You’ve heard of limericks: five-line rhyming poems that originated in the Irish city of (you guessed it) Limerick. And you’ve surely had your mouth mixed up by a tongue-twister or two. But have you ever heard of a Twimerick?!

A Twimerick is the best of both worlds: the goofy nonsense rhymes of a limerick, plus the funny frustration of the trickiest tongue-twisters. So in celebration of both St. Patrick’s Day (next week) and National Poetry Month (right now!), give your tongue a test with some of the toughest Twimericks from the book Twimericks: The Book of Tongue-Twisting Limericks, by Lou Brooks.

And if your tongue gets totally tied up in knots, take a break from the verbal gymnastics and help Felix Fields, the baker from Bakersfield, untangle his tongue in this Amazing Maze from Twimericks.com.

Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that rapid reading of these twimericks out loud to others may lead to your tongue being twisted into a perfect Over-and-Underhand Bavarian Pretzel Knot—probably forever.

Which Witch Was Which?
Two witchy witches in a Wichita ditch:
One witch with a twitch caused the witches to switch.
The spell they were under
Caused people to wonder,
Which Wichita witch switched was witch?

Lou Brooks, the World's Oldest Kid! (c) Lou Brooks

Bud, the Bedbug
A bedbug named Bud in a bed
Begged a bedbug named Buzz to be fed.
Bud bugged Buzz for a bite,
But Buzz bid Bud good night,
So Bud bit Buzz’s blanket and spread.

Rufus the Goofus
A reckless rough roofer, Ralph Rufus,
Was a ruthless fool wreck of a doofus.
When Rufus roofed on a roof,
No roof was Ralph-proof.
Roofing roofers felt Rufus a goofus.

“If people say, ‘He was here on earth to make sure tongue twisters and limericks got together,’ that’s not so bad. I was best man at the wedding.”

So says Lou Brooks, the man responsible for the delightful – and delightfully difficult to say – Twimericks: The Book of Tongue-Twisting Limericks, in a recent interview on one of our favorite blogs, House of Cat.

If you’ve caught the Twimericks bug, head on over to www.twimericks.com for games, puzzles, and so much more mischievous fun.

(Should your tongue become twisted into a Perfect Over-and-Underhand Bavarian Pretzel Knot, however, don’t say you haven’t been warned…)

Fred’s false teeth fell five hundred feet,
From the fifty-fourth floor onto 45th street,
Fred flagged a fleet florist,
With five ferns from the florist,
Who said, “Fred, now how will you eat?”

Can you say that five times fast? How about just once? The limerick tongue-twisters of Twimericks: The Book of Tongue-Twisting Limericks will have you flubbing words and switching syllables in nutty, poetic prose.

For games, puzzles, and a look behind the creation of Twimericks, visit Twimericks.com!