# 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:** 154
**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:** [September 27, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3063 "2017-09-27T18:21:00Z")
“I’ll have eight lumps of sugar in my coffee, please,” Tom said sweetly. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3064 "2017-09-29T18:32:19Z")
“I’m not sure if I should make this page’s background red or blue, or maybe go for purple,” Tom dithered. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3065 "2017-09-29T18:58:08Z")
“I’m going to meet Charles at the Chicago train station,” Tom chuckled. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3066 "2017-10-03T18:37:58Z")
“I have a feeling your lawsuit’s not going anywhere,” Tom said dismissively. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3067 "2017-10-03T18:50:49Z")
“I love how these spinner things work,” Tom fidgeted ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3068 "2017-10-03T18:54:20Z")
“Get back in that jail cell, you!,” Tom said deliberately. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3069 "2017-10-05T15:27:49Z")
“I hate harness racing,” Tom said sulkily. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3070 "2017-10-05T17:59:05Z")
“I would walk 1000 miles,” Tom proclaimed. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3071 "2017-10-05T19:10:52Z")
“And I’m free, free falli–urk!” Tom croaked. [too soon?] ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3072 "2017-10-06T14:34:30Z")
“I just love the Straight Dope Message Boards Thread Games” said Tom, swiftly. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3073 "2017-10-06T15:32:20Z")
“Please don’t drop a stone into that lake,” Tom said placidly. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3074 "2017-10-06T16:43:19Z")
“Well, it’s about time Bob Dylan got a prize for his poetry,” said Tom, nobly. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3075 "2017-10-06T16:59:13Z")
“Don’t talk to me about any damn Hogwarts ghost,” Tom said peevishly. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3076 "2017-10-06T18:26:18Z")
“It’s the big one, Elizabeth,” Tom croaked. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3077 "2017-10-07T05:17:04Z")
“How about some Chef Boyardee ravioli?” Tom asked cannily. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3078 "2017-10-07T12:46:01Z")
“I am not fat,” Tom said huskily ---
**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:** [October 7, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3079 "2017-10-07T17:00:54Z")
“Blow some air on the fire to make it hotter,” Tom bellowed. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3080 "2017-10-08T03:29:09Z")
“Allow me,” Tom huffed. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3081 "2017-11-21T22:20:45Z")
“There you go, that flared 'er right up,” Tom said brightly. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/3082 "2017-11-22T01:19:55Z")
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