Tom Swifties – Now I really am addicted – I can't stop thinking about 'em! (as evidenced below)
Emmett – You just raised the "clever" level on that one!
Here are my latest attempts:
• "I banged my elbow and now my arm feels funny," she said humorously.
• "In the White Glove inspection, they'll give you a demerit for the tiniest thing," Tom warned perspectively.
• "This poet could describe the cosmos in a single stanza," said Tom universally.
• "The mother of Jesus is laughing," said John merrily.
• "We got no weights to tie on these useless ropes to keep this lousy boat from drifting," the sailor muttered cantankerously.
• "Give me a few of those, please," requested Tom handsomely.
• "It's a poem my cigarette lighter can identify with," he explained iambically.
• "Here we are, a-planting corn in a labyrinth again," said the farmer amazingly.
• "I'm opposed to using that sans serif font," she declared adversarially.
• "Don't make any noise on the bridge over the river," Tom advised quietly.
• "He's just like any other member of the lower house of Parliament," she said commonly.
• "This case is not about opinions or feelings," the attorney stated matter-of-factly.
• "Due to the nature of the cover-up we checked the background of everyone who put money into that company," the agent stated investigatively.
• "It rained every minute of the campout, so we couldn't go out," he said intensely.
• "I can do anything right-handed," she boasted adroitly.
• "That little shelter sure is a sorry sight," he drawled potently.
• "It is important for our experiment that both male and female models be correct to the smallest detail," asserted the nuclear radiation therapist anatomically.
• "A young lady, sitting erect on a stool, quite prim and proper, was playing the piano," he described uprightly.
• "In this country, the idea of everyone driving an automobile has become a reality," he said incarnationally.
• "The usual method is to can the cucumbers in brine," she explained typically.
• "Paul for President," the web site proclaimed electronically.
• "This microphone crackles and pops," Tony snapped.
…* (I still have a Rice Krispies box with a mail-in offer for a plastic microphone with the three characters.)
Adverb-free:
• "We find the defendant guilty," announced the jury foreman with conviction.
• "I can name all fifty capitals," Sam stated. ("Wisconsin? Oh, that's easy – W.")
• "Reporters want the meeting to be open to the public," the media disclosed.
• "He pushed her off the tenth floor," the lawyer alleged.
• "She said something about not wanting anything to do with males," he mentioned.
• "Warning your child three times will not be enough," the doctor foretold.
• "Using the good china? Don't tell me – Sydney Poitier is coming to dinner," Tracy guessed.
• "I can confirm he was right here, taking an exam," the teacher attested.
• "My guess is it's something related to evergreen trees," he opined.
• "All citizens must hold fast to this statement of faith," the emperor decreed.
• "Please, please stop crying. I'll give you some candy," the babysitter entreated.
• "Did you ride your horse today? Did you brush his coat? Did you feed him? " she nagged.
• His kids kept hounding him: "Can we get a dog? Can we? Pleeeeez?"
• "That will be $2 for the driver, plus 50 cents for each passenger," Tom told them.
And here's a tribute to the hosts:
• "During our podcast, I might go to a dictionary, then to a thesaurus, or Grant may go to a lexicon," Martha said, waywardly.