Tom Swifties

A

·  "I'm wearing my wedding ring," said Tom with abandon.

·  "Who would want to steal modern art?" asked Tom abstractedly.

·  "I gave the donkey some vinegar," said Tom acidly.

·  "There's room for one more," Tom admitted.

·  "It's a unit of electric current," said Tom amply.

·  "My investments are worth more every day," said Tom appreciatively.

·  "I'll take that," said Tom appropriately.

·  "It's between my sole and my heel," said Tom archly.

·  "You have the right to remain silent," said Tom arrestingly.

B

·  "Give me a haircut," Tom said barbarously.

·  "I'm losing my hair," Tom bawled.

·  "I've only enough carpet for the hall and landing," said Tom with a blank stare.

·  "" said Tom blankly.

·  "Sure I can climb cliffs!" Tom bluffed.

·  "I fought with Geronimo," said Tom bravely.

·  "I presented my case to the judge," Tom said briefly.

·  "Use your own toothbrush!" Tom bristled.

C

·  "Yes, I have been reading Voltaire," Tom admitted candidly.

·  "I've been to a film festival in the South of France," said Tom cannily.

·  "It's a bloody lion," said Tom categorically.

·  "Another batch of shells for me!" Tom clamored.

·  "I was completely exonerated," said Tom clearly.

·  "Don't add too much water," said Tom with great concentration.

·  "The prisoner escaped down a rope," said Tom condescendingly.

·  "I organized that big party for the prisoners," Tom confessed.

·  "Those cobs are amazing!" said Tom cornily.

·  "We steal things together," Tom corroborated.

·  "Give me some pre-packed cheese slices," said Tom craftily.

·  "I dropped the toothpaste," signaled Tom, crestfallen.

·  "I'm dying," Tom croaked.

·  "The situation is grave," Tom said cryptically.

D

·  "Don't let me drown in Egypt!" pleaded Tom, deep in denial.

·  "I was removed from office," said Tom disappointedly.

·  "I want this statue to look like the Venus de Milo," said Tom disarmingly.

·  "I like listening to records at night," said Tom disconsolately.

·  "That certainly took the wind out of my sails!" said Tom disgustedly.

·  "I'll never give up my hounds!" Tom said doggedly.

E

·  "The radio reception is much better now," said Tom ecstatically.

·  "Emily has put on weight," said Tom emphatically.

·  "I had no luck at all at the races," Tom endorsed.

·  "Let's get married," said Tom engagingly.

·  "I get in through the window after opening it with this crowbar," said Tom enterprisingly.

·  "Time flies," said Tom entomochronometrically.

·  "What a charming doorway!" said Tom, entranced.

·  "Eureka!" said Tom to Archimedes. "I think you ought to take a bath.".

·  "I wouldn't marry you if you were the only woman on earth," said Tom evenly.

·  "I'll tempt Adam tonight," she said evilly. (*2)

·  "I've changed my name to Al," said Hal, exasperated.

·  "I've lost my gold mine!" Tom exclaimed. (*2)

·  "I have no underwear," Tom said expansively.

·  "My former wife is cute," said Tom expertly.

·  "I used to be a paratrooper," Tom explained.

·  "I don't want you delivering my mail any more - it never arrives on time," Tom expostulated.

·  "Elvis is dead," said Tom expressly.

·  "I used to command a battalion of German ants," said Tom exuberantly.

F

·  "I'm trying to get some air circulating under the roof," said Tom fanatically.

·  "Get the stick, Rover!" Tom called fetchingly. (*2)

·  "That's OK!" said Tom finally.

·  "This is the Netherlands," Tom stated flatly.

·  "This steamroller really works," said Tom flatteringly.

·  "I'm falling into a void," said Tom flawlessly.

·  "I've joined the navy," Tom said fleetingly.

·  "Watch this insect sail through the air," said Tom flippantly.

·  "I'm about to hit the golf ball," Tom forewarned.

·  "I won't finish in fifth place," Tom held forth.

·  "Ignore the first three turnings," said Tom forthrightly.

·  "I bought myself fifty hamburgers and I've only ten left," said Tom with fortitude.

·  "I have a split personality," said Tom, being frank.

·  "Is your name Frank Lee?" Tom asked frankly.

·  "We have no bananas," Tom said fruitlessly. (*2)

·  "I didn't see that French 'No Smoking' sign," fumed Tom defensively.

G

·  "Mmmmmm mmmmmmm," Tom gagged.

·  "That young insect is female," said Tom gallantly.

·  "I'm from a Humberside port," said Tom ghoulishly.

·  "This house is in good taste!" said Hansel and Gretel gingerly.

·  "Look at those tall flowers," said Tom gladly.

·  "I was absolutely vitrified," said Tom with a glazed look.

