Homeschool Thoughts

AH-h-h-h-h-h.... NICE! I have the basic plans laid for school. I let the boys choose their science, social studies and Bible; which was a math choice for Gavin, since he choose Physics for Science (I didn't even suggest that one). SO here is what I have so far. I will add online research and projects to these. ACE [Accelerated Christian Education] are self paced workbooks. We've never tried them, but I figured for a couple subjects they might be OK.

GAVIN (9th grade 08/09)

Science:Physics [Apologia CD course]

Math: Trig [Aleks Online] *Lessons from dad

Social Studies: Economics [A.C.E.] AND Ben'sGov [online]

Bible:

 Life of Christ [A.C.E.]

History: Story of the World and WW1&2 reading

Language Arts: Eclectic [Spectrum Writing, NanoFictionary, Reading, etc]

CONNOR (8th grade 08/09)

Science: Geology [online, research, projects, I'll pull a bunch of stuff together]

 Math: Middle School 3 course [Aleks Online] Lessons from dad

Social Studies: Civics [A.C.E.] AND Ben'sGov [online]

 Bible: Christian Growth [A.C.E.]

History: Story of the World and WW1&2 reading

Language Arts: Eclectic [Spectrum Writing, NanoFictionary, Reading, etc]

 Ki David (6th grade 08/09)

Science: Zoology [online, research, projects, I'll pull a bunch of stuff together]

 Math: Middle School 1 course [Aleks Online] Froggy Fractions and Froggy Decimals [Ki chose the Froggy Math] Lessons with dad

Social Studies:6th Grade Social Studies [A.C.E.] AND Ben'sGov [online]

Bible: Introduction to Missions [A.C.E.]

History: Story of the World and WW1&2 reading

Language Arts: Eclectic [Spectrum Writing, NanoFictionary, Reading, etc]

** That is the plan. We (all 5 of us) decided to try something a little different this upcoming school year. I still have to buy stuff. need to decide if I want to buy them now or wait till we move. We'll do lots of hands on projects & independant research and fun stuff, too.

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Any Suggestions?

I limit my boys computer gaming time. They are ages 11-14. The rule is they get 30 minutes after they have dome chores/school/ reading time. I would do more maybe, but with 3 kids- it get's time consuming.

Here is my dilemma. They play games that have missions and at the end of the ission you;ve gained points ot power or position... so if they quit before their mission is complete they forfeit all they could have earned in the game (a better robit, more points, higher ranking, etc). And often they aren't quite done witht he mission or level of play in 30 minutes.

I don;t want to cut them off daily, but I also don;t want them on the computer for an hour (we actually have 4 kids this year- foster child- so that's be 4 hours the computer is being sat at and watched- becuase they often watch each other play)

So I need a strategy. I want them to have limits and rules-- they need to have their work done and can't be on the computer all day.
So- how do I word the 'computer playing rules' to let them enjoy the game and still not have them in the house on the computer all day and have their responsibilities completed?


And then I wonder what how to balance TV with computer? Maybe they get 2 hours of 'electronic entertainement' a day and they can choose Computer ot TV or a mixture?

I'll need a chart for this......

We had this stuff under control up until a year or two ago- the boys aren't 'little kids' any more and their computer games have saving spots now....LOL

--Kimberly

**It was suggested - Split the time/days. 2 boys play 1 hour- every other day. I think I like that, but still looking for more suggestions

If I did do the split, Saturday couldn;t be an 'only 2 kids play on the computer day' Saturday is the more relaxed, cartoon/computer/play day

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In case you have missed some things

here are some things that have been happening here:

• Brian applied for a job in California (we are in Ohio)- so that will be exciting if it pans out!
• Connor starts his phase one with the orthodontsist this m onth. He has 4 seperate appointemnts this month. one is with the dentist to have 2 teeth pulled. (the baby teeth are almost horizonatal and will be real trouble when they try to move closer to the surface.
• Trying to help the boys work on the independant online research.... and down to one computer (from 2 PCs and a Laptop)
• Resued a baby bunny from Soksey. And one died.
• Made an unpleasant discovery about Manuel and have been trying to run things a bit differently here. I have noticed him push or swing sticks at my boys or chase them a couple times recently. The last time he was chasing and spitting. so I sent him to do his therapy and talked to my boys. Apperently often when I am out or they are outside and I'm not there, Manuel chases them while throwing sticks, hits them, etc. Id they are walking in the hall (which is narrow) and one of mine accidently bumps him, he punches them. And there have been other things. So now, He goes with me everywhere. Though he is old enough an can handle being home with my boys while I run to the store, he comes with me now.
• Brian is planning camping and an amusement park trip, but not really helping me pack things up, then I can't get to cleaning I need because he hasn't moved the larger items. So I am not happy about that right now.
• Brian will beout of town the last few days this week.
• Gavin has a birthday this month.
• manuel has his final (hopefilly) dr appointment this month.
• Next month we hope manue will be able to return to his family.
• Next month Ki has a birthday
• next months is our anniversary (all this by Mid Month)
• Brian may go to India for 2 weeks in Sept
• Or he may go to Hawaii for a week
• Or he may not go anywhere.

