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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
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How many boards
from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterson |
4 How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
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5 Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
by Raymond Weisling |
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Denise sees the fleece,
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7 Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
by Pierre Abbat |
8 Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
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9 The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
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10 Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
by Meaghan Desbiens |
11 Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
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12 Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.
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13 You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!
from a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson |
14 Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
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15 Clean clams crammed in clean cans.
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16 Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
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17 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.
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18 Stupid superstition!
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19
There was a fisherman named Fisher
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20 World Wide Web
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21
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan from The Mikado |
22 Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
from a commercial |
23 If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
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24
Luke Luck likes lakes.
from Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks |
25 Seventy seven benevolent elephants
harder than it seems |
26 There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.
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27 Santa's Short Suit Shrunk
name of a children's book |
28 I was born on a pirate ship
Hold your tounge while saying it. |
29 I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!
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30 Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
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31 In 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen.
from the film "My Fair Lady" |
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One-one was a race horse.
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33 Eleven benevolent elephants
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34 Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...
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35 Willy's real rear wheel
David Bowser in Harrisburg, PA |
36 If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years?
from Naomi Fletcher's real life |
37 Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
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38 Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.
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39 Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch or framing his famed French finch photos?
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40 Pirates Private Property
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41
What a terrible tongue twister,
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42
When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. ...
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43 A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
by Kitty Morrow |
44 Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
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45 Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.
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46 Flash message!
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47 Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.
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48 Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.
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49 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.
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50 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.
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51 How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.
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52 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.
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53
Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me.
from a song by Carbon Leaf |
54 Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter "T".
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55 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.
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56 She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?
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57
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
from Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss |
58 Two tried and true tridents
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59 rudder valve reversals
the cause of some plane crashes |
60
Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
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61
How many cans can a cannibal nibble
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62 Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
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63 Four furious friends fought for the phone.
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64 Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.
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65
Bobby Bippy bought a bat.
from mid-Willamette Valley theater |
66 Black background, brown background.
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67
Why do you cry, Willy?
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68 Very well, very well, very well ...
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69 Tie twine to three tree twigs.
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70 Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
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71
Mares eat oats and does eat oats,
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72 Three short sword sheaths.
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73 Caution: Wide Right Turns
seen on semi-tractor trailers |
74 Rolling red wagons
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75 Green glass globes glow greenly.
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76 Robert Wayne Rutter
personal name |
77 I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within.
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78 As I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could out saw any saw I ever saw saw. If you happen to be in Arkansas and see a saw that can out saw the saw I saw saw I'd like to see the saw you saw saw.
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79 black back bat
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80 The queen in green screamed.
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81
How many berries could a bare berry carry,
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82
What did you have for breakfast?
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83
Snap Crackel pop,
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84 Six slimy snails sailed silently.
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85 I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
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86 Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.
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87 Red Buick, blue Buick
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88 Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.
by Matt Duchnowski |
89 He threw three balls.
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90 The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
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91 Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.
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92 We're real rear wheels.
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93 Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.
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94 I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.
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95 Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
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96 On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.
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97 Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.
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98 Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.
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99 How much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny canonball can cram caramel in a camel?
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100 He threw three free throws.
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101 Fresh French fried fly fritters
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102 Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ...
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103 I was born on a pirate ship.
Say it while holding your tongue. |
2 Y's U R.
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105 Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.
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106 Eddie edited it.
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107
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
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108 Wow, race winners really want red wine right away!
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109 The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives.
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110 I'll chew and chew until my jaws drop.
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111 Triple Dickle
a strong drink |
112 How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets?
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113
Supposed to be pistachio,
by Diane Estep |
114 Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.
from a high school singing class |
115 Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall
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116 Argyle Gargoyle
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117 Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock, ...
personal name |
118
If you're keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts,
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119 Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.
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120 Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
by Pierre Abbat |
121 Willie's really weary.
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122 Yally Bally had a jolly golliwog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly golli' a dollie made of holly! The golli', feeling jolly, named the holly dollie, Polly. So Yally Bally's jolly golli's holly dollie Polly's also jolly!
by Mistah Twistah, Tony Valuch |
123 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.
by Sharon Johnson |
124 Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy's Turtles tie.
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125
John, where Peter had had "had had", had had "had";
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126 Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.