·  "This food tastes of plutonium," said Tom glowingly.

·  "For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful," said Tom gracefully.

·  "My wife is dead" said Prince Rainier gracelessly.

·  "Would anyone like some Parmesan?" asked Tom gratingly.

·  "Happy Halloween!" Tom said gravely. (*2)

·  "My shins are well protected," Tom grieved.

·  "Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess," Tom began grimly.

·  "I don't like the sand which is in the sandwiches," said Tom grittily.

·  "It's become much bigger," said Tom with a groan.

·  "This game is foul," Tom groused.

·  "I'm three feet taller than I was yesterday," said Tom gruesomely, up the yard.

·  "You must be my host" Tom guessed.

·  "I don't have a boyfriend," said Mary guilelessly.

·  "It's just gold leaf," said Tom guiltily.

·  "I like Germany," was Tom's gut reaction.

H

·  "I can't march any more!" the soldier called haltingly. (*2)

·  "I've still got two fingers left," said Tom handsomely.

·  "Oh, stop talking about the Dreyfus case. Don't you like the colour of my eyes?" asked Esther hazily.

·  "I only have diamonds, clubs and spades," said Tom heartlessly.

·  "I've been to San Francisco" said Tom heartlessly. (*1)

·  "Dinna wave that axe aboot, Jimmy!" said Tom heedlessly.

·  "It's my maid's night off," said Tom helplessly.

·  "I was the first to climb Mount Everest," said Tom hilariously.

·  "My extreme emotional instability arises from a psychoneurosis," hissed Eric.

·  "Nay!" said Tom hoarsely.

·  "I have to keep these eggs warm," Tom chirped honestly.

·  "I want to buy that big diamond," Tom said hopefully. (*2)

·  "Have a ride in my new ambulance," said Tom hospitably.

·  "The doctors had to remove a bone from my arm," said Tom humorlessly.

·  "I cut off the bottoms of my levis so they wouldn't drag in the mud," said Tom hygienically.

·  "That's an ugly hippopotamus!" said Tom hypocritically.

I

·  "I see," said Tom icily.

·  "This is a sick bird," said Tom illegally.

·  "This bird has no beak," said Tom impeccably.

·  "I brush my teeth ten times a day," said Tom implacably.

·  "That little devil didn't tell the truth," Tom implied.

·  "I want you in the navy," said Tom impressively.

·  "I'm burning aromatic substances," said Tom, incensed.

·  "Happy 4th of July!" said Tom independently. (*2)

·  "He's a boring chap," said Tom indulgently.

·  "May I become a chorister?" Tom inquired.

·  "Don't let me drown in Paris!" pleaded Tom insanely.

·  "I'm not leaving the chapel until I finish this painting," said Michelangelo insistently.

·  "I've borrowed my sister's camping gear," said Tom insistently.

·  "I'm sailing near the Isle of Wight," said Tom insolently.

·  "I like camping," said Tom intently.

·  "I've mixed up my gloves," Tom said intermittently. (*2)

·  "This is my assessment," said Tom irately.

·  "It's my personal magnetism," said Tom ironically.

J

·  "His Honor is crazy," Tom admitted judgementally. (*2)

·  "I'd like chicken soup with matzo balls and gefilte fish," said Tom judiciously.

K

·  "My parents are called Billy and Nanny," Tom kidded.

·  "I've run out of wool," said Tom, knitting his brow.

·  "I deny everything," said Tom knowingly.

L

·  "I have no recollection of the last twenty-four hours," said Tom lackadaisically.

·  "No ellipses, parabolas or hyperbolas," said Tom laconically.

·  "I refuse to make an agenda," Tom said listlessly. (*2)

·  "I never play any music by Hungarian composers," said Tom listlessly.

·  "It's where we store the hay," Tom said loftily. (*2)

·  "I always pray to St. Ignatius," said Tom loyally.

·  "I chop down trees for a living," said Tom lumberingly.

M

·  "I'm Scottish," said Tom macabrely.

·  "I'm just going to put these handcuffs on you," said Tom manically.

·  "It's only average," said Tom meanly.

·  "According to this sonograph, the average frequency of my voice is 160 Hz," said Tom in measured tones.

·  "I've got to fix the automobile," said Tom mechanically.

·  "A million thanks, Monsieur," said Tom mercifully.

·  "We in the Conservative Party believe in having a good time," said Tom meritoriously.

·  "Perhaps I will," said Tom with all his might.

·  "It's hard work arresting that girl!" said Tom, laboring under a misapprehension.

·  "Do you call this a musical?" asked Les miserably.

·  "The girl's been kidnapped," said Tom mistakenly.

·  "I'm tired of smiling," moaned Lisa.

·  "My stereo's half-fixed," said Tom monotonously. (*2)

·  "I want a motorized bicycle," Tom moped.

