We used these in speech when I was in high school.

Black bug's blood.

Crisp crusts crackle and crunch.

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 flap in the flue.

Freshly-fried fat flying fish

Rubber baby-buggy bumpers.

Jolly juggling jesters jauntily juggled jingling jacks.

Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen.

Leaping lizards like to lick lovely lemon lollipops for lunch.

She sells sea shells by the seashore.

Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets shortly.

Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings.

Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward.

Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick.

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

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

Soldier's shoulders.

Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again
Well swum, swan!

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?"

We surely shall see the sun shine shortly.

What type of noise annoys an oyster?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.

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.

Which witch is which?

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

Betty Botter bought some butter,
But, she said, the butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter
Is sure to make my batter better.
So she bought a bit of butter
Better than her bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter
And the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.


How much wood
would a woodchuck chuck,
if a woodchuck
could chuck wood?
As much wood
As a woodchuck would,
if a woodchuck
could chuck wood.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where are the pickled peppers Peter Piper picked/

She sells seashells,
By the seashore.
The shells she sells,
Are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells,
On the seashore,
I'm sure she sells,
Seashore shells.


Shawn wrote: What about the ones you taught us:

I saw Esau sitting on a see-saw, I saw Esau, he saw me.

or

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

Myrna wrote: Oops! I forgot to add those and they are my favorites. Thanks for pointing them out. Of course, you knew they were my favorites or else I wouldn't have taught them to all of you.

Gordon Smith wrote: How about:  "I slit a sheet and a sheet slip me." 

Don's Fexer's address from Toni Jackson

Toni wrote:

Hi Myrna,

    Don's current email address is donfexer@comcast.net  I noticed you had the old one.  I can't open the newsletter for some reason.  Craig 'updated' something on my computer & I have not been able to open any files like this since.  I need to make him fix it, but never think of it at a good time.  Who is Melanie?  Hopefully whatever is wrong with her can be fixed somehow.

    Gotta run, having a bridal shower here tonight and another one on Tues.  After never being in a wedding before, other than my own, I am now Matron of Honor for 2 girlfriends, 2 weeks in a row!  Has been a lot of stress because they don't like each other much & theres always a competition of some sort it seems. 

    Anyway, Hope your summer has been good otherwise...... hugs, Toni

Sixth Nerve Palsy and Melanie

Melanie will need more tests and is scheduled for more on Friday at 3 p.m. She may not have the answers to her problem right away but the nurologist she saw thought she may have something known as "Sixth Nerve Palsy." She did hit her head on the swing set while she was here. She didn't hit it hard enough to cause a bruise but it may have been just enough to cause the problem. 

I hade never heard of Sixth Nerve Palsy before. It is also referred to as Cranial Nerve Palsy or Abducens Nerve Palsy

If an eye fails to move properly in all directions of gaze, a nerve palsy may be present, especially if the condition presents spontaneously in adulthood. 

Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy presents with horizontal double vision, that is, the two images are horizontally misaligned. The double vision resolves when one eye is closed. In adults, the cause is usually a vascular infarct (diminished blood flow) of the nerve secondary to underlying diabetes or high blood pressure. Head trauma may also result in sixth cranial nerve palsy. In children, the condition usually follows a viral syndrome, though more serious intracranial inflammatory conditions and tumors must be considered. The diagnosis is usually easily confirmed by an ophthalmologist after observation of the eye movements in all fields of gaze. The affected eye will be unable to abduct (turn outwards beyond the midline). 

In adults with diabetes or high blood pressure and the sixth nerve palsy is the only other abnormal finding, a CT scan is usually not necessary. If there are any other concomitant neurological findings, pain, or a history of cancer, however, a CT scan will usually be obtained. In children, a CT scan is usually obtained to rule-out intracranial pathology. 

The prognosis for a full recovery in adults with diabetes or high blood pressure is good. However, recovery usually takes 3 to 6 months. Adults may elect to patch the eye to avoid double vision. In many cases, however, a temporary prism applied to the glasses may help restore single vision. The prism power may need changing every few weeks as the condition improves. For both children and adults in whom the condition fails to resolve, strabismus surgery may be considered.

Correction for August Newsletter‏

Myrna wrote: LHT pointed out this morning that I had a typo in my writing. I typed the word "mine" instead of "mind" in the second to last sentence of the following paragraph. Please fix it before printing, or after, with a pen. Thanks, Mom.

Delora Nebekker had to sell her home and move in with her son. She can no longer take care of herself. I work with her sister, Leta Jensen, at the temple and she said Delora was sad that she had to leave. I want to keep my mind as I age but I guess not knowing anything could, at times, be a blessing. Delora kept her mind. We have had a lot of changes in our ward in the last couple of years.