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Mad Manfred
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
~TheBigK~
I actually had to read those in one of my english classes a few years ago. Aloud. It wasnt fun.
nativechick1989
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That's funny!!

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Wonder Woman
And that is why the english language is so hard to learn for non englich speaking people.

Great though.

Hey I just came up with one LOL.

Although the deer was quite dear she was dear to my heart so I bought her.
Paranoid Android
Another one - maybe not quite the same, but close-enough.

The teacher said that that "that" that that boy used was superfluous
Walken
Precisley.

English is the hardest language in the English dictionary laugh.gif
Undefined_innocence
Its was easy to learn for me!!! I have a problem with learning Spanish.
((yes.. i was born english, it was meant to be funny.. haha. Laugh))
Paranoid Android
Another one - the male sorted the mail
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