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April 18, 2010, 05:13
CaterwaullerTom 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
arnieThere'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
CaterwaullerAh 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
KallehThey'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
GeoffI 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
KallehOh, you are bad, Proof!

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
Geoffquote:
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.