Comments on: CLERIHEW CONTEST

By: Susan G.

Susan G. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:56:45 +0000

Hi, I’m Billy Mays
And I can help you out in so many ways.
This Oxiclean will keep your halo from looking very dim
So you will be the envy of all the seraphim.

By: Vicki B.

Vicki B. — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:34:34 +0000

Steven Jobs
Charon stow thy oar, keep cast thy anchor, not yet are we given over to sobs
A few months off, a brand new liver, our man Steve is getting well
And thankfully so, as unlike you, he keeps us away from the “Gates” of Hell

By: Cary DeBerry

Cary DeBerry — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:10:34 +0000

Poor Luvitor Leavit
(who coulda conceived it?)
fell into oblivion
on the eve of his indecision

By: Bonnie B

Bonnie B — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:59:15 +0000

Since I’m currently addicted to The Wire on dvd:

Russell “Stringer” Bell
for his crimes is certainly writhing in Hell
But if the truth be known, I cried when he got hit
that’s testament to the man’s many charms, isn’t it?

By: Rachel Walmsley

Rachel Walmsley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:46:12 +0000

Sigmund Freud
Was paranoid
Lest someone realised
That he was the origin of what he theorised

By: Neil Gussman

Neil Gussman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:39:31 +0000

Lance Armstrong
Retired a 7-time champion who could do no wrong
Now he will try for eight
And live Michael Jordan’s Fate

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:58:57 +0000

Mr. Bernie Madoff
Ponzi’s never pay off
Except for social security,
Where I pay for the ones ahead of me.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:03:58 +0000

Hm, adding a slash ruined the link in my Sam Gamgee post. Here it is fixed:
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Samwise_Gamgee

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:29:34 +0000

Since favorite fictional characters are fair game:

Sam Gamgee
Saved Middle-Earth from calamitchy.
For all my misgivings about romanticizing social hierarchies and the self-immolating sacrifice of the batman for the one above him…
I love him.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:27:46 +0000

Snoop Doggy Dogg
Lives high on the hog
But is forced to remain grounded
Due to the criminal record by which he is constantly hounded.

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:24:32 +0000

Ogden Nash
Got some measure of fame and some measure of cash
By proving that there was a market for poetry that contained absurdity,
And that people didn’t even mind if you invented the occasional wordity.

By: Neil Gussman

Neil Gussman — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:07:13 +0000

John Wayne
Got shot in movies and barely felt pain
In Iraq I am miserable just from being hot
Those movie soldiers are a tougher lot.

By: David

David — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:59:25 +0000

[Redacted for privacy reasons] Street
is where the Ig Nobel planners meet
can this sedate home’s passersby and neighbors
guess what odd research it harbors?

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:08:23 +0000

Michael Jackson,
His death presumed natural until we get all the facts in,
Despite going from Black to pink
Earns eulogies less comical and ironic than you’d think.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:48:21 +0000

Oooh, I think fictional characters are okay.