# 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:** 89
**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 17, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1761 "2022-11-17T03:06:11Z")
And no one noticed When she slipped a villanelle In the haiku thread ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1762 "2022-11-17T11:30:20Z")
In the haiku thread We must all be polite, and Mind our syllables ---
**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:** [November 17, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1763 "2022-11-17T11:32:56Z")
Mind our syllables! Sometimes, every now and then, We might drop one. ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1764 "2022-11-17T11:39:51Z")
We might drop one, but Let’s shun that, no more of that. That way madness lies. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1765 "2022-11-17T11:44:35Z")
That way madness lies, This way lies despair, and that Goes to the gift shop. ---
**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 17, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1766 "2022-11-17T11:50:09Z")
Goes to the gift shop @Gyrate buys a syllable Haiku now kosher ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1767 "2022-11-17T12:50:40Z")
Haiku kosher now Slaughtered by single cut at The end of line two ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1768 "2022-11-17T12:54:46Z")
The end of line two Is perfect, but did you know You scrambled line one? ---
**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:** [November 17, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1769 "2022-11-17T14:11:29Z")
You scrambled line one? That was a dumb thing to do. Get him on line two. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1770 "2022-11-17T14:18:38Z")
Get him on line two Make sure he’s not left on hold Busy signals suck ---
**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 17, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1771 "2022-11-17T19:27:30Z")
Busy signals suck bane of modern offices send up a flare, yo! ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1772 "2022-11-18T02:11:47Z")
Send up a flare! Yo Yo down! No wait. It’s back up. Ok. Never mind. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1773 "2022-11-18T05:19:03Z")
Ok, never mind The inexactness in in- formal environs ---
**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 18, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1774 "2022-11-18T11:28:48Z")
Formal environs, Like the gardens at Versailles, Soothe the weary eye. ---
**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 18, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1775 "2022-11-18T13:28:49Z")
Sooth the weary eye By watching a blue jay. Then Sell some Mary Kay ---
**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:** [November 18, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1776 "2022-11-18T14:16:43Z")
Sell some Mary Kay Or sell some Mary Jane? Which One makes more money? ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1777 "2022-11-18T15:07:28Z")
One makes more money while another one makes less Capitalism! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1778 "2022-11-18T23:23:41Z")
Capitalism! Makes me lots of money— _ching!_ Where do I invest? ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1779 "2022-11-19T02:29:33Z")
Where do invest My substantially heaping Fortune in bitcoin ---
**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 19, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1780 "2022-11-19T15:40:33Z")
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