“Peter Peter pumpkin eater,
Had a wife but couldn't keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And there he kept her very well.”
“For Goodness sake Starsky that’s the fourth time!”
“Yeah and I get faster every time!”
“Starsky just shut up willya?”
“Ho-ho looks like the Grinch is gonna hit early this year!
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Well last year you spent most of December ranting on about ‘sentimental commerciality’ or something like that…”
“Commercial sentimentality.”
“Yeah well, like I said last year you moaned about Christmas worse than Scrooge on a trip and this year you’ve started even earlier – just in time for Thanksgiving.”
“I’m not moaning about Thanksgiving, I like Thanksgiving!”
“Well ya could’ve fooled me buddy. Here I am having a little fun with a tongue twister and you tell me to shut up.”
“Well it’s not that difficult to say.”
“Oh yeah well Ok I challenge you. Time me saying it and then see how well you can do it!”
Hutch smiled…he came top of his class in public speaking back at High School; this should be kids’ stuff.”
“OK ready?”
“Yep; count me down.”
“Three, two, one…” Starsky drew a big breath as Hutch counted him down.
“peterpeterpumpkineaterhadawifeandcouldn’tkeepherheputherinapumpkinshellandtherehekeptherverywell.” He sighed and grinned. “So how fast was I?”
Hutch gulped, “under five seconds!”
“OK now it’s your turn.”
Hutch took a breath as Starsky held up a finger and watched the hands on the wall clock. “Three, two,one….”
“Peter Peter pumpkin eater had a wife and couldn’t keep her
p-p-p-p-put her in a – uh – uh…..”
Hutch stopped as his tongue tied itself in knots in his mouth.
“Ok you win.”
“I know some other tongue twisters; you wanna try some more?”
“Starsky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“C’mon, I’ll buy you a pumpkin pizza!”