1

from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterston

2

How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
 

3

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
 

4

programming language PL/I by Bruce Walker

5

by Raymond Weisling

6

Denise sees the fleece,
Denise sees the fleas.
At least Denise could sneeze
and feed and freeze the fleas.
 

7

by Pierre Abbat

8

Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
 

The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
 

by Meaghan Desbiens

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
 

Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.
 

by Ashley Adams

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
 

Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
 

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
 

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
 

Stupid superstition!
 

There was a fisherman named Fisher
who fished for some fish in a fissure.
Till a fish with a grin,
pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.
 

World Wide Web
 

by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan from The Mikado

from a commercial

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
 

from Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks

harder than it seems

There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.
 

name of a children's book

Hold your tounge while saying it.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!
 

Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
 

From the film ""My Fair Lady""

One-one was a race horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.
 

Eleven benevolent elephants
 

Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...
 

David Bowser in Harrisburg, PA

from Naomi Fletcher's real life

Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
 

Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
 

Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch or framing his famed French finch photos?
 

Pirates Private Property
 

What a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible tongue twister...
 

When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write.

 

by Kitty Morrow

Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
 

Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.
 

Flash message!
 

Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.
 

Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.
 

How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
 

How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
 

How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.
 

How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
 

Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me.
My mother's making me marry Mary Mac.
Will I always be so Merry when Mary's taking care of me?
Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?
 

Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter ""T"".
 

Pete's pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.
 

She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?
 

Limuru (Lee-moo-roo) road is a the name of a road in Kenya.

Limuru (Lee-moo-roo) road is a the name of a road in Kenya.

from Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss

Two tried and true tridents
 

the cause of some plane crashes

Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
If cows could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.
 

How many cans can a cannibal nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans?
As many cans as a cannibal can nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans.
 

A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.
 

Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
 

Four furious friends fought for the phone.
 

Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.
 

from mid-Willamette Valley theater

Black background, brown background.
 

Why do you cry, Willy?
Why do you cry?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy? Why?
 

Very well, very well, very well ...
 

Tie twine to three tree twigs.
 

Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
 

Mares eat oats and does eat oats,
and little lambs eat ivy.
A Kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?
 

Three short sword sheaths.
 

Seen on semi-tractor trailers

Rolling red wagons
 

Green glass globes glow greenly.
 

Robert Wayne Rutter
 

I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within.
 

When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I ever saw, saw. If you've got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I'd like to see your saw saw.
 

black back bat
 

The queen in green screamed.
 

How many berries could a bare berry carry,
if a bare berry could carry berries?
Well they can't carry berries
(which could make you very wary)
but a bare berry carried is more scary!
 

What did you have for breakfast?
- rubber balls and liquor!
What did you have for lunch?
- rubber balls and liquor!
What did you have for dinner?
- rubber balls and liquor!
- rubber balls and liquor!
 

Snap Crackel pop,
Snap Crackel pop,
Snap Crackel pop
 

Six slimy snails sailed silently.
 

I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
 

Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.
 

Red Buick, blue Buick
 

by Matt Duchnowski

He threw three balls.
 

The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
 

Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.
 

We're real rear wheels.
 

Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.
 

I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
 

Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
 

On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.
 

Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
 

Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
 

How much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny canonball can cram caramel in a camel?
 

He threw three free throws.
 

Fresh French fried fly fritters
 

Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ...
 

Say it while holding your tongue.

2 Y's U R.
2 Y's U B.
I C U R.
2 Y's 4 me!
 

Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.
 

Eddie edited it.
 

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thick, say it quick!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Don't eat with your mouth full!
 

Wow, race winners really want red wine right away!
 

The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives.
 

I'll chew and chew until my jaws drop.
 

a strong drink

How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets?
 

by Diane Estep

Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.
 

Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall
 

Argyle Gargoyle
 

personal name

If you're keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts,
buy a cunning stunning stunt kite.
 

Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
 

by Pierre Abbat

Willie's really weary.
 

by Mistah Twistah, Tony Valuch

Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature's rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls.
 

Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy's Turtles tie.
 

John, where Peter had had ""had had"", had had ""had"";
""had had"" had had his master's approval.
 

Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.
 

Pail of ale aiding ailing Al's travails.
 

Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
 

If you can't can any candy can,
how many candy cans can a candy canner can
if he can can candy cans ?
 

by Pierre Abbat

This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.
 

Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli ....
 

I saw Esau kissing Kate.
I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.
 

A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara.
 

Suzie Seaword's fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle sifters to sift.
 

I eat eel while you peel eel
 

Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
 

Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.
 

An actual football result from the Scottish third division

personal names

Wunwun was a racehorse, Tutu was one too. Wunwun won one race, Tutu won one too.
 

It's not the cough that carries you off,
it's the coffin they carry you off in!
 

She said she should sit.
 

Mo mi mo me send me a toe,
Me me mo mi get me a mole,
Mo mi mo me send me a toe,
Fe me mo mi get me a mole,
Mister kister feet so sweet,
Mister kister where will I eat !?
 

Will you, William? Will you, William? Will you, William?
Can't you, don't you, won't you, William?
 

I wish you were a fish in my dish
 

An actor's vocal warmup for lips and tongue.

The big black bug bit the big black bear,
but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!
 

Dust is a disk's worst enemy.
 

I see a sea down by the seashore.
But which sea do you see down by the seashore?
 

She said she should sit!
 

Old Mr. Hunt
had a cuddy punt
Not a cuddy punt
but a hunt punt cuddy.
 

As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.
 

Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.
 

I'm not the fig plucker,
Nor the fig plucker's son,
but I'll pluck your figs
till the fig plucker comes.
 

A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed
gradually giving gophers gooey guts.
 

Aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum
 

Thin grippy thick slippery.
 

There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad,
and a three toed, he toad, tree toad....
 

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
 

The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.
 

If you notice this notice,
you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.
 

If you understand, say ""understand"".
If you don't understand, say ""don't understand"".
But if you understand and say ""don't understand"".
how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?
 

She sees cheese.
 

places in Ohio

pertaining to the Siberian people living in Kamchatka

There those thousand thinkers were thinking
where did those other three thieves go through.
 

Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
 

One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they felt smart.
Four smart fellows, they felt smart.
Five smart fellows, they felt smart.
Six smart fellows, they felt smart.
 

Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.
 

I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't!
 

From a college drama class

Love's a feeling you feel when you feel
you're going to feel the feeling you've never felt before.
 

Silly sheep weep and sleep.
 

Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...
 

A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not.
 

I know a boy named Tate
who dined with his girl at eight eight.
I'm unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight
or what Tate's tête à tête ate at eight eight.
 

I saw a saw in Arkansas,
that would outsaw any saw I ever saw,
and if you got a saw
that will outsaw the saw I saw in Arkansas
let me see your saw.
 

The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us.
 

by Michael Dworkin and Bill Harvey

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.
 

A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.
 

Chicken in the car and the car can go,
that is the way you spell Chicago.
 

Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.
 

Two to two to Toulouse?
 

Swatch watch
 

Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation.
 

Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
 

Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood
 

I'm a saw cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a saw cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a saw cutter and I cut socks.
 

If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly?
 

We won, we won, we won, we won, ...
 

by Julia Dicum

How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?
 

by Jillian Goetz

from Dr. Seuss's O Say Can You Say?

How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle?
A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.
 

Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.
 

Rattle your bottles in Rollocks' van.
 

A fly and flea flew into a flue,
said the fly to the flea 'what shall we do?'
'let us fly' said the flea
said the fly 'shall we flee'
so they flew through a flaw in the flue.
 

How much dew does a dewdrop drop
If dewdrops do drop dew?
They do drop, they do
As do dewdrops drop
If dewdrops do drop dew.
 

If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie,
why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kantie can.
 

Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
 

Caliban describing Miranda's beauty in ""The Tempest"", by William Shakespeare

Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread.
 

She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz.
 

Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?
 

Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.
 

Mummies make money.
 

Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.
 

An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt.
 

A black bloke's back brake-block broke.
 

This is a zither.
 

Fresh fried fish,
Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.
 

There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.
 

Really leery, rarely Larry.
 

Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.
 

Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
 

difficult in Brazil

Come, come,
Stay calm, stay calm,
No need for alarm,
It only hums,
It doesn't harm.
 

