# 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:** 66
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1301 "2022-04-19T09:29:40Z")
They’re now in the Black Forest, and getting hungry Now pass them that ham ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1302 "2022-04-19T17:07:58Z")
“Now pass them that ham and lots of green eggs, too, please,” Dr. Seuss once asked. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1303 "2022-04-19T21:52:19Z")
Dr. Seuss once asked, “Test my internet signal” Ping one and ping two ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1304 "2022-04-20T16:33:07Z")
“Ping one and ping two,” the radar guy told the Bridge; the captain nodded. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1305 "2022-04-20T18:50:06Z")
The captain nodded and the first mate was snoring. Trouble coming soon. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1306 "2022-04-21T15:56:27Z")
Trouble coming soon watch out for those reefs, you guys! danger lies ahead ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1307 "2022-04-21T17:04:45Z")
Danger lies ahead But safety, oddly enough Always tells the truth ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1308 "2022-04-21T17:22:30Z")
Always tells the truth. But I’m not George Washington. Sorry, can’t do it. _ **-“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:** [April 21, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1309 "2022-04-21T19:44:42Z")
Sorry, can’t do it with seventeen syllables. I’d need fourteen more. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1310 "2022-04-21T19:50:48Z")
I’d need fourteen more months in this year to catch up. I’m too far behind. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1311 "2022-04-21T20:42:37Z")
I’m too far behind I win Olympic gold in Procrastination ---
**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:** [April 22, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1312 "2022-04-22T09:14:39Z")
Procrastination – So you’re not sure what it means? I’ll tell you later. _ **-“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:** [April 22, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1313 "2022-04-22T14:28:37Z")
I’ll tell you later or… maybe never, OK? “Never” sounds just right ---
**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:** [April 23, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1314 "2022-04-23T12:41:42Z")
Never sounds just right Eating celery in the Movie theater ---
**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:** [April 24, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1315 "2022-04-24T03:45:17Z")
Movie theater Projectionists are mostly Mechanical dudes. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1316 "2022-04-24T10:57:43Z")
Mechanical dudes Are always applying to Work at Coswell’s Cogs [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/NssNUvw.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/NssNUvw) ---
**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:** [April 26, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1317 "2022-04-26T21:59:49Z")
Work at Coswell’s Cogs with George Jetson and others great career prospects! ---
**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:** [May 2, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1318 "2022-05-02T06:22:21Z")
Great career prospects Has not stopped that idiot From his sports betting. ---
**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 2, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1319 "2022-05-02T11:25:21Z")
From his sports betting He has two busted kneecaps He don’t walk so good ---
**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 2, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1320 "2022-05-02T12:19:50Z")
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