# Clerihews, you make some. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684 "2009-07-02T12:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/81 "2016-08-16T09:47:34Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I had rather > Willa Cather > Hadn’t wrote > (end of quote). This inspires me, re a pet hate: Jane Austen: If only you’d been in Boston, And dumped in the harbour there in 1773 – You’d never have had one word published; which would greatly please me. (I know she hadn’t yet been born in '73 – but, poetic licence and all that. And I truly have tried with her novels, over and over…) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/82 "2016-08-16T11:57:40Z")
Sir Isaac Newton Observed that fruit When cut from its bough Would fall somehow Albert Einstein Showed the time-line Wasn’t straight I forget the date Erwin Schrödinger Dropped a humdinger When he said that a kitten Could be both living AND smitten Charles Darwin Took to carvin’ With Occam’s knife The Tree of Life Stephen Jay Gould Was ever so bold To speak of male nipples And clitoral ripples ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/83 "2016-08-16T13:38:23Z")
Donald Trump Moving his rump. Will never be President And will wonder where his supporters went. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/84 "2016-08-16T13:57:57Z")
Douglas Adams Causes great laughter spasms In panic I’ll never howl As long as I have my towel ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/85 "2016-08-16T14:00:41Z")
Slightly obscure, but if you’re a fan of the Kansas City Royals, you’ll appreciate: Christian Colon By two twelfth-inning singles alone Made drafting him rather than Chris Sale Not an epic fail ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/86 "2016-08-16T14:11:13Z")
Harrison Ford I am never bored Whether it’s Indy or Han I’m a big fan Sylvester Stallone. Rose to fan all on your own. before both Rambo and Rocky The Party at Kitty and Stud’s was quite “cock-y” ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/87 "2016-08-16T17:04:59Z")
Jerry Brown, Governor Moonbeam Lived the American dream. You ask how he did that? By dating Linda Ronstadt. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/88 "2016-08-16T22:44:28Z")
David Carradine. Your death was the most bizarre ever seen. At your funeral it was a lock They would not play “One Night in Bangkok.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/89 "2016-08-18T13:01:47Z")
Pablo Picasso Drank absinthe and Brasso That’s why his faces Were all over the places Vincent van Gogh Cut his ear off Unless it’s said /ˈɡoʊ/ In which case he cut his ear o Jackson Pollock Dropped a bollock It went splat He framed that ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/90 "2016-08-18T13:37:11Z")
René Magritte Was known to cheat Denied what he drew Ceci n’est pas un clerihew ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/91 "2016-08-18T13:38:13Z")
Thomas Kinkaid What a reputation you made Calling yourself “Painter of Light” “Urinater of Light” sounds more right. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/92 "2016-08-18T14:07:14Z")
Michael Phelps Really helps Aquatic sports to be 2016’s must-see tv ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/93 "2016-08-18T14:10:58Z")
Chuck Lorre Your shows never bore me. My favorite is the gang From the Big Bang ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/94 "2016-08-18T14:11:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Thomas Kinkaid > What a reputation you made > Calling yourself “Painter of Light” > “Urinater of Light” sounds more right. Wow, that’s harsh! I was only Joking about Picasso and Pollock. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/95 "2016-08-19T20:57:51Z")
Ryan Lochte, When confronted with a lock he Couldn’t pick, Gave it a kick. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/96 "2016-08-20T17:26:21Z")
Magic Johnson Didn’t wear a condom Announced he was HIV With such grace and dignity. Tom Cruise Whatever role you choose You always play the pretty guy Makes me gag and ask “Why?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/97 "2016-08-20T22:57:14Z")
Tom Cruise Wears platform shoes And pays dear To be engram clear ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/98 "2016-10-30T20:22:20Z")
To compliment Phidias Is downright invidious. Praxiteles Might get jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/99 "2016-10-31T23:59:55Z")
Benedict Cumberbatch Funny name, but quite the catch He’s in every movie, those are the facts, son Except all the ones with Samuel L. Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/100 "2016-12-10T00:42:24Z")
ode to an exclamation mark if hitler rose again today what would bertrand russell say he’d probably say – to no avail that we should blame the daily mail [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684.md?page=6)