#96342
02/25/2003 4:15 PM
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"Dog fights are cruel!" cried Tom pugnaciously.
"I can't remember any Roman historians," said Tom obliviously.
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#96343
02/27/2003 1:59 PM
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“Now, the hand augur was invented before the time of Christ,” Tom went on boringly.
“But I’ll never catch goldfish with this rod,” Tom carped.
“Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers,” she said incisively.
“Of course I passed!” Tom said testily.
“That came from the Bavarian Motor Works!” Tom beamed.
“I should have turned the motor off,” Tom thought idly.
“I’ve been gone a long time,” Tom said absently. “But its time I moved on again,” he continued.
“After you madam,” Tom said gently.
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#96344
02/27/2003 7:44 PM
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"I write detective novels" he said stoutly.
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#96345
02/27/2003 7:52 PM
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"And I'm the protagonist in them," he said wolfishly.
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#96346
02/27/2003 7:56 PM
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"We are honored to have you sit at the front of the boat," he bowed.
/coat tails
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#96347
02/27/2003 7:59 PM
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"I just love the Kentucky Derby" Jackie said hoarsely.
"This milk has gone bad," he said sourly.
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#96348
02/27/2003 8:04 PM
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"Now we can't have you urinating on Mrs Marple's flowers, can we?" Tom said doggedly, as he yanked on his Yorkshire terrier's leash.
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#96349
02/27/2003 8:09 PM
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stoutly…wolfishly
And I do all the actual work, he said archly.
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#96350
02/27/2003 8:16 PM
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"I think you'll find that's an agate", she said crisply.
formerly known as etaoin...
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#96351
02/27/2003 9:40 PM
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"Is that what Indian women wear?" asked Tom sorrily.
"Is that a bed up there?" asked Tom loftily.
"I hear you're getting married," said Tom engagingly.
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#96352
02/27/2003 9:50 PM
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"You can't go home again," Tom said wolfeishly. 
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#96353
03/01/2003 2:20 AM
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In reply to:
"You can't go home again," Tom said wolfeishly.
Hats off! not a bald-faced lie
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#96354
03/02/2003 5:19 PM
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"I'm not as hirsute as I formerly was," said Tom baldly.
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#96355
03/02/2003 5:32 PM
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"Hair today, gone tomorrow," he said baldly.
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#96356
03/03/2003 3:10 AM
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O wofa, I like yours MUCH better! Bravo!
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#96357
03/03/2003 7:32 PM
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"Tea is better for you than coffee." she said chidingly
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#96358
03/03/2003 7:34 PM
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ooh, Zed. Very subtle, that one!  Glad to have you aBoard.
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#96359
03/03/2003 10:21 PM
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"Once a Scot, always a Scot," said Tom clandestinely. 
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#96360
03/04/2003 9:28 AM
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"abnpr cv bhru lprnj, he said cryptically."
Oh, I love this one!
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#96361
03/04/2003 9:43 AM
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"Yum, this is a tasty ear of corn," he said huskily.
"Traipsing through wide mouthed caverns bores me," she said yawningly.
"My dolls arms and legs are broken," she cried disjointedly.
"Jane is a loose cannon," he said explodedly.
"The sun hurts my eyes," she said brightly.
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#96362
03/04/2003 10:01 AM
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This is too much fun!
"My brain spills over with Tom-Swifties," she said brimmingly.
"I'm wondering if we may use poetic license with some of our adverbs?" she said curiously and inventingly.
"I wonder if I should stop (fill in the blank)" she said haltingly.
"I wonder if there is too much of a good thing," she said amply.
"I wish I could stop with this already!" she said ceaselessly.
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#96363
03/04/2003 11:38 AM
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Nice ones Ruby!
“Its just a pipe dream,” said Tom stonily.
“I made a lot of money at the Ascot race meeting once…harrchh…behind the stands…harrchh…only my hat”, she coughed hoarsely.
“No! She gets my goat!” Tom rebutted hornily.
“Ehgve yerst ‘ed meh tons’ls ehrt,” said Tom glottally.
“Six or seven?” Tom asked confusedly.
“The TV control is on the table,” Tom said remotely.
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#96364
03/04/2003 12:08 PM
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Thanks, dxb :)
Back atcha for this one:
“The TV control is on the table,” Tom said remotely.
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#96365
03/04/2003 12:12 PM
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"I thought we could see the breakers from here", he said confusedly.
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#96366
03/04/2003 12:27 PM
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"Once a Scot, always a Scot," said Tom clandestinely.I think this one gets my vote!
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#96367
03/04/2003 7:47 PM
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"I don't like vodka" he said absolutly.
"That's because you're not Russian." she replied swiftly.
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#96368
03/04/2003 9:52 PM
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This one's for AnnaS.
"Once stung, twice shy," said Tom begrudgingly.
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#96369
03/05/2003 2:40 AM
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“No! She gets my goat!” Tom rebutted hornily.
this one gets MY vote! verb and adverb, very clever!
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#96370
03/05/2003 11:38 PM
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Oh, I hadn't thought of verb AND adverb.
"The law is an honourable profession." she retorted briefly.
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03/05/2003 11:47 PM
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"Who took my flowers?" asked Tom lackadaisically.
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#96372
03/05/2003 11:55 PM
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For you musicians
"They've cancelled my performance!" said Tom disconcertedly.
"I started to write a symphony but ended up with a tone poem," said Tom capriciously.
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#96373
03/06/2003 6:46 AM
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"Who took my flowers?" asked Tom lackadaisically. - coffeebean
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#96374
03/06/2003 12:14 PM
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"I never knew there were so many cars in Paris!" said Tom ruefully. "rue" is the French word for "street"
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#96375
03/07/2003 12:33 AM
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"I just adore sunsets!!" she beamed colorfully.
"I prefer moonlight." he reflected dimly.
But lackadaisically is my favorite.
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#96376
03/07/2003 12:51 AM
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but lackadaisically is my favorite I agree. It's even been published - printed in an old GAMES magazine, mid-Nineties is my guess, and kudos indeed to the bloke who first thought it up. See our old thread at http:// wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=73860 !
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#96377
03/07/2003 6:40 AM
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Oops! Here I thought it was outta my own little brain! 
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#96378
03/07/2003 9:00 AM
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Don't worry, CB. I'll give you credit for it. Same thing happens to me all the time.
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#96379
03/07/2003 1:57 PM
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Here I thought it was outta my own little brain
No reason to think it wasn't, just because someone else also thought of it... :-)
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#96380
03/08/2003 8:03 AM
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"If this computer freezes one more time, I'm going to ice it," she said coldly. (um.... this one is too close to home, at the moment!)
And now some simple ones:
"I don't think I'll be here for that meeting" she said absently.
"Oh, no, I've burned dinner!" she said crisply.
"I think I spent too much money on this Rolex" he said extravagantly.
"I plan to make a lot of money!" he said richly.
"Let me make you a milkshake," he said smoothly.
"Don't walk in here; I broke a glass!" he said sharply.
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#96381
03/08/2003 3:01 PM
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"I've got my bra on backward," she said titillatingly.
TEd
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