Ailing Auntie Annie Ames ate apple butter inabundance.

Double bubble gum bubbles double. (submitted by Elisabeth from Brazil)

Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--
that would make my batter better."

So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.

Busy buzzing bumble bees.

Captain Kangaroo's carefully crunching crunchy candy corn.

Chris crashes crimson cars quickly.

A cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup. (submitted by Robin Keith)

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

How much wood
Would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He'd chuck all the wood
That a woodchuck could
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.(submitted by Byron Stuckless)

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 he doctor
the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

"Ed's easily excited," excitedly exclaimed Edwina.

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
Said the flea, "Let us fly!"
Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Freaky five fingered fouls’ fingers forever flicking freely. (submitted by Scott Parkman)

Funny Frank fell fifty feet.

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

Of all the felt I ever felt,
I never felt a piece of felt
which felt as fine as that felt felt,
when first I felt that felt hat's felt.

Greek grapes.

Gray geese graze in the green, green grass.

George and Grace grew glossy grapes and grimy garlic gladly. (submitted by Janet Kidon)

Inchworms itching.

Jackie's jumping jovially 'round Jakarta.

Chubby jugglers juggling oranges jovially.

I rarely practice 'rarely' really really hard. (Submitted by Valina Eckley)

Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

Red lorry, yellow lorry
Red lorry, yellow lorry
Red lorry, yellow lorry (submitted by Andrew Johnston)
Note: ("Lorry," for those who don't know, is the British English word for the American English "truck.")

Really leery, rarely Larry.

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

Raleigh, are youalready ready?
Are you really ready, Raleigh?
Raleigh's really ready, Riley.
Riley, Raleigh's already ready!

Rubber baby buggy bumpers,
Rubber baby buggy bumpers,
Rubber baby buggy bumpers (submitted by Valerie Brown-Wood)

Might might makeright.

Momma made me mash my M & M's. (submitted by Robin Keith)

Moose noshing much mush.

Nine new noisy, nosy, annoying neighbors

Nine nervous Nuns in an Indiana Nunnery. (submitted by Robin Keith)

Orange jello, lemon jello,
Orange jello, lemon jello,
Orange jello, lemon jello.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Poppa, Poppa picked a pot of peas. (submitted by Robin Keith)

Plead Lee's pleas for peas, please! (submitted by Lee the Lemon)

Quaint queens can't quarrel crazily.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. (submitted by Donna Caddie)

Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers
Such skill at 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

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?

The sixth sheik's sixth sheep is sick.

The three trees (submitted by Lisa Cyr)

Not these things here but those things there. (submitted by Dan)

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?

Ruth and Luther's moose's loosest tooth is uncouth. (submitted by Norma Jean Krim)

I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too. (submitted by Elisabeth from Brazil)

Room Three Hundred Thirty-Three on the third floor rents for $33.33 every third Thursday. (submitted by Bill Pucket)

Three free throws.

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

Never trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you!

If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot
To talk ere the tot could totter,
Ought the Hottenton tot
Be taught to say aught, or naught,
Or what ought to be taught her?
If to hoot and to toot a Hottentot tot
Be taught by her Hottentot tutor,
Ought the tutor get hot
If the Hottentot tot
Hoot and toot at her Hottentot tutor?

Terrible, terrible Thomas Tatterton tied two twigs to two tall trees. (submitted by Diane Cooke)

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

Tie three tree twigs. (submitted by Lisa MacIntyre)

Truly rural.

Youusely useunique unicorns.

Betty loves the velvet vest best (submitted by Ian Wilson)

Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.

Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?

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

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

"Extra, Extra!" Exton exclaimed excitedly.

Sixish.

Yellow yo-yos,
Yellow yo-yos,
Yellow yo-yos.

Zebras zig and zebras zag.

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?

Mixed biscuits, mixed biscuits.

Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.

A proper copper coffee pot.

Three grey geese in a green field grazing.

Swan swam over the pond, swim swan swim; swan swam back again - well swum swan!

Does your shirt shop stock short socks with spots?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

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

Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers
Such skill at 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

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