·  "We'll need a higher price at auction," Tom said morbidly. (*2)

·  "The sun is rising," Tom mourned.

·  "Another work week begins," said Tom mundanely. (*2)

·  "Mama is German," Tom muttered.

·  "I didn't mean to have my cheek pierced," said Tom mysteriously.

N

·  Naughtily, Tom said nothing.

·  "I haven't developed my photographs yet," said Tom negatively.

·  "This decay wasn't there before," said Tom neurotically.

·  "That just doesn't add up," said Tom, nonplussed.

·  "Can you read music?" the bandleader asked notably. (*2)

·  "What's the value of a dollar bill?" asked Tom noteworthily.

O

·  "What's a wide-angle lens?" asked Tom obtusely.

·  "That horse looks like a good bet at 17 to 1," said Tom oddly.

·  "Do you buy and sell stolen goods?" asked Tom offensively.

·  "My wrists are bleeding stumps!" said Tom offhandedly.

·  "I prefer trout to salmon," Tom said officiously.

·  "It's half a score," Tom said often.

·  "My bicycle wheel is damaged," said Tom outspokenly.

·  "I have had too many children," said Mary overbearingly.

P

·  "I've swallowed some glass," Tom said painfully. (*2)

·  "I had an accident in the kitchen," said Tom with panache.

·  "I've joined the Airborne Medical Corps," said Tom paradoxically.

·  "Ici nous voyons le tour Eiffel!" Tom parried.

·  "I've deduced that this is the right way," said Tom pathologically.

·  "I'm waiting to see the doctor," said Tom patiently.

·  "I wish I had something to write with," Tom said pensively. (*2)

·  "I can do an excellent impression of Sinatra," said Tom, being perfectly frank.

·  "Has my magazine arrived?" Tom asked periodically.

·  "I need to clear my throat," said Tom phlegmatically.

·  "3.142" Tom enumerated piously.

·  "Who's your favorite operatic tenor?" Tom asked placidly.

·  "I've removed all the feathers from this chicken," said Tom pluckily.

·  "Where shall I plant these water-lilies?" Tom pondered.

·  "I haven't had any tooth decay yet," said Tom precariously.

·  "I'm here - with a gift!" said Tom presently.

·  "I'm just an ordinary soldier," Tom admitted privately.

·  "I teach at a university," Tom professed.

·  "I know where Jack Nicklaus is," said Tom profoundly.

·  "I'm in favor of mechanization," said the promoter.

·  "I've dyed my hair green and stuck a pin through my nose," said Tom punctually.

·  "The cat seems happy now it's been fed," said Tom purposefully.

Q

·  "Are you homosexual?" Tom queried gaily.

·  "This is where I keep my arrows," said Tom, quivering.

·  "This is the fastest way to get drunk," said Tom quixotically.

R

·  "Have you ever been whitewater rafting?" Tom asked rapidly. (*2)

·  "What are these berries?" Tom rasped.

·  "I'm embarrassed," Tom admitted readily.

·  "I can see naturally," Tom realized.

·  "There it is again!" Tom recited.

·  "I've never had an accident," said Tom recklessly.

·  """Said Tom recursively," said Tom recursively," said Tom recursively" said Tom recursively.

·  "Nice looking glass!" said Tom reflectively.

·  "It's time for the second funeral," Tom rehearsed.

·  "I've gone back to my wife," was Tom's rejoinder.

·  "Superglue!" Tom rejoined.

·  "We did it twice last night," she relayed.

·  "OK, you can borrow it again," Tom relented.

·  "I love hot dogs," said Tom with relish.

·  "I've transferred my money back into my German savings account," Tom remarked with interest.

·  "I've passed the exam this time," Tom remarked.

·  "That is remarkable," remarked Tom.

·  "I've paid my annual subscription," Tom remembered.

·  "I've gone back to using my maiden name", said Mary remissly.

·  "I'd better repeat that SOS message," said Tom remorsefully.

·  "My garden needs another layer of mulch," Tom repeated.

·  "I'm taking this ship back into harbor," Tom reported.

·  "Must I show again why this is true?" asked Tom reprovingly.

·  "I mailed it to you again," Tom said resentfully. (*2)

·  "I suppose I'll have to write my name again." said Tom resignedly.

·  "I'm not a crook," Nixon said resignedly. (*2)

·  "It's a piece of laboratory equipment," Tom retorted.

·  "My oar is broken," said Tom robustly.

·  "Balls!" Tom said roundly.

·  "I can't eat any more of this bitter herb," said Tom ruefully.

·  "What's the name of that street in Paris?" asked Tom ruefully. (*2)

·  "I've an urgent appointment," said Tom in Russian.

·  "I need a home run hitter," Tom said ruthlessly. (*2)