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- truehobbit
- Cute, cuddly and dangerous to know
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It's nice to be evil!11Jnyusa wrote:We never pay money. We just drive by in a black limousine, grab people like Brian off the street, put them in ankle cuffs, then make them sit at a computer keyboard uploading their wit and wisdom into the Hall of Fire.
And all they get in exchange is a potholder.
Jn
but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
(I only know famous economists.)
Lord John Maynard Keynes
took exceptional pains
to disprove all Pigou
had pretended to know.
Then he turned to Gesell,
who knew money quite well,
quoting 'depreciation'
without a citation.
The answer to Marx,
lectured Keynes to the clarks,
dooms the Economics profession
to eventual recesssion.
“But cannot Jean-B. Say
be shown right in some way?”
they would ask of Lord Keynes.
And he glibly explains,
In the long run they may
prove the wisdom of Say,
but the truth must be said:
In the long run, we’re dead.
Lord John Maynard Keynes
took exceptional pains
to disprove all Pigou
had pretended to know.
Then he turned to Gesell,
who knew money quite well,
quoting 'depreciation'
without a citation.
The answer to Marx,
lectured Keynes to the clarks,
dooms the Economics profession
to eventual recesssion.
“But cannot Jean-B. Say
be shown right in some way?”
they would ask of Lord Keynes.
And he glibly explains,
In the long run they may
prove the wisdom of Say,
but the truth must be said:
In the long run, we’re dead.
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A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
- Voronwë the Faithful
- At the intersection of here and now
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There is this cool lady named vison
who stays in Canada where it's freezin'
If only she came to Orlando,
she could get away from all that snow!
(not knowing quite how to pronounce vison, I improvised a bit. )
who stays in Canada where it's freezin'
If only she came to Orlando,
she could get away from all that snow!
(not knowing quite how to pronounce vison, I improvised a bit. )
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
The seven sons of Fëanor
Never came to Arnor.
They all met their end
In Beleriand.
Celegorm the fair
had blond hair.
But he lusted after Lúthien
and died doing her son in.
The crafty Curufin
Betrayed the eldest son of Finarfin
But then he was disowned by his own son
who later moved to Eregion.
Caranthir the Dark,
his mood was stark,
he thought little of dwarves
but he survived the wharves -
Unlike his brother Amrod,
who neglected to tell their dad
that he wanted to retire
before the ship bonfire.
And Amras his twin
Died in the din
when Elwing escaped to Tirion
from the attack on the Havens of Sirion.
Leaving only Maedhros,
who spared Elrond and Elros.
Even without his right hand,
he was in command.
So he overruled Maglor,
who wanted to trust in the mercy of the Valar.
The last two brothers each stole a Silmaril,
And that ends this dark tale.
(Sorry to interrupt - don't forget to do one for yov!)
Never came to Arnor.
They all met their end
In Beleriand.
Celegorm the fair
had blond hair.
But he lusted after Lúthien
and died doing her son in.
The crafty Curufin
Betrayed the eldest son of Finarfin
But then he was disowned by his own son
who later moved to Eregion.
Caranthir the Dark,
his mood was stark,
he thought little of dwarves
but he survived the wharves -
Unlike his brother Amrod,
who neglected to tell their dad
that he wanted to retire
before the ship bonfire.
And Amras his twin
Died in the din
when Elwing escaped to Tirion
from the attack on the Havens of Sirion.
Leaving only Maedhros,
who spared Elrond and Elros.
Even without his right hand,
he was in command.
So he overruled Maglor,
who wanted to trust in the mercy of the Valar.
The last two brothers each stole a Silmaril,
And that ends this dark tale.
(Sorry to interrupt - don't forget to do one for yov!)
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- BrianIsSmilingAtYou
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- Deluded Simpleton
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- Angbasdil
- The man, the myth, the monkey.
