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 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?
22) There is no egg in the eggplant,
no ham in the hamburger,
and neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
23) English muffins were not invented in England,
and French fries were not invented in France.
24) Quicksand takes you down slowly,
boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
25) If writers write, how come fingers do not fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, should not the plural of phone
booth be phone beeth?
If the teacher taught, why did not the preacher praught?
26) If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways.
27) Why when the stars are out they are visible,
but when the lights are out they are invisible.
Why when I wind up my watch it starts,
but when I wind up this poem it ends.