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Punning around with Tom Swifties

Tom Swifties are puns that turn adverbs into punchlines.

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After more than three weeks with no active Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health today reported on[…]

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Some years ago, acclaimed author and former journalist Jim Crace published, with tongue firmly in cheek, a couple of pieces[…]

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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard[…]

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The lights are on, but no one’s home. If his brain was dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow his[…]

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“Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will[…]

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Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, but for eight months – at least in terms[…]

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I don’t know why, but I just can’t seem to get any writing done today.

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Have I missed a bum-wiping revolution? I’m a regular 3-ply guy and have never given the article involved much thought,[…]

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What were you doing 10 years ago? Google knows!

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