Subject: Tom Swifties (Page 22)

“I am so one of the seven dwarfs!” he said grumpily.

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

“I used to be a paratrooper,” Tom explained.

“This steamroller is amazing,” said Tom flatteringly.

“I’m taking this ship back into harbor,” Tom reported.

“Use your own toothbrush!” Tom bristled.

“I’m going to lie in the sun,” said Tom in Basque.

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

“Take tea and see,” said Tom briskly.

“Would you stop horsing around!” yelled Tom woefully.

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

“My ancestor was a famous Confederate general who had an army fort named after him,” Tom bragged.

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

“Pretend we were in the days before railways,” Tom coached.

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

“Those ballet students should be forced to do their exercises in the nude,” said Tom barbarically.

“I just got another flat,” he said tiredly.

“There must be a power cut,” said Tom delightedly.

“I only have diamonds, clubs and spades,” said Tom heartlessly.

“It has zero height, zero width, and just a little depth,” said Tom, stretching the point.

“I see myself as an open-minded person,” Tom said upon reflection.