Facebook Tom Swifty Contest Finalists

the "'I think I'm gay' He said half in earnest" is on the wiki page of "Tom Swiftly"

@imanalchemist - yes, and the author of the original on Wiki is the same as the author on the neato FB page

"Someone stole my wheels" he said tirelessly.

"I'd like a hot dog" tom said frankly.

"I sure do love to masturbate!" tom ejaculated.

"Those UAV's are amazing" tom droned.

"my ass sure hurts!" tom said cheekily.

Was this an "create an original" Tom Swifty contest or just a "paste one in" Tom Swifty contest? Because I saw that "crestfallen" (which is the best) one when I was in, like, 5th grade.

Cool, I made the top ten! I did the "bellowed" one. Actually thought my other one was funnier:
"Thank goodness I'm back in the US, I was sick of using that English money" he expounded.

@ david, well if they're that good can't they think up a new one?
(feels like cheating to me, esp. since your site LINKS to that page)

I tried to explain what a Tom Swifty is to one of my 12-year-olds. In the few examples I could use with a kid, she was unfamiliar with at least one term. I had to explain what a bellows is, who BP is, what husks and naysayers are, what listless means... and finally:

"Someone stole my wheels" he said tirelessly.

And she laughed!

@Miss Cellania

while im glad to have helped... i think your kid might be flubbing on her vocab assignments...

anyways, came up with a handful more last night

'what is this small lake' he pondered.

'i had no choice but to eject from the aircraft' he explained

'i'm getting taller every day' he groaned

'who is the ruler of the sphincter!?' tom was asking.

'i erased every word i had written' tom described.

'i wonder if i ought to use a lure instead' he debated.

'i no longer care who wins the game' he decided

(the de-words are kind of a cop out, though)

The gay one is not even good. Gay jokes are too "grade 4"-level.

They've closed my embassy, said Tom, disconsolately.

"I hate living in Haiti," Tom said in a depressed state.