Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 5)

“I just bought a woollen sweater,” said Tom sheepishly.

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

“My neurotic blood-sucking arachnid has put on weight”, said Tom, his nervous tic showing again.

“I wrote the book on that subject”, said Tom authoritatively.

“Where’s my pants?” asked Tom briefly.

“That may cause my violin strings to snap,” was Tom’s gut reaction.

“I am not full of hot air,” Tom belched.

“A spirit transported me from the couch to the chair,” said Tom, visibly moved.

“I’m in the shower,” called out Tom barely audible.

“I’ve run out of wool,” said Tom, knitting his brow.

“It’s not a candy mint, it’s a breath mint”, Tom asserted.

“I like modern painting,” said Tom abstractly.

“My bicycle wheel is melting,” Tom spoke softly.

“Sesame,” said Tom openly.

“If I die, you get everything,” said Tom willingly.

“It’s my personal magnetism,” said Tom ironically.

“Would you like some soda?” asked Tom caustically.

“Hey, you’re on my foot!” said Tom standoffishly.

“England is okay, except there seems to be at least one blood-sucking insect in every outhouse”, said Tom aloofly.

“Everything Albert says is so obvious”, said Tom altruistically.

“He’s a boring chap,” said Tom indulgently.