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April 18, 2010, 05:13
Caterwauller
Tom Swifties
Last week was National Library Week, and one of my favorite online comics celebrated by re-running this strip with library-related Tom Swifties. Can you think of others?


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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
April 18, 2010, 07:38
arnie
There's a long thread already running in Wordplay.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
April 18, 2010, 20:46
Caterwauller
Ah yes, of course, Arnie - thanks!


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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
April 18, 2010, 20:51
Kalleh
They're so fun, though, aren't they?
September 08, 2012, 05:40
<Proofreader>
"Here, let me put your arm back on," Tom rejoined.
September 08, 2012, 06:31
Geoff
"This book has fallen apart," Caterwauller said spinelessly.


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
September 08, 2012, 06:43
Geoff
I just learned that a Norwegian writer developed the international book cataloging system: Henrik Isbn. He lived in a Doll's House with a compulsive eater named Hedda Gobbler. Her brother with urinary problems, Pee-er Gynt, was An Enemy of The People for having goosed The Wild Duck.


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
September 08, 2012, 07:06
Geoff
"There's a linguist among us!" Tom said Goofyly.


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
September 08, 2012, 11:14
bethree5
"Oo ay Eiffel Tower?" Tom asked gauchely.
"This way sir," the gendarme pointed adroitly.
September 08, 2012, 11:58
<Proofreader>
"Yes, I am left-handed," said Tom, sinisterly.
September 08, 2012, 13:06
Geoff
"Where is the list of goods I shipped," Tom said manifestly.

"Where's the nearest Hobby Lobby," Thomasina said craftily.

"I'll show you exactly what porn I'm talking about, " the senator said explicitly.


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
September 08, 2012, 13:56
<Proofreader>
"I had sex with those twins," said Tom, intuitively.
September 09, 2012, 21:52
Kalleh
Oh, you are bad, Proof! Wink
September 10, 2012, 12:54
<Proofreader>
"I know a doctor who can sew your hand back on," was Tom's rejoinder.

"Be careful at the hockey game," said Tom, puckishly.

"Sorry I hit your car with my hatchet," said Tom, accidentally.
September 10, 2012, 15:13
Geoff
quote:
Originally posted by Proofreader:


"Be careful at the hockey game," said Tom, puckishly.

Ford Motor Corporation now makes a car just for hockey players. http://www.google.com/imgres?i...0CCIQ9QEwAA&dur=3920


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
September 11, 2012, 20:47
Kalleh
"Have a heart," Tom said bleedingly!
September 11, 2012, 22:17
arnie
"I need cardiac surgery" said Tom, open heartedly.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
September 14, 2012, 05:57
Geoff
"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, don't wolf your food," Tom said doggedly.


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
September 14, 2012, 08:41
<Proofreader>
"My, what big teeth yu have, grandma,' said 7-year-old (soon to be 8) Red Riding Hood.

"How did my foot get up my butt?" asked Tom, contortedly.
September 22, 2012, 08:48
<Proofreader>
"help me sew this meat so we can cook it," Tom lambasted.