The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #93747   Message #1808479
Posted By: open mike
12-Aug-06 - 10:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Quick read this
Subject: RE: BS: Quick read this
the answer is yes..here are some examples..

    * "Not wild bird again!" Tom groused.
    * "No thanks to that Frenchman," said Tom mercilessly.
    * "There's one right outside that window," Tom alleged.
    * "I'm docking the boat again," Tom reported.
    * "Go ahead, it's perfectly safe to drink," Tom lied.
    * "I'm an umpire," Tom called out. (Aaron Hertzmann suggests      adding "self-referentially")
    * "Are you ready for your exam?!" Tom quizzed testily.
    * "What's that big orange fish?" asked Tom coyly.
    * "I'm taking you to court," Tom said plaintively.

# "It's a garbage disposal," he said succinctly.
# "You're not a real magician at all," Tom said, disillusioned.
# "Someone's killed Polly," he said, disparately.
# "That's the fifth day you've been out this month," Mrs. Jenkins remarked absently.
# "You can go in now," Tom admitted.
# It was a nice fabric, Tom felt.
# "And then another five makes nine!" Tom added.
# "The male bees do no work," Tom droned.
# "Well, you don't actually have to pay that penalty," Tom defined.

# "I hate flying," Tom complained.
# "Are you sure we can break in?" Tom asked guardedly.
# "I'm drunk," Tom whined.
# "The drink here isn't so good," Tom said groggily.
# "We were being followed," Tom said evasively.
# "There isn't enough food to go around," Tom rationalized.
# "This is a dogwood tree!" Tom barked.
# "She's old and ugly," Tom crooned.
# "This hypnotist isn't so great," Tom suggested.
# "We need more ice cubes," Tom chattered coldly.
# "This will get the stain out!" Tom shouted boldly.
# "I memorized that," Tom wrote.
# "Ouch!" Tom interjected.
# "Those trees -- they must be saved!" Tom cut in choppily.
# "These aren't grade A," Tom berated.
# "Ah'm an artist," Tom drawled sketchily.
# "This pencil needs sharpening," Tom pointed out, pointlessly.
# "The New Yorker comes out every week," Tom stated periodically.
# "Those lines have to stay together," Tom growled with pride.
# "This foreign red wine is for dignitaries only," Tom said importantly.
# "Are you a doctor?" Tom probed.
# "Are you an archaeologist?" Tom delved.
# "I'll make those pastries again," Tom retorted tartly.
# "Have you read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?" Tom questioned.
# "Aren't you Allen Funt?" Tom asked candidly.
# "You should cover up that cut," Tom bandied.
# "How about some venison?" Tom shot gamely.
# "Open this door," Tom pried.
# "Still in the U.S.S.R.," Tom read, sickly rushing through the letter.
# "In the tomb," Tom said cryptically.
# "Of a French pastry," Tom d'eclaired.
# "You won't live long if you don't believe in God," Tom preached diagnostically.
# "That's a hard line," Tom said stonily.
# "I wonder if this is big enough to be a lake," Tom pondered.
# "Pick another flower or two," Tom said morosely.
# "I wonder if it's all right to leave a crook with my kids," Tom considered.
# "Next to the sand trap?" Tom hazarded.
# "I bet they're playing in the grass," Tom gambled.
# "I want to stop playing these card games," Tom said wistfully.
# "This sausage is made from only the finest meat, Effendi," Tom salaamed.


http://www.webcom.com/~wutka/html/swifties.html
http://www.fun-with-words.com/tom_swifties.html
http://thinks.com/words/tomswift.htm
Legend has it Tom Swifties were created by satirist
Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver�s Travels. Actually,
Tom Swifties were originated by Edward Stratemeyer
author and or creator of Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins
and Nancy Drew characters and/or books.