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.