Haiku, Resolved

In a previous blog entry, we posted a pair of slapdash haikus, one written by each of us, and asked you to guess who wrote which one. Many of you played along, and nicely, and wisely. Some of you wrote excellent haiku response, though most of those were sent to us directly via e-mail. Anyway … here are the answers:

A.
Real estate agents
And sumo wrestlers will cheat
If given the chance
— Steven D. Levitt

B.
If people lied
As seldom as numbers
I would believe you right now
— Stephen J. Dubner