Tom Swifties

• "I did a theatrical performance about puns. Really it was just a play on words."
• "I'll have a martini," said Tom, drily(dryly).
• "Who left the toilet seat down?" Tom asked peevishly.
• "Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily.
• "That's the last time I'll stick my arm in a lion's mouth," the lion-tamer said off-handedly.
• "Can I go looking for the Grail again?" Tom requested.
• "I unclogged the drain with a vacuum cleaner," said Tom succinctly.
• "I might as well be dead," Tom croaked.
• "We just struck oil!" Tom gushed.
• "It's freezing," Tom muttered icily.
• "They had to amputate them both at the ankles," said Tom defeatedly.
• "Who discovered radium?" asked Marie curiously.
• "The Battle of the Nile? A lot of fun!" said Lord Nelson disarmingly.
• "Hurry up and get to the back of the ship," Tom said sternly.
• "Is there a number between seven and nine?" Tom asked considerately.
• "We could have made a fortune canning pineapples" Tom groaned dolefully