# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/681 "2013-08-07T10:56:04Z")
“Some of these have been done earlier in the thread”, said Tom derivatively. ---
**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 7, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/682 "2013-08-07T13:57:01Z")
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Man of Steel act so goofy before,” Tom said superciliously. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/683 "2013-08-07T14:04:04Z")
“Why is Clark Kent in the altogether?” asked Tom supernaturally. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/684 "2013-08-07T15:29:24Z")
“Never mind that, check out Sue Storm,” Tom marvelled. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/685 "2013-08-07T15:31:24Z")
“I never could figure out what Reed sees in her,” said Tom, storming. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/686 "2013-08-07T16:53:49Z")
“Selena Kyle’s only superpower is ignoring how stupid she looks in that costume,” said Tom cattily. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/687 "2013-08-07T16:58:28Z")
“I love movies with \*either \*Lassie or Rin-Tin-Tin”, Tom said doggedly. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/688 "2013-08-07T16:59:31Z")
“Yeccchh, I stepped in some _more_!”, Tom bullshitted. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/689 "2013-08-07T17:04:50Z")
“I’d rather watch a Francis movie,” said Tom mulishly. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/690 "2013-08-07T17:11:36Z")
“How did a jackass ever get at my prize mare?” Tom mewled. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/691 "2013-08-07T17:22:44Z")
“Here, let me repeat the menu from that grand banquet”, Tom regurgitated. ---
**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 7, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/692 "2013-08-07T17:24:33Z")
“I’ll bet she doesn’t know what ‘vulpine’ means,” Tom said foxily. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/693 "2013-08-07T17:27:23Z")
“And now I’ll sketch a little drawing on the mat,” remarqued Picasso. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/694 "2013-08-07T17:30:19Z")
“It’s time to cut fuel from the bog again,” Tom repeated. ---
**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 7, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/695 "2013-08-07T20:42:56Z")
“This is really a day to hurple” said Tom, freezingly. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/696 "2013-08-07T21:17:19Z")
“I want to see Moby Dick” wailed Tom ---
**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, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/697 "2013-08-08T01:03:28Z")
“You’ll need a pair of dueling pistols,” Tom said bracingly. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/698 "2013-08-08T02:50:28Z")
“What clown keeps giving me these stupid lines to say?” said Tom, askance. ---
**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, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/699 "2013-08-08T15:04:59Z")
“I think mentally-ill criminals should be executed, not hospitalized,” Tom said noncommittally. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-swifties/663095/700 "2013-08-08T15:44:46Z")
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