Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 25)

“I’ve got a new watch,” Tom said with abandon.

“I lost my trousers,” said Tom expansively.

“Ignore the first three turnings,” directed Tom forthrightly.

“It’s an actual parameter, not a formal parameter,” was Tom’s argument.

“I really like hot dogs,” he said with relish.

“I might as well be dead,” Tom croaked.

“The optician probably doesn’t have my glasses ready yet,” Tom speculated.

“You won the bronze,” said Tom meddlingly.

“I wonder if there’s a number between seven and nine,” said Tom considerately.

“I used to command a battalion of German ants,” said Tom exuberantly.

”..,” said Tom blankly.

“Look at my shiny kitchen floor”, said Tom, waxing enthusiastic.

“I wouldn’t mind going with you to the tennis match,” she said gamely.

“That painting makes me laugh”, Tom articulated.

“No, I haven’t read Voltaire,” said Tom candidly.

“I’ve transferred my money back into a German bank account,” Tom remarked with interest.

“Now, how can I trick Sidney?” Tom considered.

“OK, you can borrow it again,” Tom relented.

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

“I feel so empty,” said Tom vacuously.

“I could stand to lose 50% of my body weight”, said Tom affably.