# 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:** 87
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1721 "2022-11-08T17:14:15Z")
Told him “You go home!” but he ignored me, instead going to _my_ house! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1722 "2022-11-08T18:18:43Z")
Going to my house? You’d better bring lots of cheese Or you shall not pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1723 "2022-11-08T19:29:38Z")
“Or you shall not pass” Was spoken by a wizard In mis-translations ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1724 "2022-11-09T16:53:47Z")
In mis-translations, Churchill sounds much less stirring: “Fight them on peaches”?!? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1725 "2022-11-09T17:07:21Z")
“Fight them on peaches!”, Cried the fruit growers en masse. But prices stayed low. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1726 "2022-11-10T16:23:33Z")
But prices stayed low Thanks to the valiant efforts Of some bureaucrats ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1727 "2022-11-10T18:42:47Z")
Of some bureaucrats I have little to say, but there they go again ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1728 "2022-11-10T20:57:29Z")
“There they go again.” What Reagan grumbled under His breath in debates ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1729 "2022-11-10T22:43:13Z")
His breath in debates Was an argument that felled Many opponents ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1730 "2022-11-11T01:42:23Z")
Many opponents Of the mayor agree that He was off his nut ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1731 "2022-11-12T15:55:39Z")
He was off his nut Was cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs Mad as a hatter ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1732 "2022-11-12T17:25:42Z")
Mad as a hatter, Corbett disobeyed orders - Killing John Wilkes Booth ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1733 "2022-11-12T19:59:04Z")
Killing John Wilkes Booth Made sense to the Unionists But riled up the South ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1734 "2022-11-13T04:20:27Z")
But, riled up, the South just could not be mollified until Claire dropped by ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1735 "2022-11-13T12:37:56Z")
Until Claire dropped by I could not know the future But Ms. Voyant could ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1736 "2022-11-13T15:41:42Z")
But Ms Voyant could Spin a yarn as fanciful As any tart could ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1737 "2022-11-13T15:47:05Z")
As any tart could Turn out to be raspberry I took one, hoping. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1738 "2022-11-13T16:08:06Z")
I took one, hoping That no one would see me steal. Now I can’t raise bail. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1739 "2022-11-13T16:19:07Z")
Now I can’t raise bail But I can still raise hell, Mac Just ask my neighbors ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1740 "2022-11-13T16:32:40Z")
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