There’s a tale of a lovely young girl who goes by the name Mary Jane; did you know she sells seashells by the seashore? She then fell in love with Peter Piper, but Peter was too busy picking a peck of pickled peppers.

In honor of National Tongue Twister Day, we want to help get your diction in tip-top shape. Tongue twisters are often seen as a fun little challenge to test your articulation skills, but millions of actors use these tongue twisters to perfect their diction and ensure each word gets across with the utmost clarity.

If you’re an actor, you’ll have no problem with these. But if you’re reading this, chances are you’re also a stoner. We want to inform you that these tortuous tongue twisters will be a tad bit harder to recite after a sesh, especially once the dreaded cotton mouth kicks in. Grab a glass of water, or maybe a cannabis-infused beverage courtesy of Eaze to help your words flow with ease. 

So whether you’re looking to do some vocal warmups or have a good laugh at your attempts to read and recite, these five tongue twisters are sure to leave you in a twist. We’ve set them up in the order of easiest to hardest, but even the “easy” ones are no joke. Without further ado, good luck and happy National Tongue Twister Day!

1. A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thought the skunk stunk. The skunk thought the stump stunk. What stunk the skunk or the stump?
2. Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep. The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed shilly-shallied south. These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack; sheep should sleep in a shed.
3. I’m not a pheasant plucker; I’m a pheasant plucker’s son. And I’m only plucking pheasants ’till the pheasant plucker comes.
4. Once upon a barren moor. There dwelt a bear, also a boar. The bear could not bear the boar. The boar thought the bear a bore. At last, the bear could bear no more. Of that boar that bored him on the moor, and so one morn he bored the boar. That boar will bore the bear no more.
5. Through three cheese trees, three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, a freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze. That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.