# 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:** 93
**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:** [December 7, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1841 "2022-12-07T22:15:52Z")
She always said no Rather negative, that gal And why? You got me ---
**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 8, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1842 "2022-12-08T10:29:46Z")
“And why? You Got Me” Working title of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1843 "2022-12-08T10:31:28Z")
You really got me Socks for Christmas? I wanted A bottle of Scotch. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1844 "2022-12-08T14:51:46Z")
A bottle of Scotch will certainly guarantee a Merry Christmas. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1845 "2022-12-08T21:41:02Z")
A merry Christmas is my wish for all Christians this year; every year ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1846 "2022-12-08T21:47:25Z")
This year, every year I don’t stop getting older When will it all stop ---
**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 8, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1847 "2022-12-08T23:40:24Z")
When will it all stop? Not for a few billion years; but I’ll stop sooner. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1848 "2022-12-09T04:54:25Z")
But I’ll stop sooner If you will just promise me You won’t laugh at me ---
**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 9, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1849 "2022-12-09T10:15:47Z")
You won’t laugh at me Which is fine, except that I’m A stand-up comic ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1850 "2022-12-09T12:37:02Z")
A stand-up comic, A rabbi, and a heckler Walk into a bar ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1851 "2022-12-09T14:35:45Z")
Walk into a bar. Order a drink, then drink it. Are you having fun? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1852 "2022-12-12T05:32:58Z")
Are you having fun? Or shall I fly over to Pull on your ripcord ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1853 "2022-12-12T13:58:48Z")
Pull on your ripcord only _after_ jumping out of that damn airplane ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1854 "2022-12-12T14:16:27Z")
Of that damn airplane I’ll write a haiku, starts with Your flight is delayed ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1855 "2022-12-12T17:04:11Z")
Your flight is delayed. With some luck, it might get here in 2040 ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1856 "2022-12-12T17:29:37Z")
In 2040 Keith Richards will prolly be Doing farewell tour ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1857 "2022-12-12T17:40:48Z")
Doing farewell tour While standing on your tiptoes Will bring down the house ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1858 "2022-12-12T18:50:47Z")
Will bring down the house for modest fee; pay me in gold-pressed latinum ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1859 "2022-12-12T20:02:19Z")
Gold-pressed latinum – Good for currency, but has No practical use. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-madness-part-deux/922141/1860 "2022-12-12T21:17:02Z")
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