 "2022-03-22T21:25:02Z")
And…even! Then don’t Ever again claim I can’t Divide up a pie ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1251 "2022-03-23T15:36:26Z")
Divide up a pie, bisect a cake, halve a tart: I know you got this! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1252 "2022-03-23T22:15:11Z")
I know you got this! Said my COVID swabber as I coughed in her face ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1253 "2022-03-24T18:26:20Z")
I coughed in her face and spat on her shoes; of course she punched me real hard ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1254 "2022-03-24T20:00:16Z")
She punched me real hard. She would have punched me again, but that would cost more. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1255 "2022-03-24T22:11:47Z")
But that would cost more Than I paid for my first house I said at the pump ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1256 "2022-03-25T00:21:33Z")
I said, “At the pump Is no place to be fiddling With cash; use your card.” ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1257 "2022-03-25T13:38:24Z")
“With cash, use your card or just steal the damn thing, pal,” the felon told me. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1258 "2022-03-26T11:00:49Z")
The felon told me Keep an eye out for the fuzz So I shaved my 'stache ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1259 "2022-03-26T12:02:48Z")
So I shaved my 'stache But God kept putting it back. Can’t beat the big guy. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1260 "2022-03-27T20:38:39Z")
Can’t beat the big guy - that’s what the smart money said. Then they saw my sling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=64)