Familiar and household OBJECTS clerihew GAME

As the jaguar slunk through the jungle at dusk,
From the heliotrope shadows came a strong scent of musk.
What business had I in that dangerous location?
To write a college essay in my summer vacation.

laughter
children
lawnmower
lake

when the laughter faded away,
the children were no longer ok.
so i turned the lawnmower on
and led them to the lake of dawn


screw driver
nails
garden plants
rake

screw driver
nails
garden plants
rake

With a large screwdriver
I removed the nails from the boat of the diver
Filled his airtank with garden plants instead of air
And left my rake in there.

harlequin
quinine
inertia
tiara

harlequin
quinine
inertia
tiara

As my head spun with harlequin lights and I flopped to the floor,
The doc cried "Quinine in tonic water - that is the cure.
Her inertia is caused by lack of blood to the brain,
Remove that tight tiara, she'll be as right as rain."

bucket
quilt
broom
larder

bucket
quilt
broom
larder

As Hyacinth Bucket*
Was unpacking her flowery continental quilt or duvet,
She fell over a broom and sat down harder
Than she wanted to, on the hard floor of her larder.


*pronounced Bouquet

bouquet
jabot
reveille
hors d'oeuvre

where are all the clever rhymesters?

bouquet
jabot
reveille
hors d'oeuvre

The bride threw her bouquet and cried "Tally Ho!"
(Twas caught by the girl in the pale pink jabot.)
As reveille sounded early next day
One lonely hors d'oeuvre was left on the tray.

carpet
pillow
salmon
feather

As I vaccumed my red shag carpet
it almost sucked up my jade pillow
Lo! There I found a salmon beneath
wearing a feather boa


Diamonds
Tuna Fish sandwiches
clay
Dictionary

HOMEWORK FOR MAME!!!!

Please rewrite the above, using rhyming verse.
Or the lilac fairy may come along and belt you with her purse.
And the A2K'ers will stand round and shake their little heads
To see what happens to someone who buggers up the threads!
:wink:

ha ha ha ha okay, you wench, here goes!


As I vacuumed my red shag carpet
My jade pillow the Hoover did get
Lo, There underneath a salmon I found
Round its neck a feather boa was wound.

Good enough for me.

VERY GOOD CHERYL!!

Diamonds
Tuna fish sandwiches
Clay
Dictionary

Diamonds, a girl's best friend may be.
But tuna fish sandwiches eaten for tea
Bring you back to the basics, like wet potters' clay.
Now, where's my dictionary! It's crosswords day!

Coffee
cockroach
dishcloth
cake

Coffee
cockroach
dishcloth
cake

As I sipped my coffee
I spied a cockroach covered in toffee.
Quickly I threw a dishcloth on it
While I finished my cake. Please remember this is a clerihew and not a quatrain or a sonnet.

ruby
bank clerk
string
clouds

Sorry, Clary, obviously I am doing it all wrong. I shall bother you no more. My abject apologies.

For clarification:

cler·i·hew ( P ) Pronunciation Key (klr-hy)
n. A humorous verse, usually consisting of two unmatched rhyming couplets, about a person whose name generally serves as one of the rhymes.


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[After Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), British writer.]

clerihew

n : a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person; "`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew"


Lezzles, come on back... I will attempt the next one...

ruby
bank clerk
string
clouds

I sat and pondered the ruby sky
And watched the bank clerk scurry by
Does George Bush really hold the world by a string?
That's as worrisome as black clouds in the spring.

Hankie
Hole punch
garnet ring
pierce

Hankie
hole punch
garnet ring
pierce

Holding a hankie to my streaming eyes
I exchanged a hole punch for two steak and kidney pies.
They wanted my garnet ring, a rare work of art,
But that would pierce me to the heart.

joystick
hoyden
cowboy
toyboat

Hold my joystick, Dick!
Said the fellow to the tomboy hoyden, who answered 'That's sick.'
He said 'I'm a cowboy, lovely epicene maid,
Come and see the toyboat I made.'

cat
bistro
fruitcake
underwear

cat
bistro
fruitcake
underwear

A Cheshire cat with a grin
Was rummaging in the bistro bin
He found fruitcake and goujons of lamb
And frilly underwear smeared with raspberry jam.



molybdenum
mole
mogador
moth

Oh, Molybdenum was the name
of the Old Mole who was so tame
Mogador was his brother
And Moth was called his mother


Scissors
Chimes
Cow
DC-10

Scissors
Chimes
Cow
DC-10

I took scissors, betimes,
To the string of Betty's wind chimes.
The old cow took it hard.
I hope a DC-10 crashes in her yard.


phone
maize
trump
grill