SCHOOL-

• Gavin has been doinghis study on modern weapons ans he is working an a timeline for the history of weapons.
• Connor is working on his timeline for The History of Money. He likes the USmintkids website.
• Ki is making his Martin Luther timeline and I am reading from the book of Acts with him.
• We did a Bible Verse study on choosing good friends. they memorized about 3 verses. Each day they'd read through thier list them write a few verses out. They read the same list of verses evryday for a week. Now the oldertwo are reading the Sermon on the mount in Matthew and writing different sections.
• Manuel has been reading a Spanish transaltion of the NIV at www.biblegateway.com. He was having trouble understaing the KJV we have here. After he reads, he write a portion in both Spaish and then in English. He is reading 1 Cor 13 this week.

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SPANISH TONGUE TWISTERS

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1 Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal.

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2 ¿Usted no nada nada? No, no traje traje.

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3 Hay chicas chachareras que chacotean con chicos chazos. Y un chico mete al chillón de la chepa un chichón por chirrichote, y el chiste, y lo chocante, es que la chepa se le ha chafado con la hinchazón del chirlo.

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4 Ñoño Yáñez come ñame en las mañanas con el niño.

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5 Tengo un tío cajonero que hace cajas y calajas y cajitas y cajones. Y al tirar de los cordones salen cajas y calajas y cajitas y cajones.

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6 El vino vino, pero el vino no vino vino. El vino vino vinagre.

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7 Poquito a poquito Paquito empaca poquitas copitas en pocos paquetes. from Venezuela

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8 De Guadalajara vengo, jara traigo, jara vendo, a medio doy cada jara. Que jara tan cara traigo de Guadalajara. from Mexico

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9 Del pelo al codo y del codo al pelo, del codo al pelo y del pelo al codo.

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10 El volcán de parangaricutirimícuaro se quiere desparangaricutiriguarízar, y él qué lo desparangaricutiricuarízare será un buen desparangaricutirimízador.

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11 ¿Cómo me las maravillaría yo?

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12 Compadre de la capa parda, no compre usted mas capa parda, que el que mucha capa parda compra, mucha capa parda paga. Yo que mucha capa parda compré, mucha capa parda pagué.

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13 Pablito piso el piso, pisando el piso Pablito piso cuando Pablito piso el piso, piezas de piso piso Pablito.

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14 Debajo de la puente de Guadalajara había un conejo debajo de la agua.

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15 Un tubo tiró un tubo y otro tubo lo detuvo. Hay tubos que tienen tubos pero este tubo no tuvo tubo.

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16 Si la sierva que te sirve, no te sirve como sierva, de que sirve que te sirvas de una sierva que no sirve.

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17 Juan tuvo un tubo, y el tubo que tuvo se le rompio, y para recuperar el tubo que tuvo, tuvo que comprar un tubo igual al tubo que tuvo.

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18 Un podador podaba la parra y otro podador que por allí pasaba le preguntó: Podador que podas la parra. ¿Qué parra podas? ¿Podas mi parra o tu parra podas? Ni podo tu parra, ni mi parra podo, que podo la parra de mi tío Bartolo.

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19 Con un cuchillo de acero te descorazonaré, el que te descorazona descorazonador será.

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20 Los hombres con hambre hombre, abren sus hombros hombrunos sin dejar de ser hombres con hambre hombre hombruno. Si tú eres un hombre con hambre hombre hombruno, pues dí que eres un hombre com hambre y no cualquier hombre hombruno sino un hombre con hombros muy hombre, hombre.

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21 Treinta y tres tramos de troncos trozaron tres tristes trozadores de troncos y triplicaron su trabajo, triplicando su trabajo de trozar troncos y troncos.

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22 Yo vi en un huerto un cuervo cruento comerse el cuero del cuerpo del puerco muerto.

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23 De generación en generación las generaciones se degeneran con mayor degeneración.

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24 Platicando placidamente en la plateada planicie de la playa se oía el plañir plañidero plañiendo. El que escuche el plañir plañidero plañiendo será un gran plañiador.

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25 No me mires, que miran que nos miramos, y verán en tus ojos que nos amamos. No nos miremos, que cuando no nos miren nos miraremos.

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26 María Chuchena su techo techaba, y un techador le pregunta: ""¿Que techas Maria Chuchena? O techas tu choza o techas la ajena?"" ""No techo mi choza ni techo la ajena. Yo techo el techo de María Chuchena.""

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27 Comí cacahuates, me encacahaticé, ahora para desencacahatizarme, cómo me desencacahatizaré.

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28 Comí chirimoyas, me enchirimoyé, ahora para desenchirimoyarme, cómo me desenchirimoyaré. from Chile

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29 Juan junta juncos junto a la zanja.

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30 Un parangaricutirimicuarano quería parangaricutirimicuarar, y el que parangaricutirimicuare será un parangaricutirimicuarizador.

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31 El pato le dijo a la pata. Pata pa'ti traigo patas arriba la pata de un pato patón. Patón pati-largo, patón como tú. Le tiró la pata el pato a la pata y la pata cogió al pobre pato a pata.

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32 Dábale arroz a la zorra el abad. a palindrome

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33 En la plaza de Constantinopla había una esquina, en la esquina una casa, en la casa un balcón, en el balcón una estaca, en la estaca una lora. La lora está en la estaca en el balcón de la casa en la esquina de la plaza de Constantinopla.

