Fun_People Archive
13 Oct
Just a taste of Tom Swifty and his relatives...

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 96 11:54:26 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Just a taste of Tom Swifty and his relatives...

In going through my old, overstuffed in-box I came across a few messages in  
response to a Fun_Item called "The Tom Swifty Thang" - 2 Nov 94
    <http://www.empire.net/~psl/Fun_People/1994/1994AZN.html>
(NOTE: The Fun_People archive moved in September 1998 to:
	<http://www.langston.com/Fun_People/>)
So I've grouped them together here...
- psl
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From: <Robert.Reynolds@Reed.EDU> (Robert Reynolds)

Bob suggests that:
	"I like Gregorian chants," Tom intoned.
isn't really a Tom Swifty, (which he claims should be of the form "Tom said
adverbally"), but is a Tom Smoothie (with the form "Tom Verbed").  Then he
also defines the "Tom Totally" (with the form "Tom verbed adverbally") as
in:
	"I'll build the casket next week," Tom opined woodenly.
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Someone else wrote and said:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Here's one my girlfriend told me in highschool, but I've never had the
> nerve to tell out loud. Maybe you can add it to your next collection (but
> don't give me credit)
>
> "A truck just ran over my penis" said Tom, half-cocked.
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This message expresses my reaction to the flood of swifties...

> Forwarded-by: <bellcore!aol.com!CircleFish>
> Subject: Re: The Tom Swifty Thang
>
> "Help!  I'm suffocating under all these Swifties," Tom said breathlessly.
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And finally, the perfect explication of the whole phenomenon...

> From: LISSY@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Abraham, Lisanne)
>
> hi peter:
>
> this is not really a tom swifty, but i like it anyway:
>
> "Shut up!" he explained.

© 1996 Peter Langston