# Ever hear of a Tom Swiftie?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 26, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650 "2004-03-26T23:27:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/41 "2004-03-28T01:53:48Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> “I belong to the San Francisco chapter of Mensa,” said Tom homogeneously. 😃

_desperately searches for the :troutsmack: smiley…_

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/42 "2004-03-28T01:53:58Z")

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> [@furt](#):
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> “I’m a fan of Luther” Martin said freely.
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> “Well, I prefer Calvin,” John said determinedly.

**furt,** I’m stealing these for my AP European History class. We’ll see how many of the students get them! 😃

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**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/43 "2004-03-28T02:28:54Z")

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My favourites from [this](http://www.webcom.com/~wutka/html/swifties.html) site:

“Is your name Timothy or Russell?” Tom asked timorously

“I’d give that hornet a 10,” Tom said beratingly.

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**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/44 "2004-03-28T02:52:45Z")

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“I smacked right into the plate glass window.” Tom said clearly.

“I have erectile dysfunction.” Tom said lowly and softly.

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/45 "2004-03-28T03:43:32Z")

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“I could be a professional model”, proposed Tom.

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/46 "2004-03-28T03:46:26Z")

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“Looks like I’m going to get my feet wet”, Tom pondered.

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**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-hear-of-a-tom-swiftie/236650/47 "2004-03-28T03:55:08Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> **furt,** I’m stealing these for my AP European History class. We’ll see how many of the students get them!

Gracias. Just be sure and credit them to “some loser on the internet.”

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