Try saying this quickly

tijkmo

lt...you cant say that in 8 seconds
LittleToe

Tij:I most assuredly guarantee that I used to be able to. It was independantly verified by three others, two of whom had stopwatches, and one who was expressly there to listen to what I was slurring together.
But like everything to do with age, once the vigour and speed slows down, the stamina takes over. The tongue is no exception
katiekitten

Age and cunning with overcome youth and skill.
gespro

I am a sheet slitter
I slit sheets
I am the best sheet slitter
that ever slit sheets
Let me know how well you did
DanTheMan

I'm not a pheasant plucker, he has gone out on the tiles
He only plucked one pheasant and I'm sitting here with piles !

What does "out on the tiles" mean? I think that's the name of a Zeppelin song too.
LittleToe

Going out on the tiles means going out on the town. Out for a good evening, basically.
DanTheMan

thanks LT, I suppose I could've googled that... :)
pepheuga

don't try, as, ahem, a friend of mine once did, quoting ts eliot's "the waste land" line when you're drunk;
"the chair she sat in like a burnished throne"
that's ugly.
pepheuga