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127 Pail of ale aiding ailing Al's travails.
from India |
128 Double bubble gum, bubbles double.
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129
If you can't can any candy can,
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130
Octopus ocular optics.
by Pierre Abbat |
131 This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.
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132 Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli ....
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133
I saw Esau kissing Kate.
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134 A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara.
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135 Suzie Seaword's fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift.
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136 I eat eel while you peel eel
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137 Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.
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138 Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.
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139 East Fife Four, Forfar Five
an actual football result from the Scottish third division |
140
Roy Wayne
personal names |
141
11 was a racehorse,
Wunwun was a racehorse, Tutu was one too. Wunwun won one race, Tutu won one too. |
142
It's not the cough that carries you off,
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143 She said she should sit.
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144
Mo mi mo me send me a toe,
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145
Will you, William? Will you, William? Will you, William?
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146 I wish you were a fish in my dish
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147 She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in.
an actor's vocal warmup for lips and tongue |
148
The big black bug bit the big black bear,
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149 Dust is a disk's worst enemy.
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150
I see a sea down by the seashore.
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151
Old Mr. Hunt
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152 As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.
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153 Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.
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154
I'm not the fig plucker,
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155
A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed
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156 Aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum
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157 Thin grippy thick slippery.
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158
A tree toad loved a she-toad,
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159 The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.
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160
If you notice this notice,
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161
If you understand, say "understand".
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162 She sees cheese.
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163
Brent Spence Bridge
places in Ohio |
164 Chukotko-Kamchatkan
pertaining to the Siberian people living in Kamchatka |
165
There those thousand thinkers were thinking
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166 Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
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167
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
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168 Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.
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169 I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't!
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170 But a harder thing still to do.
What a to do to die today
from a college drama class |
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Love's a feeling you feel when you feel
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172 Silly sheep weep and sleep.
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173 Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...
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174 A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not.
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175
I know a boy named Tate
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176 The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us.
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177 Real weird rear wheels
by Michael Dworkin and Bill Harvey |
178 I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.
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179 A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.
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180
Knife and a fork bottle and a cork
Chicken in the car and the car can go,
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181 Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.
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182 Two to two to Toulouse?
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183 Swatch watch
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184 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.
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185 Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
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186 Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood
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187
I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.
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188 If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly?
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189 We won, we won, we won, we won, ...
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190 Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
by Julia Dicum |
191 How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?
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192 How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?
by Jillian Goetz |
193
As he gobbled the cakes on his plate,
from Dr. Seuss's O Say Can You Say? |
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How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle?
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195 Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.
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196 Rattle your bottles in Rollocks' van.
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197
A fly and flea flew into a flue,
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198
How much dew does a dewdrop drop
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199
If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie,
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200 Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.
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201
But she as far surpasseth Sycorax,
Caliban describing Miranda's beauty in "The Tempest", by William Shakespeare |
202 Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread.
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203 She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz.
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204 Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?
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205 Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.
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206 Mummies make money.
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207 Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.
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208 An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt.
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209 A black bloke's back brake-block broke.
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210 This is a zither.
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211
Fresh fried fish,
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212 There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.
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213 Really leery, rarely Larry.
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214 Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.
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215 Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.
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216 Her whole right hand really hurts.
difficult in Brazil |
217
Come, come,
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Tie a knot, tie a knot.
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219 Red blood, green blood
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I'm a sheet slitter.
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221 Busy buzzing bumble bees.
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222 A lump of red leather, a red leather lump
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223 Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat.
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224
I shot the city sheriff.
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225
A lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street.
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226
I am not a pheasant plucker,
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227
Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.
Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.
sung by Ian Mackintosh |
228 Preshrunk silk shirts.
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229 Craig Quinn's quick trip to Crabtree Creek.
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230 Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities.
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231 While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.
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232 A big black bear sat on a big black bug.
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233 A bloke's bike back brake block broke.
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234 Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.
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235
Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter's bitter.
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236 How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?
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237 Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.
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238 No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows.
by the Hofman family |
239 Freshly fried fresh flesh
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240 There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.
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241 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!
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242 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?
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243 She stood on the steps of Burgess's Fish Sauce Shop, mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in.
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244
Swan swam over the sea.
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245 Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.
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246
She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
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247
You know New York.
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248
What noise annoys an oyster most?
