Tongue tied and twisted

Fox In Socks, by Dr. Seuss, has been E3's favorite book for some time now. She particularly likes it at bedtime, you know, when her parent's mental clarity is at an all time low. For those not familiar with this Seuss book, it's a tongue twister book with a warning at the beginning:

Take it slowly.

This book is DANGEROUS!

And has twisting rhymes, such as:

Bim comes.

Ben comes.

Bim brings Ben broom.

Ben brings Bim broom.

Ben bends Bim's broom.

Bim bends Ben's broom.

Bim's bends.

Ben's bends.

Ben's bent broom breaks.

Bim's bent broom breaks.

And:

Luke Luck likes lakes.

Luke's duck likes lakes.

Luke Luck licks lakes.

Luke's duck licks lakes.

Duck takes licks

in lakes Luke Luck likes.

Luke Luck takes licks

in lakes duck likes.

So Rob and I have been living dangerously every night at bedtime...or, at least every night we can't convince her to switch to another book. For the record, I feel I read the following twister with particular flair:

When beetles

fight these battles

in a bottle

with their paddles

and the bottle's

on a poodle

and the poodle's

eating noodles

they call this

a muddle puddle

tweetle poodle

beetle noodle

bottle paddle battle.