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)