Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 11)

“I wouldn’t like anything but just that,” said Tom wantonly.

“My friend and I steal things together,” Tom corroborated.

“I had an accident in the kitchen,” said Tom with panache.

“I invested in a hi-tech startup,” Tom ventured.

“I can talk faster than you,” Tom expressed.

“I find you guilty,” said the judge with conviction.

“I have been reading Voltaire,” Tom admitted candidly.

“Eating uranium can cause strange effects,” said Tom brightly.

“I told you not to ride that horse,” Tom nagged.

“Take tea and see,” said Tom briskly.

“I have writer’s block,” said Tom contritely.

“I still haven’t struck oil,” said Tom boringly.

“I unclogged the drain with a vacuum cleaner,” said Tom succinctly.

“Why do I have to strip naked again?” asked Tom rebuffingly.

“This pencil tip is dull,” she said pointedly.

“You don’t see the point, do you?” asked Tom, stabbing in the dark.

“That city will never be rebuilt,” the prophets babble on.


“I admire East End gangsters,” said Tom crazily.

“Let’s take a vacation in the south of France,” said Tom nicely.

“The cat sounds as if she’s happy now she’s been fed,” said Tom purposefully.

“By convention!” cussed Tom airily.