tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post3192656635598137642..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: Your Challenge: Write a Clerihew about the Swine FluNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-34749339641968358122009-05-28T18:15:21.614-05:002009-05-28T18:15:21.614-05:00Swine flu you say?
Well there must be a way
So no ...Swine flu you say?<br />Well there must be a way<br />So no one else will get it <br />Maybe there is a kit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-44482921748708339562009-05-27T20:02:43.135-05:002009-05-27T20:02:43.135-05:00You guys are amazing! The swine flu chlerihews jus...You guys are amazing! The swine flu chlerihews just keep coming.<br /><br />Who would have guess they'd be so inspirational?Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-80329706527716600242009-05-27T20:00:18.847-05:002009-05-27T20:00:18.847-05:00I contracted swine flu
as a member of the crew
of ...I contracted swine flu<br />as a member of the crew<br />of the Princess Dawn.<br />Now I'm forlorn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-9152416895375322112009-05-20T23:14:03.869-05:002009-05-20T23:14:03.869-05:00While attending class with Mr. Chu
I caught the di...While attending class with Mr. Chu<br />I caught the disease they call Swine Flu<br />I packed my fevered brow with mud,<br />and coughed until I threw up blood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-10094699180750072762009-05-20T15:13:14.674-05:002009-05-20T15:13:14.674-05:00What's all over the media
And on Wikipedia?
---Tha...What's all over the media<br />And on Wikipedia?<br />---That H1N1 swine flu.<br />Yet I haven't got it. Have you?<br /><br /><br />A backwards clerihew . . . for a backwards pandemic.Sandra Garanthttp://wordnetters.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-33113569916183984012009-05-10T12:47:00.000-05:002009-05-10T12:47:00.000-05:00The H1N1 virus
Is at least as old as Osiris,
But i...The H1N1 virus<br />Is at least as old as Osiris,<br />But it's been as big as Plaxico,<br />Since the President went to Mexico.Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-7405752286893090582009-05-07T15:41:00.000-05:002009-05-07T15:41:00.000-05:00Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
Is a danger to the ...Influenza A virus subtype H1N1<br />Is a danger to the world, about it something must be done<br />Slaughter all the pigs<br />Dine on twigsBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207269576107385827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-90371822568137425502009-05-06T17:42:00.000-05:002009-05-06T17:42:00.000-05:00These are great, people! I love them. They have in...These are great, people! I love them. They have increased the entertainment value of the blog by 58% or more.<br /><br />I think I should alert the editor of the magazine who hasn't chimed in here yet and may want these for magazine fodder.Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-83061041762154756272009-05-06T11:25:00.000-05:002009-05-06T11:25:00.000-05:00"There's no threat from swine flu"
Chipotle served..."There's no threat from swine flu"<br />Chipotle served pork, so it must be true.<br />Perhaps the secret that's really big<br />Is that swine flu DOESN"T COME FROM PIGS?Old Fashioned Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139437884293877190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-51299813292161981352009-05-05T22:35:00.000-05:002009-05-05T22:35:00.000-05:00If you ask
Why I wear a surgical mask
It's because...If you ask<br />Why I wear a surgical mask<br />It's because of those damn<br />Sick ham.<br /><br />-Chris ChanChris Channoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-37872978956239382592009-05-05T18:31:00.000-05:002009-05-05T18:31:00.000-05:00I am getting sick
Of diseases, take your pick
That...I am getting sick<br />Of diseases, take your pick<br />That parley a simple ague<br />Into an enormous full-fledged plagueMartin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-36920535891155349382009-05-05T15:34:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:34:00.000-05:00Writing a clerihew
About the Swine Flu
Is much mor...Writing a clerihew<br />About the Swine Flu<br />Is much more easy<br />Than getting diseasyMartin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-8271995356868820232009-05-05T15:22:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:22:00.000-05:00Dr. Richard E. Besser
A pandemic assessor
Said of ...Dr. Richard E. Besser<br />A pandemic assessor<br />Said of the Swine Flu<br />Try curing it with a Clerihew<br /><br /><br />While I may think there is no better way to spend our time waiting, my cottage mates are not so inclined, the swine!Bob Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444371433503767397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-71648650913862759022009-05-05T15:09:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:09:00.000-05:00Swine Flu!
Let’s sue!
Oh gee!
Big fee!
Swine Flu?...Swine Flu!<br />Let’s sue!<br />Oh gee!<br />Big fee!<br /><br />Swine Flu?<br />Politicians debut<br />Transport is forbidden<br />But Joe Biden has ridden<br /><br />Swine Flew?<br />Who new<br />Common Please<br />Whirled Peas<br /><br /><br />What better to do than try to compose Clerihews while waiting to check out of our cottage and begin the return to Ohio?Bob Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444371433503767397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-14411232604835540982009-05-05T14:07:00.000-05:002009-05-05T14:07:00.000-05:00About the Swine Flu
There’s a hullabaloo
To avoid ...About the Swine Flu<br />There’s a hullabaloo<br />To avoid being stricken<br />Simply eat chicken<br /><br />by Cheri Southward, traveling with us in HawaiiBob Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444371433503767397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-43979317680295487492009-05-05T12:41:00.000-05:002009-05-05T12:41:00.000-05:00H1N1?
The hype is gone
The fear of swine flu
Disa...H1N1?<br />The hype is gone<br />The fear of swine flu <br />Disappeared in the blueBjørn Arehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01491085976273836365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-81124897121499647922009-05-05T12:36:00.000-05:002009-05-05T12:36:00.000-05:00That pork chop that I ate
Serves to inoculate
Me f...That pork chop that I ate<br />Serves to inoculate<br />Me from this porcine flu.<br />Shouldn't you?Trubadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490227689920361345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-87673732094821179202009-05-05T12:14:00.000-05:002009-05-05T12:14:00.000-05:00Herewith, my "Cleri-WHAT" (not a "Cleri-WHO", hee ...Herewith, my "Cleri-WHAT" (not a "Cleri-WHO", hee hee)<br /><br />A biologist suffering from swine flu<br />Shrugged: "Such things are not new.<br />The fit survive - that's evolution;<br />If only my lab could evolve a solution."<br /><br />The pity is that I've heard that some real biologists are actually waiting for the "INTERNET" to "evolve" solutions to their problems. Wow, talk about an utter failure of science; maybe they ought to invoke phlogiston or perhaps the theory of "humours"!!! I wonder if they think the lab "evolves" their glassware... Hee hee.Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-10913422185378150912009-05-05T11:37:00.000-05:002009-05-05T11:37:00.000-05:00About flu du swine,
Governments whine
Forcing prev...About flu du swine,<br />Governments whine<br />Forcing prevention<br />By Intervention.Old Fashioned Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139437884293877190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-1707659234475095282009-05-05T11:30:00.000-05:002009-05-05T11:30:00.000-05:00Can the swine flu
beget a clerihew
which will lyri...Can the swine flu<br />beget a clerihew<br />which will lyrically<br />spread epidemically?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com