- Posts: 606
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*looks down checklist*
four lines... check
aabb... check
irregular meter... check
subject named in the first line... check
subject is the person who posted immediately prior... check
*ahem*
baby tuckoo
must be cuckoo
for he is continuously reminding the rest of us fools
about the rules
how's that for irregular meter?
four lines... check
aabb... check
irregular meter... check
subject named in the first line... check
subject is the person who posted immediately prior... check
*ahem*
baby tuckoo
must be cuckoo
for he is continuously reminding the rest of us fools
about the rules
how's that for irregular meter?
- Primula Baggins
- Living in hope
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- Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:43 am
- Location: Sailing the luminiferous aether
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
- WampusCat
- Creature of the night
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- Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:36 pm
- Location: Where least expected
Here are a few I posted in another thread during a fit of rhyme this morning. Pardon the duplication. If they don't make sense, it's because they were based on what was being said there. Or perhaps they just don't make sense anyway! (Is sense a requirement?)
The marvelous Anthy
Thou cannot top, can thee?
Only fools stammer
That she's "ninnyhammer."
A board led by Vonronwë
Will never go the wrong way.
If off topic we're led
He'll sunder the thread.
All hail to MithLuin
Who saves us from ruin
By posting so freely
Her thoughts, soft and steely.
The mink farmer vison
Gives all a fine reason
To head for the North,
Wrapped in fine fur, of courth.
Tiny baby tuckoo
Prompts ladies to coo.
Happy sing-song they're speaking
'Til his diaper starts leaking.
I, of bright Ethel,
With my dying breath will
Defend this thought:
Stupid she's not.
The marvelous Anthy
Thou cannot top, can thee?
Only fools stammer
That she's "ninnyhammer."
A board led by Vonronwë
Will never go the wrong way.
If off topic we're led
He'll sunder the thread.
All hail to MithLuin
Who saves us from ruin
By posting so freely
Her thoughts, soft and steely.
The mink farmer vison
Gives all a fine reason
To head for the North,
Wrapped in fine fur, of courth.
Tiny baby tuckoo
Prompts ladies to coo.
Happy sing-song they're speaking
'Til his diaper starts leaking.
I, of bright Ethel,
With my dying breath will
Defend this thought:
Stupid she's not.
- Old_Tom_Bombadil
- friend to badgers – namer of ponies
- Posts: 1980
- Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:56 pm
- Location: The Withywindle Valley
Tom da Bomb,
bouncy yet calm,
by means of impressively long-winded (and puppet-enhanced) reciting
left Teremia's kids wide-eyed and delighting.
p.s. Just last night one of the younger kids was complaining about how deadly dull she found the Tom Bombadil section of Fellowship of the Ring. "The Tom Bombadil who came to our house was MUCH, MUCH better!" she said. True story!
bouncy yet calm,
by means of impressively long-winded (and puppet-enhanced) reciting
left Teremia's kids wide-eyed and delighting.
p.s. Just last night one of the younger kids was complaining about how deadly dull she found the Tom Bombadil section of Fellowship of the Ring. "The Tom Bombadil who came to our house was MUCH, MUCH better!" she said. True story!
- TheTennisBallKid
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Teremia reads while walking,
That's like the reverse of gawking,
Those who know where to look,
Find her strolling with her books.
ttbk
That's like the reverse of gawking,
Those who know where to look,
Find her strolling with her books.
ttbk
Glowah, eee chop glowah.
Ya glowah pee chu nee foom
Ah toot dee awe goon daa.
Glory, we found glory.
The power showed us the light,
And now we all live free.
Celebrate the light; (Freedom!)
Celebrate the might; (Power!)
Celebrate the fight; (Glory!)
Celebrate the love.
Ya glowah pee chu nee foom
Ah toot dee awe goon daa.
Glory, we found glory.
The power showed us the light,
And now we all live free.
Celebrate the light; (Freedom!)
Celebrate the might; (Power!)
Celebrate the fight; (Glory!)
Celebrate the love.