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249 Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.
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250 Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.
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251 Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.
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252 She slits the sheet she sits on.
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253 A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
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254
A twister of twists once twisted a twist.
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255 Red lolly, yellow lolly.
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256
Mrs Hunt had a country cut front
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257 Knapsack strap.
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258 John, where Molly had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had " had had the teachers approval
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259 Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.
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260 Great gray goats
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261
Whether the weather be fine
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262 Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...
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263 The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!
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264 There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.
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265 How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?
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266 Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
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267
If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker
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268 Clowns grow glowing crowns.
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269
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
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270
Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers
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271 Red leather, yellow leather, ...
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IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF;
programming language PL/I by Bruce Walker |
273
Announcement at Victoria Station, London:
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274 Richard's wretched ratchet wrench.
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275 Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers.
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276
A box of biscuits,
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277
When a doctor doctors a doctor,
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278 What to do to die today at a minute or two to two. A terribly difficult thing to say and a harder thing to do. A dragon will come and beat his drum Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too at a minute or two to two today. At a minute or two to two.
Who is the author? |
279 If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
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280 The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!
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281 She sees seas slapping shores.
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282 A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
by Ray Weisling |
283 Greek grapes.
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284
Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar owned a seesaw.
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285 Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.
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286 There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich.
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287 A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.
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288 Don't trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you! If you trouble trouble, triple trouble troubles you!
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289 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.
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290 Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...
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291
A smart fella, a fella smart.
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292 She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sieve of unsifted thistles and a sieve of sifted thistles and the sieve of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sieve of sifted thistles because she is a thistle-sifter.
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293
Admidst the mists and coldest frosts,
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294
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
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295 Blue glue gun, green glue gun.
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296 Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ...
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297 Mallory's hourly salary.
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298 I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.
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299 Don't spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring next spring.
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300
A flea and a fly in a flue,
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301
King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb.
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302 Five fat friars frying flat fish.
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303
The bottle of perfume that Willy sent
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304 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.
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305
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
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306 Extinct insects' instincts, extant insects' instincts.
by Pierre Abbat |
307 Sweater weather, leather weather.
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308 One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.
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309 The big black bug's blood ran blue.
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310
I am not the pheasant plucker,
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311 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?
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312 We will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral money.
by Ray Weisling |
313 Unique New York, unique New York, unique New York, ...
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314 If Dr. Seuss Were a Technical Writer.....
Here's an easy game to play.
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
You can't say this? What a shame, sir!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
from the Unix fortune database, attributed to DementDJ@ccip.perkin-elmer.com in the rec.humor.funny newsgroup |
315
Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter.
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316
Ray Rag ran across a rough road.
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317 Elmer Arnold
personal name |
318
A Tudor who tooted the flute
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319
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
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320 Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.
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321 Thin sticks, thick bricks
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322 Red lorry, yellow lorry.
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323 A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.
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324 How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck how much a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood.
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325 Larry Hurley, a burly squirrel hurler, hurled a furry squirrel through a curly grill.
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326 Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers.
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327 A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.
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328
I thought a thought.
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329
She sells sea shells on the seashore.
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330
From the programmer's desk:
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331 A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!
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332 Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.
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333 Slick slim slippers sliding south.
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334
The Leith police dismisseth us
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335 Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!
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336
Meter maid Mary married manly Matthew Marcus Mayo,
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337 The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.
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338
How much dough would Bob Dole dole
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339 People pledging plenty of pennies.
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340 Mares eat oats and does eat oats, but little lambs eat ivy.
from a pre-war English music-hall song |
341
To begin to toboggan,
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342 Courtney Dworkin
personal name |
343 Switch watch, wrist watch.
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344 Six thick thistle sticks
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345
Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter,
Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly in "Singing in the Rain" (1952) |
346 I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.
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347 She sells seashells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are seashore seashells.
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348 Irish wristwatch
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349 She had shoulder surgery.
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350 To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE.
from the Visual C++ help file. |
351 Three Tree Turtles
Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters.
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352 My Friend Gladys
Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she's sad.
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353
I would if I could, and if I couldn't, how could I?
common school kids nonsense, circa 1910 |
354 real rear wheel
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355
Give me the gift of a grip-top sock,
articulation warmup for actors |
356 National Sheepshire Sheep Association
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357 The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.
