Latin Tongue-Twister

[Dr. Goodword]

I think I may have found a noteworthy Latin tongue-twister but my Latin isn't good enough to crack it. Can anyone tell me what the following means?

Certe malus mala malum non est magnum;
tamen ego malo mala mala malo malo;
tu fortasse malis malis malis malum malum.

It seems to have to do with bad apples but I can't navigate it with complete certainty.

[Bailey]

Too bad Henri isn't here, He's a whiz at Latin. It just looks like someone scolding a dog to me, bad, bad, ba-a-ad.

[Palewriter]

... a whiz at Latin.

First you want us to P in the pool, and now...
Sorry. I should probably stick to the bovine jokes.

-- PW

[Bailey]

this is me

mark keep-on-walking Bailey
those pesky aitches

[Stargzer]

Too bad Henri isn't here, He's a whiz at Latin. It just looks like someone scolding a dog to me, bad, bad, ba-a-ad.

I thought BD was our current multi-lingual polyglot?

It'll take a good while to peruse Perseus . . .

Yahoo! found only one page, apparently a page of jokes, but Yahoo! needs to go back to Latin 1:

Which thing vorr?ai to say?

Sure malus mala malum not east magnum;

tamen ego malo mala mala malo malo;

you fortasse malis malis malis malum malum.