Tie a knot, tie a knot.
Tie a tight, tight knot.
Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.
 

Red blood, green blood
 

I'm a sheet slitter.
I slit sheets.
I'm the sleekest sheet slitter
that ever slit sheets.
 

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
 

Busy buzzing bumble bees.
 

A lump of red leather, a red leather lump
 

Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat.
 

I shot the city sheriff.
I shot the city sheriff.
I shot the city sheriff.

 

A lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street.
""Are you copper-bottoming them, my man?""
""No, I'm aluminiuming 'em, Mum""
 

I am not a pheasant plucker,
I'm a pheasant plucker's son
but I'll be plucking pheasants
When the pheasant plucker's gone.
 

sung by Ian Mackintosh

Preshrunk silk shirts.
 

Craig Quinn's quick trip to Crabtree Creek.
 

Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities.
 

While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.
 

Peggy Babcock
 

A big black bear sat on a big black bug.
 

A bloke's bike back brake block broke.
 

Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.
 

Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter. So, she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter and she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter. So 'twas good that Betty Botter bought some better butter.
 

How much dope could a woodchuck smoke if a woodchuck could smoke dope?
 

How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?
 

Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.
 

by the Hofman family

Freshly fried fresh flesh
 

There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.
 

There once was a man who had a sister, his name was Mr. Fister. Mr. Fister's sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. Mr. Fister didn't sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. Mr. Fister told his sister that he sold six silk sheets to six shieks. The sister of Mr. Fister said I sold six shells to six shieks too!
 

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?
 

She stood by Burgess's fish sauce shop welcoming him in.
 

Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again.
Well swum swan!
 

Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.
 

She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells.
 

Tie twine to three tree twigs.
 

You know New York.
You need New York.
You know you need unique New York.
 

What noise annoys an oyster most?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.
 

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
 

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.
 

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
 

She slits the sheet she sits on.
 

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
 

A twister of twists once twisted a twist.
and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist,
would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.
 

Red lolly, yellow lolly.
 

I am a mother pheasant plucker,
I pluck mother pheasants.
I am the best mother pheasant plucker,
that ever plucked a mother pheasant!
 

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front
in the front of her country cut pettycoat.
 

Knapsack strap.
 

Where Molly had had ""had had"", ""had had"" had had the teacher's approval.
 

Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.
 

Great gray goats
 

Whether the weather be fine
or whether the weather be not.
Whether the weather be cold
or whether the weather be hot.
We'll weather the weather
whether we like it or not.
 

Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...
 

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
 

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.
 

How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
 

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
 

If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker
it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock
or some joker who is slicker
is going to trick you of your liquor
if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.
 

Clowns grow glowing crowns.
 

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
 

Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers
Such skill as sewing shirts
Our shy young sister Suzie shows
Some soldiers send epistles
Say they'd rather sleep in thistles
Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Suzie sews.
 

Red leather, yellow leather, ...
 

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
 

Announcement at Victoria Station, London:
Two to two to Tooting too!
 

Richard's wretched ratchet wrench.
 

Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
 

Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.
So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter,
put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
So 'twas better Betty Botter bought some better butter.
 

A box of biscuits,
a box of mixed biscuits,
and a biscuit mixer.
 

When a doctor doctors a doctor,
does the doctor doing the doctoring
doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or
does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
 

Who is the author?

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
 

The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!
 

She sees seas slapping shores.
 

by Ray Weisling

Greek grapes.
 

Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar owned a seesaw.
Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See.
 

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.
 

There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich.
 

She brews a proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot.
 

Never trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you!
 

Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.
 

Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...
 

A smart fella, a fella smart.
It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart.
 

She is a thistle sifter. She has a seive of unsifted thistles and a seive of sifted thistles and the seive of unsifted thistles she sifts into the seive of sifted thistles because she is a thistle sifter.
 

Admidst the mists and coldest frosts,
With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts,
He thrusts his fists against the posts,
And still insists he sees the ghosts.
 

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy,
was he?
 

Blue glue gun, green glue gun.
 

Betty bought some butter,
but the butter Betty bought was bitter,
so Betty bought some better butter,
and the better butter Betty bought
was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before!
 

Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ...
 

