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This one's for etaoin
"No, no! That's polyphony!" Tom countered pointedly.
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#96383
03/09/2003 12:28 AM
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 thanks!
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#96384
03/09/2003 12:32 AM
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"I'm introducing Mr Horace Ontil," he cross-threaded flatly.
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03/28/2003 6:27 PM
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"I've just been run over by a steamroller," said Tom flatly.
"Wait! My foot's caught in your car door," said Tom movingly.
"You need to re-do these geometry problems," said Tom reprovingly.
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04/02/2003 8:35 PM
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Oops, I dropped the toothpaste, Tom said, crestfallen.
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Oops, I dropped the toothpaste, Tom said, crestfallen. HA!  Wonderful!
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04/02/2003 11:17 PM
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>Oops, I dropped the toothpaste, Tom said, crestfallen.
Whereas my Tom would have said it aimlessly.
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04/03/2003 2:37 AM
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"I studied at Colgate", he said transcendentally.
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#96390
04/03/2003 5:16 AM
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"I can't find the toothpaste," said Tom aimlessly.
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04/03/2003 5:26 AM
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>"I can't find the toothpaste," said Tom aimlessly.
I am sincerely flattered. <g>
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04/03/2003 5:38 AM
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 Oops! Sorry, sjm, it's late and I should have looked a little closer. CB
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04/03/2003 11:18 AM
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“I reckon that’s only a part of it,” Tom added abstractedly.
“I’ve given away my land and water rights,” Tom declaimed dryly.
“The campanologists are at work tonight,” Tom told them darkly.
“Well, I’ve only just come back from church,” Tom returned faithfully.
“I’ve connected the water to the boiler,” Tom piped up heatedly.
“I slept on the flock mattress,” Tom lied sheepishly.
“I’ll go to the sales if you’ll buy me a beer,” Tom bargained cannily.
“A boxer’s place is in the ring,” Tom barked roundly.
“But Table Mountain has a large flat area on top,” Tom countered plainly.
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04/04/2003 4:43 PM
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Those are splendid, dxb!!! "But you must believe in fairies!" cried Tom imploringly.
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04/09/2003 8:29 PM
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"Anything my brother does, I can do better!" said Tom ably.
And here's one for vanguard:
"I'm in the choir!" said Tom gleefully.
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04/09/2003 8:34 PM
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Not "I'm in the choir!" Tom said bass-ly?
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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04/10/2003 6:24 AM
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"Ah! *That brother!" Tom said arcanely.
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04/10/2003 7:01 PM
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"How do you kill a vampire?" asked Tom painstakingly.
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04/10/2003 10:59 PM
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Ooooh, good one Coffeebean
"Mine aren't nearly that complex" she said plaintively.
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04/11/2003 1:28 AM
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"I like cheese", Tom said meekly.
CAUTION: these are rude
"You arouse me", said Tom, longingly.
"I'm coming", Tom ejaculated.
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04/14/2003 7:50 PM
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The inmate is escaping down the fire escape! Tom said condescendingly.
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Hi gang
Back in a previous life (possibly referenced in those links given at the head of this string which I cannot get to open) some discussion had taken place on the history of Tom Swifties. I understand the general background of a piss-take of the adverbially overladen books by the Stratemeyer conglomerate… but I had recalled my American brethren and sistren talking of a major advertising campaign (an oil company, in the 50s?) which widely popularised the form as roadside billboards.
Google has failed to cut me a path through the jungle – any pointers?
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Happy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave? 
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Hi there maverick! It is SO good to see you back again. Mille failte!
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Happy New Year, Maverick...Burma Shave? YES! Thank you - too few active neurons to waste more on this annoying escapee from the Wot I Know prison... New underpants for Christmas? quized Tom briefly. Happy New Year to all.
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Maverick!! Happy New Year!, he said, annually!
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Yes, Happy New Year to you all ! !
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Yes, Happy New Year All!
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently.
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Well, it's good to have you back.
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Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently.
heh
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Yes, Happy New Year All!
Gosh, I've been off this board for years, he said, absently. "Wot 'e said," she echoed.
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"Maverick! We've been yearning for you at home!" she said Bawdily.
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LOL, said Rhuby, laughingly
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OMG, maverick, you really have stirred up the ghosts of AWAD past! Well done for tempting back people who haven't been spotted on these shores for aeons. Welcome back, all of you.
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If I had know the R-commander was so active over here, I might have been tempted to visit sooner. You should have said so!
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Better late than never at all, Shotokunungwa. Good to see you back here.
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Yu Shi you wanna call me that? I thought this was a Chinese discussion...
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I just hop I haven't annoyed you by it.
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I just hop I haven't annoyed you by it. he said, natively.
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I'll be under the gimlet, said Tom sublimely.
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Buffalo saw where I was coming from, he said, pointedly.
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