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Speaking of hearing someone's voice again ... !
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Father Steve, how wonderful to hear your civilised voice too - I never was quite sure whether to address you as Your Honour or Your Worship. But I always remember your wonderfully dry tones about those appearing in front of you having more need of mercy than justice, so I feel I'm in good hands  The quality of mercy is not trained, opined Tom incitefully.
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and there you have it: Your Mercy about covers it all, concluded Tom summarily.
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Speaking of hearing someone's voice again ... ! Speaking of seeing someone's face again... I'd like to say hello to you. I remember you as the Honorable Hoochie Coochie man, as you presented in some musical thread the lyrics to that song. 
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I've been house-keeping my computer files and came across a copy of a post I made a llong time back on this thread - which seems to have disappeared (unless there was another thread of Tom Swifties?)
I quite liked it at the time, so thought I'd disinter it and re-present it for you.
A group of friends were sorting out a box of letters which had become scrambled. Tom was in charge.
�If we tackle the job alphabetically we�ll soon find the first three letters,� Tom see-sawed ably.
�The fourth letter is repeated,� he declared deedily.
�Finding the fifth shouldn�t be difficult,� Tom said easily.
�Goodness! The sixth letter is big enough to crawl into!� said Tom ineffably.
�Bother, I�ve � er - dropped the eighth one,� �e said �altingly.
�The ninth letter looks well,� he observed seeingly.
�The tenth one looks like a bird,� jeered Tom jadedly.
�Eleventh - better after fifteenth,� he agreed abbreviatedly.
Picking up the twelfth, �We�ll probably go here,� grinned Tom devilishly.
�Thirteen � this is unlucky for some,� he mourned emphatically.
�If we can find enough of the fourteenth letter, we could use it to separate the others,� Tom typed enthusiastically
�The fifteenth letter looks good when it brackets the twentieth,� owned Tom otiosely
�Isn�t the sixteenth one absolutely souper?� he posed peaceably.
�Would any of you wish to stand in line for the seventeenth?� he questioned quizzically.
�The eighteenth letter, is plural,� Tom rolled out artfully.
�The nineteenth is essential,� Tom squeaked sibilantly.
�Anyone for the twentieth?� he poured out the question, leafily.
The twenty-first was missing: �This is no use,� Tom uttered ululatingly.
Tom brandished the twenty-second above his head. �Long live the difference,� he voiced Frenchly
�The twenty-third is twice as bad as the twenty-first,� Tom wailed world-wearily. or [white] was it Word-windedly[/white]?
�This marks the place of the twenty-fourth letter,� he exclaimed markedly.
�We�ll keep quiet about the last two,� Tom mouthed, wisely and keeping his tongue still.
I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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it's still around, he said otiosely
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"Ah, I love my synapses", he said memorably.
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Many thanks, once agin, tsuwm.
"I never seem able to find these things again," he said, forgetfully.
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I'm so glad you all stepped out of the shadows, she said delightedly.
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"The way you people use the brain is quite entertaining," he said, fundamentally.
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