# 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:** 76
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1501 "2022-08-01T15:27:28Z")
“Trick you” - take your pick Of that, or the alternative: Giving me a treat. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1502 "2022-08-01T20:01:37Z")
Giving me a treat? Aw, thanks - that’s so nice of you! Much obliged, my friend. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1503 "2022-08-01T21:44:16Z")
Much obliged, my friend That there’s dialogue from the Andy Griffith Show ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1504 "2022-08-02T05:34:27Z")
Andy Griffith Show Was fun. you know barber Floyd Was an alien ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1505 "2022-08-02T14:32:17Z")
Was an alien The only explanation You could come up with? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1506 "2022-08-02T18:36:13Z")
You could come up with some treasure from the sea depths and I would kiss you ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1507 "2022-08-03T00:22:56Z")
And I would Kiss you And I would Almond Joy you Cuz it’s Halloween ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1508 "2022-08-03T01:54:21Z")
Cuz, it’s Halloween. Let’s dress up like twin sisters Instead of cousins. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1509 "2022-08-03T09:23:46Z")
Instead of [Cousins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Cousins) I do wish the Vikings still Had [Fran Tarkenton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1510 "2022-08-03T16:54:53Z")
Had Fran Tarkenton? Jeez, who hasn’t? What a slut! They say he’s good, though. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1511 "2022-08-03T17:23:28Z")
They say he’s good, though. But what they don’t tell you is, he’s good … _for nothing_ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1512 "2022-08-03T21:43:33Z")
He’s good for nothing Some golden retriever, he’s Never brought me gold ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1513 "2022-08-04T02:01:15Z")
Never brought me gold Brought me soup when I was sick: Friends give what they have. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1514 "2022-08-04T05:17:21Z")
Friends give what they have But why in the hell did she Give me her husband? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1515 "2022-08-04T09:22:16Z")
Give me her husband I will whip him into shape First, lose the man bun ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1516 "2022-08-04T13:30:16Z")
First, lose the man bun Second, no more tattoos, bro Third, give me big bucks ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1517 "2022-08-09T04:37:21Z")
Third gave me big bucks Two gave me a car and yacht One gave me jail time ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1518 "2022-08-09T12:10:50Z")
One gave me jail time Which, I tell you, was the worst Birthday gift I got. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1519 "2022-08-09T18:00:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > Third, give me big bucks > [@boson](#): > > Third gave me big bucks > … Punctuation aside, and as set forth by the OP, I think you should use exactly what the previous poster left you as his or her last lime. In play: Birthday gift I got (but it wasn’t my birthday): eight tons of sick eels ---
**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:** [August 9, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1520 "2022-08-09T19:00:42Z")
eight tons of sick eels weighs _ **exactly** _ the same as eight tons of space dust ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141.md?page=77)