# 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:** 70

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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:** [June 1, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1381 "2022-06-01T13:56:35Z")

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You’ll have baited breath  
and no friends whatsoever  
that’s just how it is

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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:** [June 2, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1382 "2022-06-02T03:33:32Z")

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That’s just how it is  
If not then what have you got?  
It is what is not.

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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:** [June 4, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1383 "2022-06-04T10:45:35Z")

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It is what is not  
But it wasn’t what it ain’t  
You following me?

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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:** [June 4, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1384 "2022-06-04T21:02:35Z")

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You following me?  
If so, you’re creeping me out.  
Please just go away.

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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:** [June 5, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1385 "2022-06-05T03:31:30Z")

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Please go away  
You make me itchy-pitchy  
Oh you friggin creep.

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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:** [June 5, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1386 "2022-06-05T11:09:40Z")

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Oh, you friggin creep  
Through my house like a ninja  
But I know you’re there

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**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:** [June 5, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1387 "2022-06-05T18:03:01Z")

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But I know you’re there,  
even though i can’t see you.  
It’s because you stink.

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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:** [June 5, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1388 "2022-06-05T19:09:51Z")

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It’s because you stink  
That, and because your mother  
Dresses you funny

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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:** [June 6, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1389 "2022-06-06T01:53:09Z")

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Dresses? You funny.  
Most folks I know are surprised  
That I own _one_ dress.

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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:** [June 6, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1390 "2022-06-06T03:34:09Z")

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That I own one dress  
Ain’t no business to all you  
Nosy MF’ers.

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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:** [June 6, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1391 "2022-06-06T09:34:56Z")

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Nosy MF’ers:  
Streisand, Hoffman, Bob Hope, and  
Jimmy Durante

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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:** [June 6, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1392 "2022-06-06T13:09:38Z")

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Jimmy Durante  
and ol’ Mrs. Calabash  
clearly had a thing

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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:** [June 9, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1393 "2022-06-09T09:26:39Z")

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Clearly had a thing  
For me, my high school teacher  
Promised me an F

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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:** [June 9, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1394 "2022-06-09T13:31:53Z")

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Promised me an F  
So I told everybody  
That F must mean “Fine”.

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**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:** [June 9, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1395 "2022-06-09T18:39:48Z")

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That F must mean “Fine”  
but i guess there is a chance  
it really means “Funk”

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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:** [June 10, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1396 "2022-06-10T03:58:10Z")

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It really means funk  
Even if Herbie Hancock  
Tried to do a waltz.

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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:** [June 10, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1397 "2022-06-10T09:17:56Z")

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Tried to do a waltz  
But my legs are 4/4 time  
Was kicked off Soul Train

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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:** [June 14, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1398 "2022-06-14T19:49:04Z")

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Was kicked off _Soul Train_  
damn those funky railroad bulls  
how I hate them so

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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:** [June 15, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1399 "2022-06-15T05:51:48Z")

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How I hate them, so  
I see them as children and  
I can forgive them

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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:** [June 15, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1400 "2022-06-15T10:39:30Z")

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I can forgive them  
For drinking all my beer, but  
Hands off my Twinkies!

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