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34 Supercalifragilisticoespiralidoso, aunque al oirlo hablar se te hace medio enredoso, si lo dices con humor sera mas fabuloso, supercalifragilisticoespiralidoso from the Spanish version of Mary Poppins (?)

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35 Una pájara peca, meca, derga, andorga, cucurruchaca, coja y sorda, tiene unos pajaritos pecos, mecos, dergos, andorgos, cucurruchacos, cojos y sordos, si esta pájara no fuera peca, meca, andorga, cucurruchaca, coja y sorda, no tuviera los pajaritos pecos, mecos, dergos, andorgos, cucuruchacos, cojos y sordos!

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36 Yo tengo una gallina pinta, piririnca, piriranca, rubia y titiblanca, esta gallina tiene unos pollitos pintos, piririncos, pirirancos, rubios y titiblancos, si esta gallina no fuera pinta, piririnca, piriranca, rubia y titiblanca, no tuviera los pollitos, pintos piririncos, pirirancos, rubios y titiblancos!

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37 Una cacatrepa trepa tiene tres cacatrepitos. Cuando la cacatrepa trepa trepan los tres cacatrepitos.

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38 Otorrinolaringólogo trabaja en la otorrinolaringología.

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39 El tomatero Matute mató al matutero Mota porque Mota el matutero tomó de su tomatera un tomate. Por eso, por un tomate, mató el tomatero Matute al matutero Mota.

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40 Tengo una tablita bien entarbintantinguladorsita. El que la destarabintantingulare, sera buen destarabintantingulador.

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41 Estaba en el bosque Francisco buscando a un bizco vasco tan brusco, que al verlo le dijo a un chusco: ""Busco al vasco bizco brusco.""

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42 Debajo del puente de Guadalajara hay quatro guadalajarios que guadalajéan debajo del agua.

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43 Llega Galo al lago y liga luego al lego de Lugo muy largo en lengua que al lago llega tras luengas leguas.

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44 Tres pollos bolos peludos. Tres peludos pollos bolos.

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45 Un burro comía berros y el perro se los robó, el burro lanzó un rebuzno, y el perro al barro cayó.

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46 Yo tenía una gata etica peletica pelada peluda con rabo lanudo, que tenía tres gatos eticos peleticos pelados peludos con rabos lanudos. Si la gata no fuese etica peletica pelada peluda con rabo lanudo, los gatitos no fuesen eticos peletcos pelados peludos con rabo lanudo.

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47 ¿Cómo en Como come Ud?, ¿Cómo, que cómo como en Como, como en Como como en Como como, como en Como como en Como come Ud.

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48 Parangaricutirimicuaro village in Michoacan, Mexico

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49 Una amiga gordita amigajonadita.

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50 Camarón, caramelo, camarón, caramelo, camarón, caramelo, ...

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51 Si el caracol tuviera cara como tiene el caracol, fuera cara, fuera col, fuera caracol con cara.

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52 Que col colosal colocó en aquel local el loco aquél. Que colosal col colocó el loco aquél en aquel local.

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53 Mi mamá me mima, y yo mimo a mi mamá.

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54 Parra tenía una perra. Guerra tenía una parra. La perra de Parra subió a la parra de Guerra. Guerra pegó con la porra a la perra de Parra. Y Parra le dijo a Guerra: -¿Por qué ha pegado Guerra con la porra a la perra de Parra? Y Guerra le contestó: -Si la perra de Parra no hubiera subido a la parra de Guerra, Guerra no hubiese pegado con la porra a la perra de Parra.

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55 Rosa Rizo resa ruso, ruso reza Rosa Rizo

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56 En Pinto, Juan Ponte el quinto, por la pintura despunta, y al puente de punta a punta pinta al punto Ponte en Pinto.

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57 El perro de Rosa y Roque no tiene rabo, porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha cortado.

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58 Las papas que pelan Paca y Pola las pone Pepe, poco a poco, en pilas.

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59 La sucesión sucesiva de sucesos sucede sucesivamente con la sucesión del tiempo.

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60 Como dice el viejo dicho y ese dicho yo lo he dicho que diciendo lo del dicho que me han dicho dicho a sido el dicho aquel: Que primero prepare paprica para papricar mi primera comida y que estando ya papricada me preparo para principiar a deglutir golosamente esta primera papricada comida.

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61 ¿Cuánta madera roería un roedor si los roedores royeran madera?

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62 Desavecindarme quiero de mi desavecindación.

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63 Jaime baja la jaula.

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64 Si yo como como como, y tu comes como comes. ¿Cómo comes como como? Si yo como como como.

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65 Un viejo trigeminado, quié lo trigeminaría Aquel que lo trigeminó, buen trigeminador sería. Que no trigemine más viejo, porque si no se armará la gran desconflautasatirotrigéminodesmondongación.

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66 Tras el triple trapecio de Trípoli trepaban trigonométricamente tres triste triunviros trogloditas trastocados y traspuestos por el tremendo tretralcatrapense.

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67 Mi caballo pisa paja, paja pisa mi caballo.

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68 Ese bobo vino nunca beber debe, vida boba y breve vivirá si bebe.

