{"id":111485,"date":"2013-09-26T21:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/111485\/the-friday-fling-pokes-clerihewian-fun-at-celebrities\/"},"modified":"2013-09-26T21:00:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T01:00:18","slug":"the-friday-fling-pokes-clerihewian-fun-at-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/111485\/the-friday-fling-pokes-clerihewian-fun-at-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Pokes Clerihewian Fun at Celebrities!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday Fling #251 for September 27th 2013<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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A big recent event was the Emmy awards on TV.<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

A lot was made of the outfits worn by the various celebrities in attendance.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Which struck us as rather amusing, not to suggest idol worshipping.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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So this week on the Fling, we’re suggesting you <\/font>write something amusing<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

about a celebrity<\/font> in any walk of life where they might get national publicity. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Specifically, there is a format for poking fun at famous people. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

It’s called the Clerihew.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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We’ve done this format a number of times in the past on the Fling,<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

but in case you don’t recall or weren’t here for any of those, <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

according to ShadowPoetry.com, <\/font>a Clerihew<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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is a comic verse consisting of two couplets<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The poem is about\/deals with a person\/character within the first rhyme.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

In most cases, the first line names a person,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n


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One of the most remembered Clerihews from Bentley’s collection is:<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Sir Humphrey Davy
\n Abominated gravy.
\n He lived in the odium
\n Of having discovered sodium.<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n


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Here’s a new one I wrote for this challenge:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Poor Anna Faris<\/font>
\n just couldn’t spare us.<\/font>
\n All those Scary Movies<\/font>
\n playing ditzy floozies.<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling takes a fun Clerihewian poke at celebrities!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Be sure to save time to read and comment humbly<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

on your fellow Pals’ cutting Clerihews.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Then go be a rock star at something this weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Below are just a few examples of possible Clerihewables! <\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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