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Thursday 10 July 2008, 10:37 AM

Vote Bill Gates on Clerihew Day!

Posted by PeterJudge

Technologists figure prominently as the subjects of amusing poems, in a competition to celebrate Clerihew Day, july 10.

Miss Conduct is running a Clerihew competition , and the five finalists include both Bill Gates and Tim Berners-Lee.

Here's the Gates one

Bill Gates
Has left the giant software company everyone hates.
"Hey, Mistah?
Are *you* gonna use Vista?"


Voting ends today, the birthday of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the inventor of the form (well explained on Wikipedia, of course).

I've voted for Bill, even though his clerihew is close to breaking one rule reported in Wikipedia: "Clerihews are not satirical or abusive, but they target famous individuals and reposition them in an absurd or commonplace setting."

I should point out that, despite the headline of this post, I'm not advocating any form of ballot rigging, of course.

And if anyone else has IT-related clerihews, let's hear them. Even if you miss the delivery date of 10 July!

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