# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/21 "2013-07-10T12:13:54Z")
“Oh, I never cheat at poker,” said Tom winsomely. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/22 "2013-07-10T12:43:18Z")
“Beware the hayfield,” said Tom, balefully. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/23 "2013-07-10T13:02:06Z")
“I’m going to have the biggest, gaudiest holiday display this town has ever seen,” said Tom meretriciously. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/24 "2013-07-10T13:07:10Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > “Rounding up cattle with an airplane is really scary,” whispered Tom, terrified of being overheard. ::Like:: ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/25 "2013-07-10T13:10:37Z")
“Don’t make me get all stabby,” said Tom pointedly. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/26 "2013-07-10T13:15:09Z")
“Touché,” said Tom, with a pronounced French accent. (PS **White SIFL** , I was going for the most contrived one possible, there 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/27 "2013-07-10T13:26:05Z")
And what the hell, I’ll go for a double - this doesn’t count as two per post, right? 😉 “The singers’ mics are all at different levels,” said Tom unequivocally. “And the drum sound needs more echo,” he added, ignoring the repercussions. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/28 "2013-07-10T14:06:17Z")
**Amateur Barbarian, Mister Rik** - just one per post, as the OP rules state, if you please. **Colophon** , c’mon, that was two different sentences. “Tyrion is my favorite _Game of Thrones_ character,” Tom said impishly. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/29 "2013-07-10T14:09:07Z")
“I don’t think I understand one episode out of that entire series,” Tom said Lostly. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/30 "2013-07-10T14:49:39Z")
“I really hate the early films of Audrey Hepburn,” Tom said disingenuously. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/31 "2013-07-10T14:57:23Z")
“Another Al Pacino movie marathon?”, Tom asked overdramatically ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/32 "2013-07-10T15:03:15Z")
“As a child I was babysat by Korea’s biggest pop star!” said Tom psychotically. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/33 "2013-07-10T15:05:32Z")
“We’re having… triplets”, Tom’s wife said with a pregnant pause. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/34 "2013-07-10T15:06:33Z")
“I wish I had other choices than Windows, DOS and LINUX,” Tom said morosely. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/35 "2013-07-10T15:18:31Z")
“I love this yellow vegetable!” said Tom, cornily. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/36 "2013-07-10T15:21:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “I wish I had other choices than Windows, DOS and LINUX,” Tom said morosely. 🙂 “_Et voilà_,” said Tom gravely. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/37 "2013-07-10T15:30:29Z")
“Put the bunny back in the box!” Tom said cagily. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/38 "2013-07-10T15:43:10Z")
“The inside of this chimney is covered in soot!”, said Tom, sweepingly. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/39 "2013-07-10T15:50:26Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > “The inside of this chimney is covered in soot!”, said Tom, sweepingly. “You could have warned me about that first,” Tom Jr. said darkly. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/40 "2013-07-10T15:54:42Z")
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