Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 5)

“I’m not myself, today,” said Tom, being frank.

“I’ve paid my annual subscription,” Tom remembered.

“I like ragged margins,” said Tom without justification.

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

“You resemble a goat,” said Tom satirically.

“Your trousers have come apart!” was Tom’s unseemly comment.

“Don’t you know my name?” asked Tom swiftly.

“That’s the last time I’ll stick my arm in a lion’s mouth,” the lion-tamer said off-handedly.

“I can take photographs if I want to!” Tom snapped.

“I’m on social security,” said Tom dolefully.

“These propulsion systems were used by NASA on moon rockets,” said Tom apologetically.

“My bicycle wheel is damaged,” said Tom outspokenly.

“Sorry! I’ve accidentally pierced your cheek instead,” said Tom mysteriously.

“My garden needs another layer of mulch,” Tom repeated.

“I have a split personality,” said Tom, being frank.

“The phone reception here is excellent,” he said clearly.

“I got this ballpoint pen from a Yugoslav friend”, said Tom acerbically.

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

“I wish I drove a Scandinavian car,” Tom sobbed.

“I couldn’t believe there were 527,986 bees in the swarm!” Tom recounted.

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