tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592994284096434432.post3737989567240810291..comments2024-02-11T11:30:09.490+00:00Comments on pfgpowell: A whinge, and I go out on a limb and come clean. Will it end in tears?pfg powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17407148810847119242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592994284096434432.post-83652904056585503292011-10-19T10:24:03.059+01:002011-10-19T10:24:03.059+01:00I must admit I don't know what a clerihew is, ...I must admit I don't know what a clerihew is, except that years ago the Sunday Times used to print one and I thought them uninteresting, unfunny, pointless and coming from the corner of Englishness which has always pissed me off.<br />The point about the four lines of verse I offer is that it could well be a limerick, although a unique and extraordinary limerick, becasue of what its four lines say. On the other hand as it doesn't follow the rigid rules which prescribe a limericak, it could most certainly be argued that it isn't a limerick. One for the bores.pfgpowellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592994284096434432.post-37748102327504031042011-10-18T14:13:24.397+01:002011-10-18T14:13:24.397+01:00Kev says: 4-line limericks can be clerihews, as in...Kev says: 4-line limericks can be clerihews, as in: Did Descartes<br /> Depart<br /> With the thought<br /> "Therefore I'm not"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com