Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 23)

“What’s a wide-angle lens?” asked Tom obtusely.

“Come up to my apartment,” Tom said flatly.

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

“Elvis is dead,” said Tom expressly.

“Are you all governors?” Tom asked, bored.

“I’m putting on my T-shirt, shorts, and sunglasses,” Tom summarized.

“I’ll take that”, said Tom appropriately.

“I’ve struck oil!” said Tom crudely.

“I cut off the bottoms of my Levis so they won’t drag on the ground,” said Tom hygienically.

“I’ve stopped seeing my therapist”, said Tom unshrinkingly.

“It’s just gold leaf”, said Tom guiltily.

“Getting rid of acid is easy,” said Tom basically.

“Rasputin and I are lovers,” said Nicholas bizarrely.

“I ain’t afraid of those white men,” said Cochise bravely.

“We can’t let the fire die out,” Tom bellowed.

“I don’t like going to museums,” he said artlessly.

“Zoos are a necessary evil, I think,” said Tom cagily.

“What are these berries?” Tom rasped.

“That’s not how you draw a circle,” he criticized her roundly.

“We can’t accommodate any more peripherals,” said Tom bus-ily.

“All right – we’ll use a water solution”, Tom acquiesced.