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02-17-2011, 04:42 PM
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... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.
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Peter Piper's missing peck of pickled peppers?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. There is a peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where is the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?
A ponderous puzzle: peppers, when picked by the peck, are not yet pickled, as pickling proceeds the picking process of peppers. Properly, a peck is picked whereupon peppers are pickled. I propose Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers to be pickled and the peck of peppers is still being pickled. Last edited by Willravel; 02-17-2011 at 06:38 PM.. |
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02-17-2011, 06:04 PM
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comfortably numb...
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poppycock!!!
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02-17-2011, 09:05 PM
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I learned it this way:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers. A peck of pickle peppers Peter Piper promptly picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers, where is the peck of pickle peppers Peter Piper picked? A "pickle pepper" being a kind of pepper, like a "canning tomato" or a "baking apple."  A regional difference in the rhyme, perhaps. Here's another one: All around the (fill in the blank) the monkey chased the weasel. I learned "mulberry bush" but I've also heard "cobbler's bench," "vinegar jug," and "flagpole." Lindy |
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02-22-2011, 10:05 AM
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comfortably numb...
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in a steaming shit-pile of soybeans...
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02-22-2011, 02:40 PM
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comfortably numb...
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unusually undulating uvulas under unique unicorn urine...
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02-23-2011, 01:46 PM
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comfortably numb...
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ziggy's zebras in zanzibar...
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02-24-2011, 12:13 PM
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Minion of the scaléd ones
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Zounds! Zero zippers zapped zillions of zweibecks. A fuzzy breeze buzzing dizzily fizzled, sozzled, amazingly.
---------- Post added at 03:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:11 PM ---------- Avaunt! Added alliterative appeal aprehends anon your attention! Assonance arrives with alacrity astounding all assembled. Another? Ask away! Arresting amusements abound.
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02-24-2011, 12:42 PM
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comfortably numb...
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BOURGEOIS!!!
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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02-24-2011, 06:08 PM
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comfortably numb...
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every good boy deserves favor...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
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02-25-2011, 09:43 AM
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Minion of the scaléd ones
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Quote:
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