Tom Swifties!

“That’s enough catching up on the columns! I’m going to see if there are any cool posted messages here,” said Tom, bored.

“I’m going to drill some holes in this piece of wood like I usually do” said Tom, boring as always.

“I had a very, very long conversation with the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia last night; dunno why he kept looking at his pocket watch,” Tom said boringly.

“Did I ever tell you about the time I fought alongside the British against the Transvaal?” asked Tom boeringly.

“Let’s see. Was I at any gay club during any riot. I don’t remember” said Tom, stonewalling.

“I’ve always enjoyed the company of little men who ride horses,” Tom said jocularly.

“Great, another Groban album is out!” Tom joshed.

“Our stolen priceless paintings are still missing”, said the curator of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, artlessly.

“I want to help your company have a consistent appearance in all its printed materials, Mr. Luthor,” said Tom lexicographically.

“*Auf wiedersehen!” *said Heidi to another losing contestant on “Project Runway”, Klumsily.

“I mean, as one human being to another, we need to help each other get by,” said Phil anthropically.

“The orchestra’s tuning, so the concert must be about to start”, said Phil harmonically.

“It’s unbelievable, you cannot tell my painting is of an elephant chasing a prehistoric hunter!” muttered Tom, abstractly.

“I’ve just taken up stamp collecting as a hobby,” said Phil lately.

“I’m going to very quiet and tactful when I explain to this young math student the difference between continuous and discrete.”, said Prof. P., discreetly.

“I’ll help these prisoners down the stairs” said Tom condescendingly.

“Kali Ma! Kali Ma,” Tom heartwrenchingly chanted.

“I just want to wash my hands and put on sterile clothes and a mask now,” Tom said clinically.

“The Merriam-Webster dictionary is THE final authority on the meanings of words”, said Tom, definitively.

“Braaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiinnsssss!” groaned Tom cerebrally.