# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/121 "2020-12-10T22:41:34Z")
All selfish shellfish, All narcissistic fishes, Ignore our wishes. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/122 "2020-12-11T23:43:32Z")
Ignore our wishes For a happy holiday? Bah! Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/123 "2020-12-12T02:32:00Z")
Bah! Merry Christmas! Mitch McConnell… Donald Trump… Grinches rule the land! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/124 "2020-12-12T18:37:17Z")
Grinches rules the land But the Supreme Court at least Prevents anarchy. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/125 "2020-12-13T12:17:25Z")
Prevents anarchy Also warts, gout, and scurvy Try my new ointment ---
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/126 "2020-12-14T15:02:37Z")
Try my new ointment. It’s not really a poultice, It’s more like a salve. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/127 "2020-12-14T16:19:02Z")
It’s more like a salve For our feelings than any Real fix of what’s wrong. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/128 "2020-12-15T16:49:14Z")
Real fix of what’s wrong: On Pfizer, on Moderna, Biden and Harris! ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/129 "2020-12-15T17:15:31Z")
Biden and Harris! Electoral College votes Just as expected. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/130 "2020-12-16T20:13:29Z")
Just as expected, raindrops fall in Oregon in mid-December. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/131 "2020-12-16T22:38:16Z")
In mid-December A storm comes to New England Unsurprisingly. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/132 "2020-12-16T22:42:19Z")
Unsurprisingly Peace on Earth’s not arrived here; Nor “Good will to man.” ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/133 "2020-12-17T11:58:45Z")
Nor good will to man Seems all we get is bad will Why is Will so bad? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/134 "2020-12-17T17:51:14Z")
Why is Will so bad? How much is environment How much is his genes? ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/135 "2020-12-17T19:31:44Z")
How much is his genes? One like him; those eyes, thin, tall. Trip to the Stork Store? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/136 "2020-12-17T21:17:24Z")
Trip to the stork store Turned into a wild goose chase All they had was geese ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/137 "2020-12-17T21:24:52Z")
All they had was geese? So Dickensian. I wan- ted a turkey for Christmas. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/138 "2020-12-17T22:03:19Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > ted a turkey for Christmas Who wants to give to Ted a turkey for Christmas? (Five beats first, last lines.) ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/139 "2020-12-17T22:21:52Z")
Ack. I did that once before. Sorry. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/140 "2020-12-17T22:46:01Z")
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