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358 The little red lorry went down Limuru road.
Limuru (Lee-moo-roo) road is a the name of a road in Kenya. |
359 Flies fly but a fly flies.
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360 Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?
by Paul Davies |
361 If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought the Hottentot tot be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be taught 'er?
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362 How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.
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363
Federal Express is now called FedEx.
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364 Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?
by Ann Clark |
365 Does this shop sport short socks with spots?
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366
Customer: Do you have soothers?
actual conversation in a shop in Canada, recorded by Don Monson |
367
Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.
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368 No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight.
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369 I wish to wish, I dream to dream, I try to try, and I live to live, and I'd die to die, and I cry to cry but I dont know why.
from a Song by Soundgarden named "Somewhere" composed and written by Ben Shepherd |
370 My mommy makes me muffins on Mondays.
by Tim McCauley, age 8 |
371 A real rare whale.
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372 Terry Teeter, a teeter-totter teacher, taught her daughter Tara to teeter-totter, but Tara Teeter didn't teeter-totter as Terry Teeter taught her to.
by Pierre Abbat |
373 Ken Dodd's dad's dog 's dead.
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374 I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines.
Said to be a diction test for would-be radio announcers: To be read clearly, without mistakes, in less than 20 seconds (from Coronet Magazine, August 1948). |
375 Kanta is a masai girl. She can tie a tie and untie a tie. If Kanta can tie a tie and untie a tie, why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie?
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376
I'm a mother pheasant plucker,
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377 If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole.
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378 Seven slick and sexy sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope.
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379 The chief of the Leith police dismisseth us.
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380 Fred Threlfall's thirty-five fine threads are finer threads than Fred Threlfall's thirty-five thick threads.
by Anthony Nichols |
381 Bug's black blood, Black bug's blood
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382 Reed Wade Road
name of a road in Batesville Arkansas |
383 Jack's nap sack strap snapped.
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384 I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. I saw Esau; he saw me.
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385 A quick witted cricket critic.
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386 Hitchcock Hawk Watch Spots Record Raptors
Title of an article in the Neola Gazette |
387 Sure, sir, the ship's sure shipshape, sir.
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388
The Smothers brothers' father's mother's brothers are
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389 One Double Dozen Double Damask Dinner Napkins
Name of a sketch written by Dion Titheradge for a London musical revue and originally performed by Cicely Courtneidge in the early 1930's. The comedienne Bea Lillie performed the
sketch in an American film starring Bing Crosby in 1938, and that film's name was "Doctor Rhythm". The sketch became famous and Lillie did perform it on numerous occasions on
radio, as well as record it on two 78rpm records. |
390 The cat crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out.
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391
Dear mother,
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392 Blended baby blue bug's blood blotches.
made up watching bugs splatter on the windshield ... ugh! |
393 So, this is the sushi chef?
Spoken to a friend in a Japanese restaurant on the chef’s return. |
394 Furnish Freddie's nursery with forty-four furry Furby Beanie Babies.
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395 Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer, ...
name of the famous American golfer |
396
A bitter biting bittern bit a better biting bittern
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397 Certified certificates from certified certificate certifiers.
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398 Imagine, imagining imagining, an imaginary imaginary imaginary menagerie manager, imagining imagining imagining an imaginary imaginary imaginary managerie.
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399
What noise annoys a noisy oyster?
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400 We need a plan to fan a pan; find a pan to fan, then find a fan to fan the pan, then fan the pan.
Some Korean students find difficult to pronounce difference between 'f' and 'p'. |
401
How many snacks could a snack stacker stack,
by Christine Reynolds |
402
Freddy is ready to roast red roaches.
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403 Who washed Washington's white woolen underwear when Washington's washer-woman went west?
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404
On mules we find two legs behind and two we find before.
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405
Three grey geese
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406 Susie sits shinning silver shoes
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407 Ralph rakes leaves really, really lousily.
for Japanese students of English |
408 Lady Luck dislikes losers.
for Japanese students of English |
409 Broken back brake block
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410 Mumbling, bumbling. Bumbling, mumbling.
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411 Of all the felt I ever felt I never felt felt that felt like that felt felt.