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69 Riqui tiqui tembo nosarembo cherri berri rucci quiperipembo.

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70 Una capa trepa-trepa cuatro capas de trapito. Cuando la capa trepa-trepa, trepan-trepan cuatro capas de trapito.

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71 ¡Los mariscos amarillescos son muy deliciosos!

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72 Pedro Perez peluquero prefiere peines Piramide por que peines Piramide peinan perfectamente. Prefiera peines Piramide!

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73 Paco Pino Ponte Pascual Pérez pinta pinturas preciosas para personas pudientes. Para pobres pinta poco porque pagan poco precio.

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74 Pepe puso un peso en el piso del pozo. En el piso del pozo Pepe puso un peso.

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75 Fenildimetilpirazolonmetilaminometanfulfonato sodico

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76 ¡Esmerílemelo!

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77 Jorge el cerrajero vende cerrajes en la cerrajería.

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78 Tengo una puerca pescuesicrespa con sus puerquitos pescuesicrespitos. Pues que si, pescuesicrespa la puerca; pues que si, pescuesicrespitos los puerquitos hijos de la pescuesicrespa puerca.

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79 Si tu eres tu, y yo soy yo, quien es el mas tonto de los dos?

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80 Porque puedo, puede, porque puedes, puedo. pero si no puedes, yo tampoco puedo.

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81 Compré pocas copas, pocas copas compré y como compré pocas copas, pocas copas pagué.

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82 El amor es una locura que solo el cura lo cura, pero el cura que lo cura comete una gran locura.

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83 Hoy ya es ayer y ayer ya es hoy, ya llegó el dia, y hoy es hoy.

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84 En casa de paranguaricutirimicuaro mataron a paranguaricutirimicuador. El que lo desparanguaricutirimicue primero buen desparanguaricutirimicuador será.

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85 Si tu gusto gustara del gusto que mi gusto gusta, mi gusto también gustará del gusto que tu gusto gusta. Pero como tu gusto no gusta del gusto que mi gusto gusta, mi gusto tampoco gusta del gusto que tu gusto gusta.

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86 Pabla le dió con el palo a Pablo y Pablo le dió con la tabla a Pabla.

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87 Este pocillo se me desnarizorejó.

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88 Corazón de la recorazonería.

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89 El rey de Constantinopla quiere desconstantinopolizarse. El desconstantinopolizador que lo desconstantinopolize buen desconstantinopolizador será.

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90 Los cojines de la Reina. Los cajones del Sultán. ¡Qué cojines! ¡Qué cajones! ¿En qué cajonera van?

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91 ¿Cómo como? ¡Como como como!

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92 Cómo quieres que te quiera si el que quiero que me quiera no me quiere como quiero que me quiera.

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93 Erre con ""erre"" cigarro, ""erre"" con ""erre"" barril. Rápido corren los carros, Cargados de azucar del ferrocarril.

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94 Esta es la llave de la casa! la casa está en la plaza, en la casa hay un cuarto, dentro de el cuarto hay un piso, ensima de el piso hay una mesa, encima de la mesa hay una jaula, dentro de la jaula hay loro que canta y dice: de loro en jaula, jaula en mesa, mesa en piso, piso en cuarto, cuarto en casa, casa en la plaza ""esta es la llave de la casa"".

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95 Un pañuelo de cuatro puntas de pura pita, de pita pura, de pita pura, de pura pita, un pañuelo de cuatro puntas.

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96 Como quieres que te quiera si al que quiero que me quiera no me quiere como quiero que me quiera.

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97 Cuando cuentas cuentos nunca cuentas cuantos cuentos cuentas, porque cuando cuentas cuentos nunca cuentas cuantos cuentos cuentas.

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98 Tras tres tragos y otros tres, y otros tres tras los tres tragos, trago y trago son estragos, travesuras de entremés, trapola tramo y tragón, treinta y tres tragos de ron tras trozos de trucha extremo, en un tris los truene el trueno.

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99 Me han dicho que has dicho un dicho, que han dicho que he dicho yo. El que lo ha dicho mintió, y en caso que hubiese dicho ese dicho que han dicho que he dicho yo, dicho y redicho quedó, y estará bien dicho ese dicho que han dicho que he dicho yo.

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100 El cielo esta emparangaricutirimicuarizado, quien lo desemparangaricutirimicuarizará. El desemparangaricutirimicuarizador que lo desemparangaricutirimicuarizase, buen desemparangaricutirimicuarizador será.

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101 El que poca papa gasta poca papa paga.

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102 Tras tus tres tristes tigres que triste estás Trinidad.

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103 Por una ladera abajo iba una bifigafa con siete bifigafitos. Se cayó un bifigafito. Por ir a coger al bifigafito se cayó la bifigafa.

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104 Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuantos cuentos cuentas, cuando cuentes cuentos.

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105 Contigo entro un tren con trigo un tren con trigo contigo entro.

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106 Zaca er zaco de za ar zo pa que ze zeque. Andalucian dialect

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107 - Compadre, cómpreme un coco. - Compadre, no compro coco, porque poco coco como poco coco compro.

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108 Erre con erre cigarro erre con erre barril Rápido ruedan los carros cargados de azúcar al ferrocarril.

