tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30676950.post7381881212774697124..comments2022-03-26T04:19:59.284-04:00Comments on Dragon Writing Prompts: Tom SwiftiesJoyce Fetterollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08252923258044428701noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30676950.post-1454126533884187542007-04-11T12:28:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:28:00.000-04:00This was actually much easier than I expected it t...This was actually much easier than I expected it to be!<BR/><BR/>“That’s the right note,” said Tom attuned.<BR/>“Let me help with the fire,” Tom bellowed.<BR/>“It’s definitely a plant,” said Tom categorically.<BR/>“Let me fix the eggs,” said Tom devilishly.<BR/>“You’re too chicken to make omelets,” Tom egged.<BR/>“Where are the Chinese cookies?” Tom fortunately remembered to ask.<BR/>“… and with lunch I had a lot of beans before going onto the cheesy dessert …” Tom gassed.<BR/>“It’s down yonder in the valley,” Tom hollered.<BR/>“Put my twin with Mom and Dad,” Tom insisted.<BR/>“I was always good at sports,” Tom said jocularly.<BR/>“I’m the one that put the baby goat in your car,” Tom kidded.<BR/>“And the baby sheep, too,” Tom lamented.<BR/>“I only hang out with women,” Tom mentioned.<BR/>“It is a small two-winged fly similar to a mosquito that includes both biting and nonbiting varieties and typically form large swarms,” Tom nattered.<BR/>“I think firs are superior to oaks for shade,” opined Tom.<BR/>“I sorely miss those old fir trees,” Tom pined.<BR/>“I need some Nestle’s chocolate milk!” said Tom quickly.<BR/>“I got my chest waxed. Want to see?” Tom asked ribaldly.<BR/>“I thought I saw a weed covered rock,” Tom said stonily.<BR/>“All I have is a Loc CD,” Tom said tonelessly.<BR/>“I’m sorry you fell down here beneath the bleachers,” Tom said understandingly.<BR/>“I will whack you over the head with this borrowed bass-like instrument!” Tom said violently.<BR/>“I’m confident the judge will agree to let the police search this place!” Tom warranted.<BR/>“I want sweet potatoes! I want sweet potatoes!” Tom yammered.<BR/>“His parents originally named him Pearl Grey!” Tom said zanily.<BR/>And a bit of the run down of the process of creating Tom Swifties that I posted:<BR/><BR/>It really was easy! Going through the alphabet for the said part helped since it limits the words available. And then you just play around with it, break it up, look for puns:<BR/><BR/>Ministered — mini stirred<BR/><BR/>“Let me mix that drink a little for you,” Tom ministered. :-)<BR/><BR/>mused .. Muses<BR/><BR/>“Who is best Calliope, Clio, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania …?” Tom mused.<BR/><BR/>noted — “No, Ted” but that’s not something noted, it’s a command. Maybe:<BR/><BR/>“She told you not to do that, Theodore,” Tom noted.<BR/><BR/>Bit of a stretch!<BR/><BR/>Ordered — hors doeuvred? Might be something there …<BR/><BR/>“Give me the canapes,” Tom ordered.<BR/><BR/>Maybe. Maybe not.<BR/><BR/>pleaded — pleated, he could plead for pleats but what’s another word for pleats? But to be really clever he should be the one pleating …<BR/><BR/>“I’ve been folding for ever and ever. Can I stop now?” Tom pleaded.<BR/><BR/>horned in — so something to do with pushing in with information about a trumpet<BR/><BR/>“My trumpet’s better than yours,” Tom horned in. :-)<BR/><BR/>barked — like a barker rather than a dog? Or maybe a barker hawking a dog. But barkers tend to use lots of words rather than short like a bark …<BR/><BR/>“Come! Dog-boy! Inside!” Tom barked at the carnival sideshow. :-)<BR/><BR/>paused — paws-ed, I want to do something with that … but how can you pause as you paw or have paws on you?<BR/><BR/>And going to the list of “said” words we generated<BR/><BR/>added — too easy!<BR/><BR/>“And don’t forget that eleven plus two equals twelve plus one,” Tom added.<BR/><BR/>(it even includes an anagram!)<BR/><BR/>announced — a noun?<BR/><BR/>“Refrigerator is not a verb,” Tom announced.<BR/><BR/>Needs work. Must be a clever noun to put in there.<BR/><BR/>declared — de-Claired … any famous Clairs? Clare de lune? No, Google says either Claire de lune or Clair de lune. Both seem as frequent. Oh, what if he translates the title into English and gets the “clair” (or claire) out:<BR/><BR/>“From now on I will call Debussy’s work ‘Moonlight,’” Tom declared.<BR/><BR/>I like it, but how many people will get it? Better question is would *I* get it if someone else had written it? ;-) So maybe:<BR/><BR/>“From now on I will call Debussy’s work ‘de lune,’” Tom declared.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I think so! :-) since the other was also de-luned and de-deed. At least it’s not quite so obscure.<BR/><BR/>deferred — de-furred, deferred means to submit humbly to …<BR/><BR/>“My naked cat is not as good as yours,” Tom deferred, or maybe “My shaven cat is not as good as yours,” Tom deferred since it gets more at the idea he did the defurring.<BR/><BR/>cautioned — caw shunned, like the “mentioned” one ;-)<BR/><BR/>“Avoid loud (noisy?) crows,” Tom cautioned.<BR/><BR/>digressed — sounds like there should be something there … but nothing coming to mind.<BR/><BR/>demanded — de-manned<BR/><BR/>“All males off the boat, now!” Tom demanded.<BR/><BR/>effused …<BR/><BR/>“I just adore the ones between the D-fuses and the F-fuses,” Tom effused.<BR/><BR/>Uh, no, I think I better stop now! ;-)<BR/><BR/>“But, wait, there’s more,” Ron cooed. (Is Ronco still around?)<BR/><BR/>No, no, better:<BR/><BR/>“You would do well to avoid noisy crows like me,” Tom cautioned.<BR/><BR/>No, wait, Tom’s not a noisy crow! ;-) or he’d have to shun himself …<BR/><BR/>“You would do well to avoid noisy crows like I do,” Tom cautioned,<BR/><BR/>since it gets in the idea there’s already “caw shunning” going on.Joyce Fetterollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252923258044428701noreply@blogger.com