# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/101 "2016-12-10T01:15:16Z")
Donald Trump Takes a dump On the folkd that he hates (The United States) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/102 "2016-12-10T15:05:05Z")
Neil Patrick Harris You never embarrass You’re always in our browser Just google Doogie Howser. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/103 "2016-12-13T07:46:01Z")
George Washington Wasn’t a short one Lost Fort Necessity But never a cherry tree Ernst Mach Wasn’t a jock Saw we had heaven In every direction William S. Burroughs Wrote like a firehose Scattered his chapters Had dope for afters Adi Shamir Gave us less fear Used lots of digits To cloak all our fidgets Samuel Pepys Thought wig-makers creeps Kept a diary That got fiery Jack Kerouac Had little slack Did author things On amphetamines Hunter S. Thompson Made his own fun Wrote about presidents And less depraved elements ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/104 "2018-10-24T08:01:44Z")
A couple more. Of Marion Sims The memory dims (To understand that, you Must know of his statue). Though Daniel Defoe Lies six feet below, His tale of a castaway Lives on since he passed away. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/105 "2018-10-24T22:16:36Z")
I cannot wait until 2021 for AppallingGael’s new 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:** [October 25, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/106 "2018-10-25T13:36:29Z")
Martin Gardner did malice With his “Annotated Alice.” Calling Kerouac’s On The Road “A forgetable book.” Of shit that’s a load. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/107 "2018-10-25T17:21:02Z")
Bret Kavanaugh Interprets the law For that very reason Dems declare open season. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [October 26, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/108 "2018-10-26T20:15:13Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Martin Gardner did malice > With his “Annotated Alice.” > Calling Kerouac’s On The Road > “A forgetable book.” Of shit that’s a load. I messedf up that one, o I’ll fic it. Here’s to stupid Martin Gardner. I’m glad he’s not my pardner. Ditched “On The Road” with malice. Calling a classic “a forgetable book” in Annotated Alice." ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/109 "2021-12-31T07:49:10Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I cannot wait until 2021 for AppallingGael’s new Clerihew. At your service… Coach Knute Rockne’s Arthritic knock knees Forced the Norseman To lean on his horsemen. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/110 "2021-12-31T09:49:12Z")
The James Webb 'scope Gives humanity some hope. If deployment’s a calamity Tell NASA to reverse the polarity. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/111 "2021-12-31T09:53:46Z")
Kim Potter Shot a Man who She didn’t plan to ---
**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 31, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/112 "2021-12-31T11:58:52Z")
Donald Trump Often compared to a horse’s rump But I disagree, alas To me he 's more of a horse’s ass ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684/113 "2021-12-31T17:15:29Z")
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