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109 Cuando digo digo, digo Diego Cuando digo Diego, digo digo.

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110 Las tablas de mi balcón mal entablilladas estan. Llamen al entablillador que las desentablille y las vuelva a entablillar mejor, que ya se le pagará como buen entablillador.

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111 Paco Peco, chico rico, insultaba como un loco a su tío Federico, y este dijo, - ¡Poco a poco, Paco Peco, poco pico!

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112 Hay Cilicia y Cecilia, Sicilia, Silecia y Seleucia

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113 El sapo sapote no come camote.

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114 El recorre el barril.

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115 El arzobispo de Constantinopla se quiere desarzobisconstantinopolitanizar. El desarzobisconstantinopolitanizador que lo desarzobisconstantinopolitanice, buen desarzobisconstantinopolitanizador será.

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116 Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. Con un pico pica papas Pepe Pecas.

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117 Pablito clavó un clavito en la calva de un calvito. En la calva de un calvito un clavito clavó Pablito.

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118 Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta pinturas por poca plata para pasar por París.

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119 A mí me mima mi mamá.

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120 Si Sansón no sazona su salsa con sal, le sale sosa; le sale sosa su salsa a Sansón si la sazona sin sal. Manual para educar la voz hablada y cantada de Cristian Caballero.

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121 Como poco coco como, poco coco compro.

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122 Parra tenía una perra y Guerra tenía una parra. La perra de Parra rompió la parra de Guerra. Entonces Guerra cogió una porra y mató a la perra de Parra.

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123 En tres tristes trastos de trigo, tres tristes tigres comían trigo. Comían trigo, tres tristes tigres, en tres tristes trastos de trigo.

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124 Pancha plancha con cuatro planchas. ¿Con cuantas planchas Pancha plancha?

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125 Botifarrón desembotifarrónate.

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126 El suelo esta encuadriculado. ¿Quién lo desencuadriculará? El desencuadriculador que lo desencuadriculó buen desencuadriculador será.

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127 El cielo está encapotado. ¿Quién lo desencapotará? El encapotador que lo desencapó buen desencapotador será.

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128 Con este puñal y aquél te descorazonaré, con este puñal y aquél te descorazonaré ...

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129 El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramirez se lo ha robado.

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130 Mi mamá me mima mucho.

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131 La gallina cenegoza que en el cenicero está déjala que se encenice que ella se desencenizará.

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132 Compadre, cómprame un coco. Compadre, coco no compro, que el que poco coco come, poco coco compra. Yo como poco coco como poco coco compro.

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133 María Chucena techaba su choza cuando un leñador que por allí pasaba le dijo: <> - Ni techo mi choza ni techo la ajena, techo la choza de María Chucena.

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134 El obispo vasco de Vizcaya busca el obispo vasco de Guipúzcoa.

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135 Un perro rompe la rama del arbol.

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136 Buscaba el bosque Francisco, un vasco bizco, muy brusco, y al verlo le dijo un chusco, ¿Busca el bosque, vasco bizco?

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137 Tres tristes tigres, tragaban trigo en un trigal en tres tristes trastos. En tres tristes trastos tragaban trigo tres tristes tigres.

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138 Han dicho que he dicho un dicho, tal dicho no lo he dicho yo. Porque si yo hubiera dicho el dicho, bien dicho habría estado el dicho por haberlo dicho yo.

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139 Perejil comí, perejil cené. ¿Cuándo me desemperelejilaré?

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140 Tengo una gallina pinta pipiripinta gorda pipirigorda pipiripintiva y sorda que tiene tres pollitos pintos pipiripintos gordos pipirigordos pipiripintivos y sordos. Si la gallina no hubiera sido pinta pipiripinta gorda pipirigorda pipiripintiva y sorda los pollitos no hubieran sido pintos pipiripintos gordos pipirigordos pipiripintivos y sordos.

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141 Tengo una chiva etica peletica pelin pin petica pelada, peluda pelin pin puda que tiene tres chivitos eticos peleticos pelin pin peticos pelados peludos pelin pin pudos. Si la chiva no fuese etica peletica pelin pin petica los chivitos no fueran eticos peleticos pelin pin peticos pelados peludos pelin pin pudos.

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142 El cielo esta enladrillado. ¿Quién lo desenladrillará? El desenladrillador que lo desenladrillare buen desenladrillador será.

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143 Ese dicho, que me han dicho, que tu has dicho, que yo he dicho, ese dicho no lo he dicho porque si lo hubiera dicho, ese dicho estaria bien dicho por haberlo dicho yo.

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144 En un juncal de Junqueira, juncos juntaba Julián. Juntóse Juan a juntarlos y juntos juncos juntaron.

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145 Cabral clavó un clavo. ¿Qué clavo clavó Cabral?

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146 Paranguaricutirimicuaro

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147 Tengo un durazno<BR>Muy desduraznador El que me lo desdurazne Será un gran desduraznador. from Mexico

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148 Miel de abeja, miel de abeja, miel de abeja, ... from Puerto Rico

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149 Dábale arroz a la zorra el abad. a palindrome from Barranquilla, Colombia

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150 Una que habla del querer. Como quieres que te quiera si el que quiero que me quiera no me quiere como quiero que me quiera.

