How Someone Could Make Someone Else Famous, or, My Use-By Date Was Yesterday

34 thoughts on “How Someone Could Make Someone Else Famous, or, My Use-By Date Was Yesterday”

1. I love the first two lines. 🙂

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   1. I agree, his skewering was pretty gentle and I love your title! Thank you for joining in with our Clerihew fun, Frank.
      Gayle ~

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      1. Thanks, Bodhirose! That was a very enlightening introduction to clerihews. Thanks for posting the challenge.

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         1. You’re welcome! I’m very pleased that you enjoyed it.

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   2. Thanks, Shawna. The first two lines are the only ones I liked, but the form required four.

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2. You took the prompt to a new level…clever

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   1. Thanks, Truedessa! Your Elvis one was pretty clever.

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3. Wise and true it seems!

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   1. Thank you, Kathy!

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4. this is a clever take! 🙂

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   1. Thank you, rosemawrites!

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5. Love that you picked Clerihew as the subject of your Clerihew!

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   1. Thank you! I wish I knew more about him.

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6. Of course he is worth his own Clerihew.. I guess that we could be more gentle

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   1. I wonder how sarcastic E. C. Bentley was in his own clerihews. I have only read a few of them.

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7. Great rhythm in this and I like how you paid tribute to the man who started it all.

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   1. Thanks, Mish! He deserves a clerihew.

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8. Great take on the prompt!

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   1. Thanks, kim881!

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9. A clerihew on Clerihew! Love it!

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   1. Thanks, Bryan. I was going to do this on a politician, but I realized I don’t know much about politics. I don’t know much about E. C. Benthley either.

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10. Ha! Love this! I wrote about him, too, before doing my reading rounds. 😉

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    1. I figured he deserves a cleihew. I enjoyed your clerihew on him. Clerihews are a bit too short although limericks aren’t much longer.

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11. Like you, Frank, I really enjoyed being introduced to this fun form. You certainly get the “Best Title” award for this one!

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    1. Thanks, Glenn! It is probably the longest title.

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12. Brilliant!

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    1. Thank you, little learner!

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13. Perfect play on the fine gentleman, Frank!

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    1. Thanks, Walter!

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14. Ah, what a great idea to honour Mr Clerihew past his own sell by date!

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    1. Thanks, freyathewriter! Sometimes I think I’m past my sell-by date as well, but then comes tomorrow morning.

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       1. I know what you mean…

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15. A clever skewer here as well! So enjoyed this form….Just chuckling away with my morning coffee! I did Houdini and Rip Van Winkle………just fun to see who everyone picks!

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    1. Those Houdini and Rip Van Winkle ones your wrote were pretty good.

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