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davkett  +  116879 Sun, 10 Jul 05 01:43 AM

The hardest, deceptively simple, one I've tried is two words:  toy boat.  Say 'toy boat' three times fast.

Or this three-word one:  "unique New York",  three times fast.

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abbie1948  +  117288 Mon, 11 Jul 05 01:28 PM

Here's a really old one:

  • She sells sea shells on the sea shore. The shells she sells are sea-shore shells.

And be very careful with this one:

  • I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's mate

And here's a great poem on pheasant pluckers:

The pheasant-plucker

 I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's child;

I sit here plucking pheasants, though it drives the pheasants wild:

I pluck and chuck the feathers from the pheasants in a pile;

the pheasants, plucked, are chucked out in true pheasant-pluckers' style.

 

Oh a pukka pheasant plucker is a pleasing thing to see;

a pleasant peasant pheasant plucker I am proud to be.

 

The pheasants, plucked and chucked, are tucked up in a tidy heap;

the pheasants' feathers, plucked and chucked, are sucked up four feet deep;

the plucking job ain't easy, it's an awful plucking task -

still, I get a plucking bonus, what more could any plucker ask?

 

A pukka pheasant plucker is a plucky peasant chap

a pleasant peasant pheasant plucker fills a needed gap

To find a pleasant peasant who plucks pheasants on the side

just advertise for peasant pheasant pluckers far and wide

 

Pukks plucky peasant pheasant-plucking people we;

plucking pheasants present in out pleasant company

pheasants plucked professionally by our pleasant peasant crew;

our pukka plucky pheasant-plucking folk will pluck for you

 

Oh a pukka pheasant plucker is a pleasing thing to see;

a pleasant peasant pheasant plucker I am proud to be.

http://www.poetandpeasant.com/frances%20web%20pages/phez.htm

Wink [;)]

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Hope that helps. Abbie
Anonymous, 4 yr 136 days ago
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? if a woodchuck could chuck wood how much wood could a woodchuck chuck?
Anonymous, 4 yr 108 days ago

betty bought some butter. but the butter was bitter. so betty bought some better butter to make the bitter butter a bit better.

benita  +  125919 Thu, 11 Aug 05 08:42 AM

Adding a little flavour to Betty's butter...........Smile [:)]

Bettty Botter bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was bitter.  So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter to make the bit of bitter butter, better.

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But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep - Robert Frost
benita, 4 yr 108 days ago

Hey Abbie!  I really like the plucking pheasant one.  I must say, it's quite tricky. 

Hollie, 4 yr 61 days ago
Whooope! I said it..
Anonymous, 3 yr 361 days ago
don't  be  a   fool  stay in school
Anonymous, 3 yr 53 days ago
it means 'you are really ugly' . its tagalog
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