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151 La pícara pájara pica la típica jícara; a la típica jícara, pica la pícara pájara.

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152 Detrás del palo seco comí miel y hierba seca. from Bolivia

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153 Pin pon pan para Papin.

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154 Pablito clavó un clavito. Un clavito clavó Pablito. Que clavito clavó Pablito?

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Rough Translations 1. Three sad tigers were swallowing wheat on a wheat field. 2. You dont swim at all? No, I didn't bring a (swim) suit. 3. chacharera: charlatana. chacotear: divertirse con burlas y risas. chirrichote: necio, tonto. chirlo: corte, herida. 4. Ñoño Yáñez eats yams in the morning with the boy. 5. (?) 6. The wine came, but the wine didn't come (as) wine. The wine came (as) vinegar. 7. Little by little Paquito is packing some wine glasses in a few boxes. 8. From Guadalajara I come, bringing arrows, selling arrows, for half the price I give away each arrow. What expensive arrows I bring from Guadalajara. 9. From the hair to the elbow and from the elbow to the hair, from the elbow to the hair and from the hair to the elbow. 10. Nonsensical sentence. Parangaricutirimicuaro is a village in Michoacan, Mexico. 12. Brother of the brown gown, don't buy anymore brown gown, because who buy many brown gowns, pays for many brown gowns. I who bought many brown gowns, paid for many brwon gowns. 13. Pablito stepped on the floor, while stepping on the floor Pablito stepped on pieces of the floor, he stepped on. 14. Under the bridge of Guadalajara there was a rabbit under the water. 15. A pipe hit a pipe and another pipe stopped it. There are pipes that have pipes but this pipe had no pipe. 16. If the servant that serves you, doesn't serve as a servant, of what use is the service of a servant that doesn't serve. 18. A pruner was pruning a grapevine and another pruner that passed by there asked him: ""Pruner that prunes the grapevine, What grapevine do you prune?"" ""Do you prune my grapevine or your grapevine do you prune?"" Neither do I prune your grapevine, nor my grapevine; that of my Uncle Bartholomew I prune. 23. From generation to generation the generations degenerate with more degeneracy. 24. Chatting placidly on the silvered plane of the beach one heard the mourning mourner mourning. He who listens to the mourning mourner mourning will be one greatly mourned. (plañidero = professional mourner) 25. Don't look at me, for if they see that we are looking at each other, and they will see in your eyes that we love each other. Let's not look at each other, so that when they don't look at us we will look at each other. 26. María Chuchena was thatching her roof, and a thatcher asks: What ar you thatching María Chuchena, are you thatching your cottage or somebody elses? I'm not thatching my cottage nor somebody elses, I'm thatching the roof of María Chuchena. 27. about eating peanuts 28. about eating a chilean fruit from Quillota (a place) 29. Juan is binding reeds by the ditch. 32. The abbot gave rice to the fox. 33. (?) 37. A caterpillar that climbs has three baby caterpillars. When the caterpillar climbs the baby caterpillars climb. 38. Otorhinolaryngologist works in otorhinolaryngology. 39. The tomato farmer Matute killed the smuggler Mot becaus Mota the smuggler took a tomato from the tomato field. Because of one tomate, the tomato farmer Matute killed the smuggler Mota. 40. Nonsense sentence 41. (?) 42. Under the bridge of Guadalajara there are four people from Gaudalajara who are ""guadalajazing"" under the water. 43. Galo arrive at the lake and join later Lugo the ignorant tattler, who arrived at the lake from very far. 44. Three chickens round feathered. Three feathered chickens round. 45. A donkey ate some grass and the dog stole it, the donkey got angry and the dog fell into the mud. 46. Popular nonsense sentences about cats and kittens 47. How do you eat in Como (lake in northern Italy)?, What? How I eat in Como? I eat in Como as I eat in Como, I eat in Como as you eat in Como. 49. A fat fluffy girlfriend 50. Crayfish (shrimp), caramel 51. If the snail had a face as it has a spiral, (it) would be a face, would be a cabbage, would be a snail with a face. 52. What a colossal cauliflower that crazy man put in that place. What a colossal cauliflower that crazy man put in that place. 53. My mother spoils me, and I spoil my mother. 54. Parra had a dog, Guerra had a grapevine. Parra's dog climbed on Guerra's grapevine. Guerra hit Parra's dog with a club. And Parra said to Guerra: ""Why has Guerra hit Parra's dog with a club?"" And Guerra answered: ""If Parra's dog wouldn't have climbed on the grapevine of Guerra, Guerra wouldn't have hit Parra's dog with a club."" 55. Rosa Rizo prays in Russian, in Russian prays Rosa Rizo 56. In Pinto, Juan Pont the fifth, outstanding for his painting, and is painting the point of Punto in Pinto from end to end at the bridge. 57. The dog of Rosa and Roque doesn't have a tail, because Ramon Ramirez has cut it off. 58. The potatoes that Paca and Pola are pealing, Pepe is putting, little by little, in piles. 59. The sequence of success follows in sequence with the passing of time. 60. As the old saying says, and that saying I have said, that saying that saying that they have said, said it be: That first prepare the paprika to pepper my first food, and when it is peppered, I will prepare myself to begin to greedily swallow the first peppered food. 61. How much wood would a rodent gnaw, if rodents would gnaw wood? 62. avecindar = to register a person as a resident, avecindarse = to become a resident (inhabitant), desavecindarse = to abandon the resident status. 63. James lowers the cage. 64. If I eat as I eat, and you eat as you eat. How do you eat as I eat? When I eat as I eat. 65. (?) 66. (?) 67. My horse steps on hay, hay is stepped on by my horse. 68. This fool never should drink wine, a short and dumb life he will live if he drinks. 69. Name used in the book Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, claimed to be a Chinese name ""Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo"" meaning ""the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world"". 70. A cloak climbs-climbs four layers of rags. When the cloak climbs-climbs, four layers of rags climb-climb. 71. The yellowish seafood is very delicious! 72. Pedro Perez barber prefers Piramid combs because Piramid combs comb perfectly. You should prefer (ask for) Piramid! 73. Paco Pino Ponte Pascual Perez paints precious paintings for wealthy people. For the poor he paints little because they pay low prices. 74. Pepe put a peso on the bottom of the well. On the bottom of the well Pepe put a peso. 75. Sodic phenyldimethylphyrazolonmetyilaminomethansulphonate 76. Polish it for me! 77. George the locksmith sells locks in the locksmith. 