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#96302 - 02/19/03 04:51 PM Tom Swifty-ness
Coffeebean old hand Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 725 Loc: Oregon, USA	Let's try a Tom Swifty thread. Tom Swiftys are named after the Tom Swift American adventure novels. The author Victor Appleton (Edward L. Stratemeyer or Howard Garis in Stratemeyer's employ) would always describe every action with an adverb: Tom never just said anything, he said it carefully, excitedly, eagerly, etc. A Tom Swifty is a particular type of pun centering on the adverb in the following formula: "You should go clean the lawn," Tom said rakishly. "I hate being on welfare," Tom said dolefully. "Those knives are dangerous," Tom said pointedly. - from www.wikipedia.org As stated above, a Tom Swifty contains a pun. Good ones may contain two or three puns! As always, brevity is the soul of wit.
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#96303 - 02/19/03 05:02 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
doc_comfort addict Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 618 Loc: Australia	Here's a few: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=73860 and more: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=22294
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#96304 - 02/19/03 05:27 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
Coffeebean old hand Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 725 Loc: Oregon, USA	"I like Garfield, but not the dog," Tom said odiously. "You'll never get me to a proctologist!" Tom said testily.
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#96305 - 02/19/03 07:59 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
birdfeed member Registered: 11/19/02 Posts: 180 Loc: Atlanta, GA	"I have cramps," she said periodically.
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#96306 - 02/19/03 09:02 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
modestgoddess old hand Registered: 02/18/02 Posts: 833 Loc: Eastern Ontario, Canada	Here's a few: which put me in mind of Shona. Where is he these days? Shoooooooonnnnaaaaaaa, where aaaaaaaaarrrre yoooooooouuu?
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#96307 - 02/20/03 07:38 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3847 Loc: Worcester, MA	"You'll never get me to a proctologist!" Tom said testily. Ummm, you _did_ mean a urologist? Unless perhaps you wanted "...never get me to a proctologist, he said acidly." Which brings to mind the old saying, "Don't start vast projects with half-vast ideas..." Pa-da-bam.
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#96308 - 02/20/03 07:52 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	Pa-da-bam. And a tip o' the rimshot to ya, good doctor.
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#96309 - 02/20/03 07:54 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	"I prefer French roast myself," Coffeebean said darkly.
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#96310 - 02/20/03 08:01 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	"I prefer French roast myself," Coffeebean said darkly. HA! That was GREAT! C-bean, welcome aBoard, if I haven't already. "I am roasting, she said hotly".
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#96311 - 02/20/03 08:06 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	"I am hot", he said sunnily. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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