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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Re: Clerihews Coffeebean #231377 08/20/21 12:10 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA When President Joe Biden Was asked, What are you hidin? His reply was easily understood: I did the best I could. There's no simple answer To the problems we've faced since my Administration began, Sir. Under these circumstances To imply otherwise is to indulge in romances. (an Exercise for the Reader: write a Clerihew based on George Stephanopoulos... ;-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews wofahulicodoc #231379 08/20/21 02:48 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK Originally Posted by wofahulicodoc (an Exercise for the Reader: write a Clerihew based on George Stephanopoulos... ;-) Hmm...we'll see! Some years ago I accepted your challenge of writing a double dactyl including 'antimetabole' (see page 6 of the Double Dactyl thread). So there's always hope! Here are two sporting clerihews: Jurgen Klopp Wants Liverpool to be top, And accordingly devises Ways to win football's greatest prizes. Joe Root, Star batsman, and captain to boot, Must doubt that England will win at cricket While the rest of the team keep losing their wicket. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews Coffeebean #231381 08/21/21 12:51 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,710 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA None of this is true, as far as I know, but it fits the form and rhyme criteria for a Clerihew. News Analyst and interviewer George Stephanopoulos Spends much of his time playing Parcheesi and Sorry and other such games Monopoulos. Politicians for him to skewer Are much fewer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews wofahulicodoc #231382 08/21/21 05:20 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK Former Democratic advisor George Stephanopoulos (Not to be confused with Trump's George Papadopoulos) Continued to present impartial TV news Though he hoped the Republicans would lose. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews A C Bowden #231420 09/07/21 06:25 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK The Three Musketeers Stood no insults or jeers. If they were obstructed by a peasant, Their reaction would not be very pleasant. If Charlotte Bronte Had married an Italian conte, She could have basked in literary glory In a villa by Lake Maggiore. Herbert Lom Was the actor's pseudo-nom. His real name was Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevic ze Schluderpacheru. Phew! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews A C Bowden #231433 09/13/21 06:32 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK Thomas Bowdler's expurgations Spoiled Shakespeare's literary creations. He should have stuck to chess, At which he had considerable success. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews A C Bowden #231505 10/13/21 03:00 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK Mark Twain Had a style which was plain. His personality was unsuited To writing that was convoluted. Titian Was not a physician. He reckoned art was sublime While medicine was quite primitive at that time. Attila the Hun Said "I don't wage war for fun. I just want a little more space For the Teutonic race". Stan Laurel Was involved in a quarrel With a movie director Who got mad and smashed a projector. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihew part Tew Coffeebean #231506 10/13/21 08:13 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,931 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,931 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Neat. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews A C Bowden #231533 10/29/21 06:08 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK Cinderella Arrived at the ball with an umbrella, Which, like her slipper, she forgot When she left at midnight on the dot. Jesus's miraculous acts Conflict with many scientific facts Such as physical causation And mass-energy conservation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clerihews A C Bowden #231999 08/14/22 05:10 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK A A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,245 Likes: 6 London, UK Liz Truss Would rate her performance A+. Barring something sinister, She will be Britain's next prime minister. Rishi Sunak has lost ground Because many Conservatives think him unsound. Not, I hope, on grounds of race, For that would be an utter disgrace. Now nemesis is nigh for Boris, Who may be tempted to quote Horace: Dulce et decorum est... As his premiership is laid to rest. 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