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Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison
Drank milk instead of medicine.
He died of diabetes - 
Should have had his milk with Wheaties!

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    Carol Sunshine Brown
    Date: 10/23/2012 6:32:00 AM
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    Congratulations on your winning poem in Andrea's "Fresh Crop of Clerihews" contest Ilene. Love, Carol
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    Jon A Cavanaugh
    Date: 10/22/2012 9:27:00 PM
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    LOL, Loved your Clerihew. Congratulations on your win. I managed to find the contest winners and am enjoying reading all the poems. There is a lot of talent in the soup here. Great fun.
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    kash poet
    Date: 10/22/2012 9:48:00 AM
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    Love this funny stuff!Congrats ilene on your win.
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    Black Eyed Susan
    Date: 10/22/2012 8:11:00 AM
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    congrats on your win ilene! so cute :)
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    Poet Destroyer A
    Date: 10/21/2012 12:22:00 PM
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    ILENE, congratulations with your awesome win in Andrea's "Fresh Crop of Clerihews" contest.. enjoyed all her winners and the people they wrote about... always~ :-) PD"
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    Linda-Marie SweetHeart
    Date: 10/21/2012 10:07:00 AM
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    CONGRATS ILENE ON A GREAT WIN LUV ..
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    Connie Marcum Wong
    Date: 10/21/2012 5:04:00 AM
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    I got a great laugh out of this fun entry. So happy it is a winner!
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    Linda-Marie SweetHeart
    Date: 10/21/2012 3:31:00 AM
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    CONGRATS ILENE ON A GREAT WIN FOR A WITTY ENTRY LUV ..
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    Suzette Crous
    Date: 10/21/2012 12:47:00 AM
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    Love the rhythm to this one... Good Clerihew :-) Congratulations on your win,Ilene . Love, Su
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    Andrea Dietrich
    Date: 10/20/2012 10:11:00 PM
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    This was SO CLERIHEW sounding!!! Just love your wit, Ilene, even when judging blind!!! Congratulations.
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    robert johnson
    Date: 10/4/2012 4:29:00 PM
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    I hope this is for Andrea's contest. It's awsome.
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    Sara Kendrick
    Date: 10/4/2012 2:57:00 PM
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    Interesting Clerihew..Is this factual?..Sara

    bauer Avatar ilene bauer Date: 10/4/2012 3:08:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    according to wikipedia, it is!
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    Robert Pettit
    Date: 10/4/2012 10:27:00 AM
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    The late Spencer Tracy did a fine job at portraying this famous man in a motion picture. Good write Ilene.
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    harry horsman
    Date: 10/4/2012 9:46:00 AM
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    Ha ha oh this is funny, i learn't something here as well....
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    Matthew Anish
    Date: 10/3/2012 10:36:00 AM
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    I laughed at this! Peace & Love Matthew Anish
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    Al Beech
    Date: 10/3/2012 9:24:00 AM
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    Did he really? Good job.
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    Black Eyed Susan
    Date: 10/3/2012 8:34:00 AM
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    lol :) good one! best wishes in the contest!


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