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412 They hatch fish at the state fish hatchery and sell hatched fish to the fish stick factory.
by Kevin Brown |
413 In pine tar is. In oak none is. In mud eels are. In clay none is.
If read fast, it sounds like gibberish. |
414 The sixth sick sheik's sixth sick sheep.
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415 Thirty-six thick silk threads
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416 Silly shoe-fly pie fans sell chilly shoe-fly pie pans.
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417
Kantai can tie a tie. If Kantai can tie a tie,
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418 The two-toed tree toad tried to tread where the three-toed tree toad trod.
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419
Tricky Tristan tracked a trail of tiny turtles.
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420 Esau Wood saw a wood saw, saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood. If Esau Wood saw a wood saw, saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood, where is the wood saw witch would saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood.
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421 You're behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons.
from Harry Potter |
422 Iranian Uranium
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423
Giddy kiddy goat,
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424 He wanted to desert his dessert in the desert!
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425 If a Hottentot tot taught a Hottentot tot to talk before the tot would totter, ought the Hottentot tot be taught to say ought, or naught, or what ought to be taught the Hottentot tot? If to hoot and to toot a Hottentot tot be taught by a Hottentot tutor, should the tutor get hot if the Hottentot tot hoots and toots at the Hottentot tutor?
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426
There was a writer called Wright, he taught his son to write Wright right:
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427 Very rare vagrant wader
a "vagrant wader" is a wading bird that is not typical to a particular region |
428 Crash Quiche Course
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429 I broke a brickbat and a brickbat broke me.
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430 A wooden worm wouldn't be worthy of worship but would he if he wondered and worried about what he would be worthy of if he wasn't wooden?
by Samy Gosselin |
431 Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
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432 Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
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433 Farrell's features fabulous food 'n' fantastic fountain fantasies for frolicking, fun-filled festive families.
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434 Who holds Joe's nose when he blows? Joe knows.
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435 A singly circularly linked list.
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436 The Final Fixing of the Foolish Fugitive Feeling footloose, fancy-free and frisky, this feather-brained fellow finagled his fond father into forking over his fortune. Forthwith, he fled for foreign fields and frittered his farthings feasting fabulously with fair-weather friends. Finally, fleeced by those folly filled fellows and facing famine, he found him-self a feed flinger in a filthy farm-lot. He fain would have filled his frame with foraged food from fodder fragments. "Fooey! My father's flunkies fare far fancier," the frazzled fugitive fumed feverishly, frankly facing fact. Frustrated from failure and filled with forebodings, he fled for his family. Falling at his father's feet, he floundered forlornly. "Father, I have flunked and fruitlessly forfeited further family favors . . ." But the faithful father, forestalling further flinching, frantically flagged his flunkies to fetch forth the finest fatling and fix a feast. But the fugitive's fault finding frater, faithfully farming his father's fields for free, frowned at this fickle forgiveness of former falderal. His fury flashed, but fussing was futile. His foresighted father figured, "Such filial fidelity is fine, but what forbids fervent festivities? The fugitive is found! Unfurl the flags! With fanfare flaring, let fun, frolic and frivolity flow freely, former failures forgotten and folly forsaken." Forgiveness forms a firm foundation for future fortitude. (Sir John Hensch of London)
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437 Thirty-three thousand feathers on a thrushes throat.
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438 When I went to Warsaw, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw that I ever saw. Now, if you go to Warsaw and see a saw that could outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see your saw saw.
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439
If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice,
by Karen and Alyse Ferry |
440 Six Czech cricket critics
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441 Rubber Berber Gerber™ Burger
An ersatz North African taste treat ... |
442 Lucid Lou slued loose the sluice that slew the slough.
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443 In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen.
from My Fair Lady the musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion |
444 Thomas Tattamus took two T's to tie two tots to two tall trees.
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445 Hercules, a hardy hunter, hunted a hare in the Hampshire Hills. Hit him on the head with a hard, hard hammer and he howled horribly!
