Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 12)

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

“I won’t buy a circuit breaker,” Tom refused.

“I prefer trout to salmon,” Tom said officiously.

“I need a pencil sharpener,” said Tom bluntly.

“I can’t be bothered,” said Tom carelessly.

“I have lost all my Hungarian sheet music,” said Tom listlessly.

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

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

“Everything in Texas is bigger,” he said in measured tones; “Even the cowboys,” he continued hoarsely.

“Eating uranium makes me feel funny,” said Tom radiantly.

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

“2 bdrm furn w 5 appl”, said Tom aptly.

“Those bullets can’t hurt me,” said Tom blankly.

“I must be on a visit”, Tom guessed.

“Who discovered radium?” asked Tom curiously.

“Give me some Chinese food”, said Tom wantonly.

“Hurry up and get to the back of the ship!” Tom said sternly.

“Perhaps I will,” said Tom with all his might.

“The bank doesn’t want me as a customer,” said Tom unaccountably.

“Why don’t you have some fruit?”, asked Tom with aplomb.

“The radio reception is much better now,” said Tom ecstatically.