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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 8 of 17 1 2 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 16 17 Go to page... Re: Tom Swifty-ness #96372 03/05/03 11:55 PM 03/05/03 11:55 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean OP old hand Coffeebean   OP old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA 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. Re: Tom Swifty-ness #96373 03/06/03 06:46 AM 03/06/03 06:46 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb   Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK "Who took my flowers?" asked Tom lackadaisically. - coffeebean "Allez vite!" dit Tomas #96374 03/06/03 12:14 PM 03/06/03 12:14 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA "I never knew there were so many cars in Paris!" said Tom ruefully. "rue" is the French word for "street" Re: Tom Swifty-ness #96375 03/07/03 12:33 AM 03/07/03 12:33 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada "I just adore sunsets!!" she beamed colorfully. "I prefer moonlight." he reflected dimly. But lackadaisically is my favorite. Daisy, Daisy #96376 03/07/03 12:51 AM 03/07/03 12:51 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA 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 ! Re: Daisy, Daisy #96377 03/07/03 06:40 AM 03/07/03 06:40 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean OP old hand Coffeebean   OP old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Oops! Here I thought it was outta my own little brain! Re: Daisy, Daisy #96378 03/07/03 09:00 AM 03/07/03 09:00 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Don't worry, CB. I'll give you credit for it. Same thing happens to me all the time. Re: Daisy, Daisy #96379 03/07/03 01:57 PM 03/07/03 01:57 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,964 Worcester, MA 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... :-) Re: Tom Swifty-ness #96380 03/08/03 08:03 AM 03/08/03 08:03 AM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 104 R RubyRed member RubyRed   member R Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 104 "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. Re: Tom Swifty-ness #96381 03/08/03 03:01 PM 03/08/03 03:01 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC "I've got my bra on backward," she said titillatingly. TEd Page 8 of 17 1 2 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 16 17 Go to page... Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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