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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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 Posted - 2005-06-18 : 08:55:47
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| 1.If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand,say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don'tunderstand".How do I understand that you understand? Understand!2.I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish thewish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.3.Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.4.A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all hecould see was sea, sea, sea.5.Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People6.If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?7.I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thoughtI thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had beenthe thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.8.Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow toa fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellowWhat a fellow means?"9.Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside andcalled to MrOutside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside frominside and Told Mr Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO",and told Mr Outside to come outside. MrOutside and Mr Inside arguedfrom inside and outside about going outside or coming inside. Finally,Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come inside, then both Mr Outside andMr Inside went outside to the riverside.10.SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHESELLS, ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES11.The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.12.If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors? "When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"13.We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. 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 Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.14.Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.15.A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the flea" Let us fly Said the fly"Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in the flue16.If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as tongue-twister twists tongues.17.Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw Before Soar saw See, Which made Soar sore.Had Soar seen See's saw Before See sawed Soar's seesaw, See's saw would not have sawed Soar's seesaw. So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar so sore Just because See's saw sawed Soar's seesawMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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Arnold Fribble
Yak-finder General
1961 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-18 : 10:46:34
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SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS, ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES
But do you know who "she" was?BTW, I've never seen it ended that way. I'd guess it came from this page http://www.indianchild.com/tongue_twisters.htmIs this a common Indian rendition of that tongue-twister? |
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Arnold Fribble
Yak-finder General
1961 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-18 : 10:57:06
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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 Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not.
Many versions of this attempt to use wether in addition to weather and whether. As in "whether the wether would weather the weather". |
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ajthepoolman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
384 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-19 : 00:35:43
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| The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.Aj |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2052 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-20 : 04:09:10
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| red lorryyellow lorrysteveAlright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer. |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2052 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-20 : 04:10:00
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Kristen, we don't want any about pheasants please - this is a family forum  steveAlright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer. |
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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
6065 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-20 : 09:20:49
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| >>Kristen, we don't want any about pheasants please - this is a family forumhow about this then:I'm not a fig plucker, I'm not a fig plucker's son but I'll pluck figs till the fig plucker comes.Be One with the OptimizerTG |
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rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen
3279 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-20 : 09:32:11
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Originally posted by TG
>>Kristen, we don't want any about pheasants please - this is a family forumhow about this then:I'm not a fig plucker, I'm not a fig plucker's son but I'll pluck figs till the fig plucker comes.Be One with the OptimizerTG
People are starting to wonder why I am laughing out loud in the office. I can't tell them. Damn TG.rockmoose |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2005-06-20 : 10:00:32
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| "we don't want any about pheasants please"Ah, OK then, here we go:The ****ing ****er is ****ing ****ed.See? Not a pheasant in it! Kristen |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
3246 Posts |
Posted - 2005-06-20 : 14:16:49
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| If Moses supposes his toeses are roses, Moses supposes erroneously.For Moses, he knowses his toeses aren't roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be!---------------------------EmeraldCityDomains.com |
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homebrew
Posting Yak Master
114 Posts |
Posted - 2005-09-21 : 17:04:39
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| (quickly)One smart fella, he felt smart2 smart fellas, they both felt smart3 smart fellas, they all felt smartA fle and a fly in a flue, were stuck & didn't know what to do. Said the flea to the fly, let us fly throught the flaw, so they flew through the flaw in the flue. |
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Tongue Twisters