Mallory's hourly salary.
 

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.
 

Don't spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring next spring.
 

A flea and a fly in a flue,
were imprisoned. So what could they do?
Said the fly, ""Let us flee"".
Said the flea, ""Let us fly"".
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
 

King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb.
A thousand thistles King Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb.
If King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb,
How many thistles did King Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb?
 

Five fat friars frying flat fish.
 

The bottle of perfume that Willy sent
was highly displeasing to Millicent.
Her thanks were so cold
that they quarreled, I'm told
o'er that silly scent Willy sent Millicent
 

Esau Wood sawed wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. All the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day Esau Wood's wood-saw would saw no wood. So Esau Wood sought a new wood-saw. The new wood-saw would saw wood. Oh, the wood Esau Wood would saw. Esau sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. And Esau Wood sawed wood.
 

Betty bought some bitter butter
and it made her batter bitter,
so Betty bought some better butter
to make her bitter batter better.
 

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
 

I'm not the fig plucker,
nor the fig pluckers' son,
but I'll pluck figs
Till the fig plucker comes.
 

by Pierre Abbat

The sixth sheik's sixth sheep 's sick.
 

Sweater weather, leather weather.
 

One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.
 

The big black bug's blood ran blue.
 

I am not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's running late.
 

Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott. So, Ed Nott was shot and that's hot! Is it not?
 

by Ray Weisling

Unique New York, unique New York, unique New York, ...
 

from the Unix fortune database, attributed to DementDJ@ccip.perkin-elmer.com in the rec.humor.funny newsgroup

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter.
Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick.
 

Ray Rag ran across a rough road.
Across a rough road Ray Rag ran.
Where is the rough road Ray Rag ran across?
 

personal name

A Tudor who tooted the flute
tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
""Is it harder to toot or
to tutor two tooters to toot?""
 

Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
Not a punt cut square,
Just a square cut punt.
It's round in the stern and blunt in the front.
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
 

Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.
 

Thin sticks, thick bricks
 

Red lorry, yellow lorry.
 

A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.
 

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
if a wooodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck could chuck as much wood
as a woodchuck would chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
 

Larry Hurley, a burly squirrel hurler, hurled a furry squirrel through a curly grill.
 

Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers.
 

A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.
 

How much sh*t can a sh*t slinger sling
If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t?
He'd sling as much sh*t as a sh*t slinger could
If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t!
 

I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought,
I wouldn't have thought so much.
 

She sells sea shells on the seashore.
The seashells she sells are seashells she is sure.
 

From the programmer's desk:
She sells cshs by the C shore.
 

A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!
 

Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
 

There was a young man called Fisher
who was fishing for fish in a fissure.
Then a cod with a grin
pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're searching the fissure for Fisher.
 

Slick slim slippers sliding south.
 

The Leith police dismisseth us
They thought we sought to stay;
The Leith police dismisseth us
They thought we'd stay all day.
The Leith police dismisseth us,
We both sighed sighs apiece;
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye
Were the size of the Leith police.
 

Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!
 

Meter maid Mary married manly Matthew Marcus Mayo,
a moody male mailman moving mostly metered mail.
 

The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.
 

How much dough would Bob Dole dole
if Bob Dole could dole dough?
Bob Dole would dole as much dough
as Bob Dole could dole,
if Bob Dole could dole dough.
 

People pledging plenty of pennies.
 

From a pre-war English music-hall song.

To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan.
But do not buy too big a toboggan!
Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.
 

personal name

Switch watch, wrist watch.
 

Six thick thistle sticks.
 

Black bug's blood
 

Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly in ""Singing in the rain""

I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.
 

She sells seashells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are seashore seashells.
 

Irish wristwatch
 

She had shoulder surgery.
 

from the Visual C++ help file.

Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters.
If three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters,
where's the twisters the three tree turtles talked?
 

Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she's sad.
Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she's glad.
But the sadness of her sadness,
and the gladness of her gladness,
Are nothing like her madness when she's mad!
 

Common school kids nonsense, circa 1910

real rear wheel
 

from a college acting class

The cow flys at midnight ... while holding a wooden spoon.
 

National Sheepshire Sheep Association
 

The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.
 

by Paul Davies