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446 Frank's fisher fishes on Friday for Frank's Friday fresh fried fish-fest.
by Steven Combs |
447 I saw a saw in Warsaw. Of all the saws I ever saw I never saw a saw that could saw, like the saw I saw in Warsaw.
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448
Dick had a dog,
Dick had a duck, Dick's duck dived as deep as Dick's dog dug!
by Alexandra Hunt (11 years old) |
449 It's a nice night for a white rice fight.
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450
If a fella met a fella in a field of fitches
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451
I feel a feel a funny feel a funny feel feel I,
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452
Never trust
But if you must,
on board of a Victory Ship in the 1940s |
453 A sad story about Nobody This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realised that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody, when Nobody did, what Anybody could have done.
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454 Mr Knott and Mr Watt on the Phone
Hello? ... I'll call on you this afternoon.
All right, are you Jones?
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455 Round brown bread
the Indian bread "Roti" |
456 grip glue, grip glue, grip glue, ...
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457 Bob's pop-up blocker blocks Bob's pop-ups.
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458 Chill, Shake, Serve, ...
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459
M. R. Ducks
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How much cash could a sasquatch stash if a sasquatch could stash cash?
by Janet Cashman-Shipman and family |
461
A cunning young canner from Canning
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462 How many ducks could a duck duct-tape, if a duck could duct-tape ducks?
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463 Bad dead bed-bugs bleed bug blood.
by Mimi Routh |
464
Upper roller, lower roller,
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465 Bill had a billboard, Bill also had a board bill. The billboard bored Bill so Bill sold the billboard to pay for the board bill.
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466 Washington's wash woman washed Washington's wash while Washington's wife went west.
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467 Faith's face cloth, Faith's face cloth, Faith's face cloth, ...
by Monica Holmes-Lauder |
468
Deer, deer, oh dear, oh dear,
The Roadkill Song |
469 The sixth sick Sikh's sixth sheep is sick.
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470 Click, clap, pluck, ...
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471 Mister Twister's tongue twisters, ...
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472 Hum-min-a, Hum-min-a, Hum-min-a, ...
sometimes said by Jackie Gleason in "The Honeymooners" |
473 Mud bug, mud bug, mud bug, ...
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474 Polish it in the corner. Polish it in the corner. Polish it in the corner. ...
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475 I gratefully gazed at the gracefully grazing gazelles.
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476 Really very weary, really very weary, really very weary, ...
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477 The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep 's sick.
variation of the famous tongue twister |
478 Thrushcross Grange
the name of the Linton's house in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë |
479 Six sticky skeletons, six sticky skeletons, six sticky skeletons, ...
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480
Sheila is selling her shop at the seashore
Danny Kaye song, arround 1930 |
481
A canner exceedingly canny,
© Win Ivin |
482 She sat upon a balcony, inimicably mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in.
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483 I can't believe that "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" is actually a butter that I can't believe is not butter.
"I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" is a butter substitute produced by Becel/Flora/Promise, a subsidiary of Unilever. |
484 You name it, we claim it. If we can't get it, we'll send you to get it. If we can't send you to get it, forgit it. Who's got it, if we don't got it?
from the 1960's |
485 If your Bob doesnt give our Bob that bob that your Bob owes our Bob, our Bob will give your Bob a bob in the eye.
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486
V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of
the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin
van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
from the screenplay of the movie "V for Vendetta", at the beginning, when V meets Evie for the first time |
487 chip shop chips
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488
Velvet Revolver
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489 Shine my city shoes!
repeat really fast |
490 Sniff Sesh! Sniff Sesh! Sniff Sesh!
a dog sniffing a blanket |
491 The Knight said, "He's", with niceties, "some nights a tease or nice at ease on nice settees".
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492
How much snus could a moose on the loose use
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493 Black Rock Brain Lock
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494
Which Witch snitched the Snitch Witch?
by Emily Green |
495
A maid named Lady Marmalade
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496
Theodore Thistle threw three thorny thistles.
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497 Silly Sally Shouldnort shaved sheep she should show soon so selling sheep shaved showed she shouldn't show shaved sheep so soon.
by James Norton |
498 Cracker rapper, cracker rapper, cracker rapper, ...
by Kazia Sarpola |
499 Lenny Lou leopard led leprechauns leaping like lemmings.
by Brian & Grace McKeon |
500 loyal royal lawyer
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501 Darn dawn dog gone!