78. I have a curly-necked female pig with it's curly-necked piglets. So, if she's a curly-necked female pig, so, if they're curly-necked piglets, children of the curly-necked female pig. 79. If you are you and I am I, which one of us is the stupidist of us? 80. Because I can you can, because you can I can. But, if you can't neither can I. 81. I bought few glasses (of beer or wine), few glasses I bought, as I only bought a few glasses I only payed for a few. 82. Love is a crazy thing that only a priest can cure, but the priest who cures it comits a great error. 83. Today already is yesterday, and yesterday is today, the day has already arrived and today is today. 85. If your taste would taste what my taste tastes, my taste will taste what your taste is tasting. But since your taste isn't tsting what my taste is tasting, my taste will neither taste the taste your taste is tasting. 86. Pabla hit Pablo with a stick and Pablo hit Pabla with a board. 87. This tankard has smelled out. 89. The king of Constantinople wants to be un-constantinopolized. Whoever unconstantinopolizes him, a good un-constantinopolizer will be. 90. The Queen's cushions. The Sultan's boxes. What cushions! What boxes! In what box do they go? 91. How do I eat? I eat like I eat! 92. How do you want me to like you if the one I want to like me doesn't like me as I want him to like me. French: Comment veux-tu que je t'aime si celui que je veux qui m'aime ne m'aime pas comme je voudrais qu'il m'aime. 93. R with an ""R"", cigar. ""R"" with an ""R"", barrel. Rapid run the cars (of the train) loaded with the railroad's sugar. 94. this is the key to the house the house is in the plaza in the house there's a room in the room there's a floor on the floor is a table on the table there's a cage inside the cage there's a bird that sings and says: from bird in cage to, cage to table, table to floor, floor to room room to house, house to plaza ""this is the key to the house"". 95. A handkerchief with four corners of pure pita (agave thread), of pita pure, of pure pita, of pita pure, a handkerchief with four corners. 96. How do you want me to like you if the one I want to like me does not like me the way I want him to like me. 97. When you tell stories you never count how many stories you tell, because when you tell stories you never count how many stories you tell. 98. After three drinks and another three, and another three after the three drinks, drink and drink (cause) devastation, hors d'oeuvres pranks, [nonsense word] section and glutton 33 rum drinks followed by extreme trout pieces in an instant might be thundered by a thunder. 99. They told me that you have said a saying, that they said I said. Who said that has lied, and if I would have said that saying that they said that I said, said and re-said is remains, and it would be well said that saying that they said I said. 100. school kid nonsense 101. Who wastes few potatoes pays few potatoes. 102. After your three sad tigers how sad are you Trinidad. 103. Down a ladder went a bifigafa with seven little bifigafos. A little bifigafo fell down. Because she went to get the little bifigafo, the bifigafa fell down. 104. When you tell stories count how many 105. I enter a train with wheat with you, a train with wheat I enter with you. 106. Take the sack of salt out into the sun so that it can dry. 107. - Friend, buy me coconut. - Friend, I don't buy coconut, because I don't eat much coconut therefor I don't buy much coconut. 108. R with R cigar, R with R barrel, swift roll the wagons carrying sugar to the train. 111. Paco Peco, (a) rich kid, Insulted his uncle Fred like a madman, And (Fred) said, ""Little by little, Paco Peco, it hurts me less!"" 113. The sly frog eats no sweet potato. 114. He mends the barrel. 115. The archbishop of Constantinople wants to be un-archbishop-constantinopolized. Whoever un-archbishop-constantinopolizes him, a good un-archbishop-constantinopolizer will be. 116. Pepe Pecas is hacking potatatoes with a pick. ... 117. Pablito nailed a nail in the bald patch of a small bald man, ... 118. Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira, poor portuguese painter paints pictures for little money to survive in Paris. 119. My mother spoils me. 121. Because I eat little coconut, I buy little coconut. 122. Parra had a dog and Guerra had a grapevine. The dog of Parra broke the grapevine of Guerra. Then Guerra took a club and killed the dog of Parra. 123. From three sad pots of wheat, three sad tigers ate wheat. Three sad tigers ate wheat, from three sad pots of wheat. 124. Pancha irons with four irons. With how many irons does Pancha iron? 126. The floor is chequered. Who will unchequere it? The unchequerer who could unchequere it would be a good unchequerer. 127. The sky is overcast. Who will uncloak it? The encloaker who encloaked it will be a good uncloaker. 129. The dog of San Roque does not have a tail because Ramon Ramirez stole it. 130. My mother spoils me a lot. 131. The chicken ash-lover is in the ashtray. Let her get full of ashes, she will un-ash herself. 132. Friend buy me a coconut. Friend, I don't buy coconut, since the one who eats little coconut buys little coconut. Because I eat little coccnut I buy little coconut. 133. María Chucena was thatching her cottage when a woodcutter who was passing by said: María Chucena, are you thatching your cottage or somebody elses? I'm not thatching my cottage nor somebody elses, I'm thatching the cottage of María Chucena. 134. The Basque bishop of Vizcaya is looking for the Basque bishop of Guipuzcoa. 135. A dog breaks the tree's branch. 136. Francisco, a cross-eyed very brusque Basque, was searching for the forest. And an ill-mannered (person) who saw him, asked: Are you searching for the forest, cross-eyed Basque? 137. Three sad tigers swallowed wheat in a wheat field from three sad bowls. In three sad bowls, three sad tigers swallowed wheat. 138. They have said that I have said a saying, such a saying I have not said. Because, if I would have said the saying well said that saying would have been, for having been said by me. 139. Parsley I ate, parsley I dined. When will I un-parsley myself? 140. Children's rhyme with some nonsense adjectives about a hen and her little chicks. 141. Children's rhyme with some nonsense adjectives about a goat and her little goats. 142. The sky is ""bricked up"". Who will ""un-brick"" it? The ""un-bricker"" that will ""un-brick"" it a good ""un-bricker"" will be. 143. That saying, that they said that you said that I said, that saying I didn't say, because if I would have said it would have been well said for having been said by me. 144. In the reeds of Junqueria, Julian was collecting reeds. Juan joined him to collect them and together they collected reeds. 145. Cabral nailed a nail. What nail did Cabral nail? 146. A small town in Mexico 147. I have a peach (tree). Very peach producing. Who would pick (all) the peaches would be a great peach picker. 148. bee's honey, bee's honey, bee's honey, ... 149. The abbot used to give rice to the fox/vixen. 150. One who speaks of loving. How do expect me to love you if the one I would love to love me doesn't love me as I would love to be loved by him. 152. Behind the dead tree, I ate honey and dry grass. 153. Pin serve bread for Papin. 154. Pablito nailed a nail. A nail did Pablito nailed. Which nail did Pablito nailed?

