# Tom Swifties! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095 "2013-07-10T01:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2983 "2017-08-07T20:36:31Z")
“I have hidden cameras set up everywhere,” Tom said, candidly. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2984 "2017-08-07T21:10:21Z")
“Where’s the sound-making guy?” said Mick Foley. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2985 "2017-08-08T02:54:29Z")
“My car is almost out of gas,” Tom fumed. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2986 "2017-08-08T03:03:01Z")
“Everybody calm down,” Tom said riotously. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2987 "2017-08-08T17:01:51Z")
“I sure miss ‘The Golden Girls,’ especially Blanche,” Tom said ruefully. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2988 "2017-08-08T17:37:26Z")
“I would hate to see my favorite Supreme Court Justice retire,” Tom said ruthlessly. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2989 "2017-08-08T17:41:14Z")
“Would you just look at Old Faithful?” Tom gushed. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2990 "2017-08-08T20:40:23Z")
“Yeah, so what if I bought a big 4-wheel-drive pickup,” Tom said truculently. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2991 "2017-08-08T21:59:30Z")
“How is the San Antonio basketball team doing?” Tom asked spuriously. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2992 "2017-08-09T01:46:36Z")
“My rooster is the loudest in the county!” Tom crowed. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2993 "2017-08-09T06:06:21Z")
“I enjoy rolling bugs onto their backs,” said Tom, flippantly. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2994 "2017-08-09T13:49:11Z")
“I’ll tell you where to shove this stick” yelled Tom, asininely ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2995 "2017-08-09T16:22:11Z")
“You like the lead singer of the Family Stone, do you?” Tom asked slyly. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2996 "2017-08-09T17:44:57Z")
“I prefer Mario’s nemesis,” Tom said warily. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2997 "2017-08-09T17:59:43Z")
“Leave me be. I came back here to get away from you crazies up front,” Tom said sternly. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2998 "2017-08-09T18:44:25Z")
“My blimp is losing altitude fast,” Tom said deflatedly. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/2999 "2017-08-09T19:15:25Z")
“Why is that prisoner going down the stairs?” Tom asked, condescendingly. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3000 "2017-08-09T22:58:05Z")
“I completely approve of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny,” Tom said expansively. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3001 "2017-08-16T19:00:53Z")
No, students, this is _not_ an open-book exam," Tom said testily. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3002 "2017-08-16T19:07:17Z")
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