The sometimes annoying pet canine is not at home this morning. |
502
Free Ritz wristwatch.
from the back of a Ritz cracker box |
503 Six slick, slim, slender saplings.
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504 Tell a tall tale of a tall tailed dog, that told Tim it tap a tall ale and thump the top of Tim's tomb.
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505 Old lady Hunt had a cuzzy Funt not a cuzzy Funt but a Hunt Funt cuzzy.
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506 How much juice does a fruit juice producer produce when a fruit juice producer produces fruit juice? We can deduce a fruit juice produces as much juice as a fruit juice produce can seduce from the fruit that produces juice.
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507 They think that their teeth get thinner at times they want to taste thick meat.
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508 Three tired tigers try to throw three trees.
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509 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.
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510 Ken can ken that Ken's kin can ken Ken's kin's ken.
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511 The sixth shack's sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep 's sick.
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512 Which Swiss witch switched the Swiss wristwatches?
by Marnie Singer |
513 Cook "Cookie" Turk took Kookie Kirk a turkey cookie.
by Marnie Singer |
514 How many tow trucks could a tow truck tow if a tow truck could tow tow trucks.
by Cheyenne Perry (age 10) |
515
I miss my Swiss miss.
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516
Now the trees are all groaning in growling, rough gales
by Mark Scrivener |
517
Slinking, sliding, slithering slyly,
by Mark Scrivener |
518 Corythosaurus bit the gory esophagus of the dillapitated Dilophosaurus who lived in the sorest of forests with the whacky pachy-rinosaurus and the ceratosaurus, but the most poorest and mourish panoplosaurus called Wang sang and rang chorus with the lurdusaurus and the brachiosaurus who was dying of staphylococus-aureas.
by Henry Dyne and Georgie Warden |
519 How much squash could a sasquatch squish, if a sasquatch could squish squash?
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520 fresh fish and fried prawns
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521 She thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of her thumb.
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522 It dawned on Don at dawn.
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523 A snake sneaks to seek a snack.
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524 A synonym for cinnamon is a cinnamon synonym.
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525 Great Gate Crasher
From a personal experience at a friend's party ... |
526
Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers,
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527
How many rats would the ruskies roast if the ruskies could roast rats?
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528 Rural ruler
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529 Swift shift
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530 An illusory vision is a visionary illusion. Is it?
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531 In shoulder surgery some surgeons sew soldiers' shoulders.
by a rehabilitation medical doctor |
532 Midget minute, midget minute, midget minute, ...
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533 Willy's wooden whistle wouldn't whistle when Willy went wild.
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534 Wilson Winston winced whilst he minced a squinting prince.
co-written by Charles C. Canoll IV and Megan L. Luke |
535 If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?
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536 I thought the haughty Professor Tortoise taught ontology, but the naughty Tortoise taught us tautology.
by Dachlan Cartwright |
537 Grandma Gabby Grammer grabbed a gram of gummy goulash. If Grandma Gabby Grammer grabbed a gram of gummy goulash, How many grams of gummy goulash did Grandma Gabby Grammer grab?
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538
"He thrusts his fists against the posts,
from "It" by Stephen King submitted by Ted Scheck |
539 Thrifty Theophilus, the theocratic thistle sifter, thrice thrust three thousand thistles through the slick thick of his softly throbbing thumb.
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540 What's a synonym for cinnamon or is cinnamon synonym-less?
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541 Dimensional analysis
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542 Friskies frisbee
My friend got a frisbee with the "Friskies"-logo on it |
Hulk Hawk is hulking the hawk,
by Alexander from Russian (10 years old) |
544 Rather Ruth's writhings than Roth's wrath.
by David Philips |
545 The third time the three three-toed tree toads tried tying their toes together, the third three-toed tree toad tied the two three-toed tree toads toes to the third toads toes. Then the two tied three-toed tree toads told the third three-toed tree toad that tying their toes together thrilled them to their toe tips.
from a high school English class many years ago |
546 Darla's dollars
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547 I see he sees high seas she sees.
Minsea and Youngsea made this together in their English class |
548 I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
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549 My back black brake blocks are broken.
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550 I shot a hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum because if I used leaden ones his hide would surely flatten them.
