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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #50 on: 11 Jul 2015, 12:19 »
"They don't make cars or carnauba based sealant like they used to.", Tom waxed nostalgically.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #51 on: 11 Jul 2015, 21:03 »
Quote from: Barmymoo on 11 Aug 2013, 16:45
"What on earth is going on in this thread?" queried May, confusedly.  :?

Are Swifties strictly a US thing?
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #52 on: 13 Jul 2015, 20:59 »
Pretty much, yeah.
It's also generational since Tom Swift as a literary character is almost forgotten now in the U.S., almost nobody under the age of 50 knows of him.


The only reason I know of him is because I read the entire Young Adult section in a very outdated small town library when I was a kid, they had (almost) the entire Tom Swift Jr. series, which I ate up like popcorn.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #53 on: 17 Nov 2015, 12:01 »
"Carrie Nation visited my saloon", said Tom, dispirited.
EDIT: "I have to concentrate hard to make a camping trip work", said Tom intently.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #54 on: 27 Nov 2015, 16:50 »
"I have the right to defend myself!", Tom shot back. <-- I'm not sure if this one fits the rules.

"I will make the incision here.", Tom said cuttingly.

"There is no moon tonight.", said Tom darkly.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #55 on: 28 Nov 2015, 10:48 »
"Be careful, that thing is sharp!" said Tom pointedly
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #56 on: 06 Dec 2015, 20:56 »
Quote from: Akima on 27 Nov 2015, 16:50
"I have the right to defend myself!", Tom shot back. <-- I'm not sure if this one fits the rules.

Impressively. 
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #57 on: 06 Mar 2016, 18:49 »
"This amputation will go smoothly", said Tom disarmingly.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #58 on: 06 Mar 2016, 21:01 »
"I've shaved my head," Tom stated baldly.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #59 on: 07 Mar 2016, 06:48 »
"I've got a Mustang now!" He said with a gallop in his step.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #60 on: 07 Mar 2016, 07:54 »
"I've just been run over" Tom said flatly.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #61 on: 07 Mar 2016, 23:40 »
"Build a bridge and get over it," Tom advised archly.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #62 on: 09 Mar 2016, 09:22 »
"I think ED has weakened my sense of humor," ejaculated old Tom, seminally. "It gets limper by the year."
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #63 on: 01 Jan 2018, 17:11 »
"You call this a musical?" asked Les, miserably.

My wife just sent me a bunch of these.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #64 on: 02 Jan 2018, 13:58 »
"Chewing tobacco is disgusting," Tom spat.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #65 on: 03 Jan 2018, 04:58 »
"It feels like she just tore it out of my chest" said Tom, disheartened.

"These are my new breeding hens" said Tom, cockily.  (Yes - I steered away from the obvious, here!)  :)

"But I want MORE ferment grape!" Tom whined.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #66 on: 23 Jan 2018, 18:18 »
"The flood washed away my bobsled track", said Tom, deluged.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #67 on: 31 Jan 2018, 00:59 »
Bonus points for the pun, but that's a slippery slope...
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #68 on: 31 Jan 2018, 02:24 »
"E...ever...y..b..bone... in...m...my...bo...dy...sh...sh...shattered..." said Tom, disjointedly.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #69 on: 01 Feb 2018, 00:20 »
"Those geese are really noisy," Tom cackled.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #70 on: 16 May 2018, 05:25 »
"This place... hasn't seen an update... for over a fortnight," Tom too-weakly observed.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #71 on: 26 May 2018, 08:45 »
"Every time I visit Paris I jump off a bridge!", said Tom, inSeine.
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« Reply #72 on: 31 May 2018, 06:47 »
"I didn't know that La Paz was in its own country", said Tom, obliviously.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #73 on: 04 Jul 2018, 12:13 »
"I don't know if these plants are poison ivy but I will run through them anyway!", said Tom, rashly.

"I'm so glad those metal bars kept me from falling into the storm drain", said Tom, gratefully.
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« Reply #74 on: 14 Jul 2018, 20:11 »
"That's a beautiful tap," Tom gushed.
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Re: Random Swifties
« Reply #75 on: 28 Jul 2018, 10:51 »
"That's a big opening," Tom yawned.
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