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NAMING for GAMING (advice?)

I want to have a little gaming demo event at a local coffee shop for some Looney Lab Games.

I need a short cartchy name for my cafe event.

"Cards and Coffee" won't work- there are more than just card games. Though I want to main focus to be FLUXX (card game) and TREEHOUSE (plastic pyramid game).

So some words that could be used"

Looney Lab

Fluxx

Treehouse

Games

cafe, coffee

 Java Street cafe is the name of the store.

Maybe just a simple, generic, non-catchy title of "Games and Coffee"..

 if you canthink of anything, let me know....

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FRACTURED

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MATCHES

(posted in Bulliten)

While at my MIL's house, Manuel was looking through her silverware drawer. (He was practicing naming things in english and wanted to do spoons and forks and stuff)

So, he saw a little holder for her matches. It had a few differnet boxes of matches. Manuel picks up a box of matches and tells me.....

he had MATCHES in his pocket WITH the fireworks in his pocket.... all while playing soccer (futbol).

*** this was the original burn injury that almost cost him a leg...**

Honduras needs some health and safety classes!

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Manuel

Some family life from Manuel.

Manuel walks 30 minutes to school each day. (and 30 home)

His sister goes to a different school. It is only a 5 minute walk from home. Manuel said he wasn;t able to learn at the other school (that his sister goes to), so he is now at the other school.

He cuts firewood for his mom, Sometimes when his mom doesn;t need firewood, he'll cut some anyway and sell it. (30 lempiras a bundle).

He uses hair gel in Honduras... the slicked back look.  All the boys there do. His dad doesn't buy hair gel for him. He uses his own money.

His oldest brother is 28. When his brother was 15 he was married... sort of. There if you live together- the person is called your spouse- even if you don't marry them. The lady he 'espoused' was older. Much according to Manuel. I think she was around 25. her first husband left her. She moved into Manuel's house- with his 15 yr old brother. And Manuel's dad allowed it. I guess that's how it is down there.

**Oh, I fogot-- Manuel's sister and Brother In Law, just were given the BIL's little brother. Apperently, BIL's dad has a LOT of kids and not enough money to feed them all.. Life is just so different down there!

That's it for Manuels family Life today

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FINISHED!!!!

I have the layout done!

My beginning pics:

FINSHED LAYOUT:

---like my balanced tags on each side? I rarely use tags, so I had fun with them...