A spit warmup for singers, to encourage spit production *before* a performace so the singer doesn't spit on the audience! |
551 Normal word order or inverted word order?
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552 Peter Rabbit raddish robber
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553
There's a cross on the muzzle
"Never Say Die" (1939) with Bob Hope |
554
"The pellet with the poison's
"The Court Jester" (1955) with Danny Kaye |
555 The Doge did what a Doge does, when a Doge does his duty to a Duke, that is. When the Doge did his duty and the Duke didn't, that's when the Duchess did the dirt to the Duke with the Doge. There they were in the dark: The Duke with his dagger, the Doge with his dart and the Duchess with her dirk. The Duchess dug at the Duke just when the Duke dove at the Doge. Now the Duke ducked, the Doge dodged, and the Duchess didn't. So the Duke got the Duchess, the Duchess got the Doge, and the Doge got the Duke.
"The Court Jester" (1955) with Danny Kaye |
556
Everybody's heard of Peter Piper
"Tongue Twisters" performed by Danny Kaye |
557 Colliding, colt riding cowboys, combining colliding while gliding at night coinciding in their fight. It wasn't quite trite even with slight sight, who was right? The fight like light, flashed bright, fast as bears bite flies flying near the bears eyes the fleeing flies die.
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558 Green and brown blades of grass
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559 Broken blue crayon
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560 Four poor fools filled four pools full.
by Bill Buker |
561 Sleep sweetly! Sleep sweetly! Sleep sweetly!
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562 "The Professor Peter Peckinpah all purpose anti-personnel Peckinpah pocket pistol under the toupee trick"
from the series "Get Smart" (1965) in the episode "Smartucus" |
Pro bono boa prose
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564 Purple paper people, purple paper people, purple paper people, ...
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565 De doorgaans dappere Durgerdammer drukker Dirk Doordraver die driemaal daags drieduims dikke dictionaires drukte doch door de dagelijkse druk dermate depressief doordraaide dat Dirk daaraan denkend daardoor dieptreurig de donkergrijze deur der drukkerij denderend dicht donderde. Dirk's drie dikke domme dochters dachten dat depressieve Dirk dagelijks drie deciliter drabbig dikke donkere druivensap dronk.
Twee zinnen met 53 woorden beginnend met "D". |
566 Shannon shant ship ships through Shilshole.
Shilshole is a place in Seattle |
567 If blue bugs bleed blue blood, and black bugs bleed black blood, do blue-black bugs bleed blue-black blood?
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568 Carolina Herrera resides in the rural area with her running horses.
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569 How many bears could Bear Grills grill if Bear grills could grill bears?
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570 The children eat the chicken in the kitchen.
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571 Cheap Sheep Sheets, Cheap Sheep Sheets, Cheap Sheep Sheets.
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572 The greedy Greek geek agreed.
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573 Frozen Floyd flicks fat fleas for a fixed flat fee.
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574 Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
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575 An inchworm inches on ivy that itches.
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576 Nope, an antelope can't elope with a cantelope.
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577 "Two tried" and "True tied"
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578 Three free fleas flew freely through the flu.
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579 The CEO's colleagues trusted those successful clients although their results weren't less than lumpy!
tough for Japanese speakers |
580
Jean Claude Jaquettie, with his jacket on.
from "The Mighty Boosh" (2004) with Julian Barratt und Noel Fielding |
581 Burger burglar
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582 Quick queens quack quick quacks quicker than quacking quails.
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583 How many wenches could a witch's wench wrench wrench if a witch's wench wrench could wrench wenches. As many wenches as a witch's wench wrench could, if a witch's wench wrench could wrench wenches.
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584 Washing the washing machine while watching the washing machine washing washing.
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585 Plaid pleated pants, Plaid pleated pants, Plaid pleated pants, ...
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586 Drunk drugged ducks, Drunk drugged ducks, Drunk drugged ducks, ...
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587 She snapped a selfie with Sophie's silver cell phone.
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588 She surely suits shiny sleek short skirts.
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589 Tell Tom the ticket taker to take the ticket to the ticket wicket.
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590 How many pounds in a groundhog's mound when a groundhog pounds hog mounds?
Siri said this when asked "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could
chuck wood." |
591 A happy hippo hopped and hiccupped.
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592 Labradoodle, labradoodle, labradoodle, ...
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593 Yelling yellow Yeti.
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