Monday, January 29, 2007
At a minute or two 'til two Oh what to do to die today at a minute or two 'til two A thing distinctly hard to say yet harder still to do For they'll beat a tattoo at twenty to two With a rattatta tattatta tattatta too And the dragon will come when he hears the drum At a minute or two 'til two today At a minute or two 'til two.
Peter Matthews [phm109(AT)psu.edu]
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A Box of BiscuitsA Box of BiscuitsA Box of Mixed BiscuitsAnd a Biscuit Mixer.
Bob Bradley [bobo41(AT)gate.net]
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A CannerA canner, exceedingly canny, one morning remarked to his granny,A canner can can Anything that he can;But a canner can't can a can can he.
[Arrmst2(AT)aol.com]
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A fat hen (longest one yet)A fat henA fat hen, a couple of ducksA fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bearsA fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairsA fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy, nine nude Nubian nymphs nimbly nibbling on gnats knuckles and nicotine
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy, nine nude Nubian nymphs nimbly nibbling on gnats knuckles and nicotine, ten, a skunk sat on a stump, the skunk thunk the stump stunk and the stump thunk the skunk stunk so the stinking skunk got off the stinking stump
A fat hen, a couple of ducks, three brown bears, four more chairs, five fat frivolous females, six simple simons sitting on a stump, seven Simbad the sailors sailing sailing the seven seas, eight egotistical ecologists evaluating the earths expectancy, nine nude Nubian nymphs nimbly nibbling on gnats knuckles and nicotine, ten, a skunk sat on a stump, the skunk thunk the stump stunk and the stump thunk the skunk stunk so the stinking skunk got off the stinking stump eleven if you stick a stock of liquor in your locker it is slick to put a lock upon your stock, or some joker who is quicker is gonna trick you of your liquor if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock!Alan Pellegrini [Apellegrini(AT)agtnet.com]
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Big BillyBig Billy, who had a big belly was also a big bully.
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Bob DoleHow much dough would Bob Dole doleIf Bob dole could dole dough?Bob dole would dole as much doughAs Bob Dole COULD dole,If Bob Dole could dole dough.
J. Phelps[surndrjody(AT)aol.com]
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Betty BatterBetty Batter had some butter,'But,' she said, 'this butter's bitter.If I bake this bitter butter,It would make my batter bitter.'
Another Version
Betty Boughter bought some butterBut she said the butter's bitterIf I put it in my batterIt will make my batter bitterBut a bit of better butter will make it better than the bitter butterSo she bought a bit of better butterAnd put it in her batterAnd her batter was not bitterSo t'was Betty Boughter bought a bit if better butter and put it in herbatter and her batter was not bitter.
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Canny CannibalHow much caramel can a canny cannibal cram into a camel,if a canny cannibal can cram caramel into a camel ?
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Cheeryful CharlesCheerful Charles chose cherry chocolates for Cheri.
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Doctor (Version 1)When a doctor doctors a doctor,does the doctor doing the doctoringdoctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored ordoes the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor ?
Marlene Pico [mpico(AT)cris.com]
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Doctor (Version 2)When a doctor doctors a doctor does the doctoring doctor doctor,the doctor the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored,or does the doctoring doctor doctor the doctor,the way the doctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor?,
Here's the answer:The doctoring doctor doctors the doctor the way thedoctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor.Not the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored.
Evelyn [evelyn(AT)premier1.net]
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Good CookHow many cuckoos could a good cook cookif a cook could cook cuckoos.
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Goodie TwoshoesGood Goodie Twoshoes took two shoes to the Goody Showshine shoe shop.
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Fig PluckerI'm not the fig plucker,but the fig plucker's son.But I'll pluck figs'til the fig plucker comes
Sherman Moffitt [GENSHERM(AT)aol.com]
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Fuzzy WuzzyFuzzy WuzzyWas a bear,Fuzzy Wuzzy Had no Hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy,Was he?!
Amanda Hanlon of Meadow Lake Saskatchewan[hanlonev(AT)sk.sympatico.ca]
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Fresh FishDo you like fresh fish?It's just fine at Finney's Diner.Finney also has some fresher fishthat's fresher and much finer.But his best fish is his freshest fishand Finney says with pride,"The finest fish at Finney's ismy freshest fish, French-fried!"
SO...don't order the fresh or the fresher fish.At Finney's, if you're wise, you'll say,"Fetch me the finest, French-fried freshestfish that Finney fries!"
Dr. Seuss' book, "Oh say can you say"Copyright 1979, Theodore S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel
Ron Bishop[rbishop(AT)mip.net]
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Fly and a FleaA fly and a flea in a flueWere imprisoned, so what could they do?"Let us fly," said the flea"Let us flee,"said the flySo they flew through a flaw in the flue.
John Keenan [makeenan(AT)dove.net.au]
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Felt HatIs that a felt hat your wearing ,thats incredibleI've fealt some felt hats before but of all the felt hats I've ever fealtI've never fealt a felt hat like that felt hat fealt.
Stewart [stew1art(AT)ozemail.com.au]
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I saw EsauI saw Esau kissing Kate,And Kate saw I saw Esau,And Esau saw that I saw Kate,And Kate saw I saw Esau saw.
Chico Clark 17
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The Mikado (light opera,lyrics by W.S. Gilbert; music by Arthur Sullivan.)To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.
Peter Matthews [phm109(AT)psu.edu] and Nicole [Lumetta-soubrette(AT)hehe.com] - for discovering the title and origin.
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Mrs. SmithMrs. Smith's Fish Sauce Shop
Jim Cockroft [Jim.Cockroft(AT)idirect.com]
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Mrs. Puggy WuggyMrs. Puggy Wuggy has a square cut puntNot a punt cut squareJust a square cut puntIt's round in the stern and blunt in the frontMrs. Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt
Berny Goodhear [berny(AT)scoucer.tandem.com.au]
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Manager of the Menagerie'The Manager of the MenagerieImagined he was a manager of an imaginary Menagerie'.
Bernard Clisby [bclisby(AT)bigpond.com]
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Mrs HuntMrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat
Berny Goodhear [berny(AT)scoucer.tandem.com.au]
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Mr. See's SawMr. See had a sawand Mr. Soar owned a seesawNow See's saw sawed Soar's seesawbefore Soar saw See
Julia [EnglishShepherd(AT)bigfoot.com]
