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- "I might as well be dead," Tom croaked.
- "Who discovered radium?" asked Marie, curiously.
- "I've lost the rights to that gold mine," Tom exclaimed.
- "I unclogged the drain with a vacuum cleaner," Tom said succinctly.
- "They had to amputate them both at the ankles," Tom said defeatedly.
- Or similarly: "We have to amputate," Tom said disarmingly.
- "Word to the wise: don't pet the lions," Tom said offhandedly.
- "Why is it so dark in here?" Tom said delightedly.
- "Mush!" Tom said huskily.
- "I'm coming!" Tom ejaculated.
- "Me, drown in Egypt? It'll never happen!" exclaimed Tom, deep in denial.
- "I owe you £20," said Tom, with a score to settle.
- "I have to alert the town!" Tom cried.
- "I've dropped my toothpaste," said Tom, Crest-fallen.
- "We're out of toothpaste," said Tom, Aim-lessly.
- "I never sharpen pencils," Tom said pointlessly.
- "There's no air in your tires," Tom said flatly.
- "I tore up all my Valentines", said Tom halfheartedly.
- "Now where did I leave the deed to that land?" Tom muttered distractedly.
- "That river is full of nuclear waste!" Tom said glowingly.
- "Did anyone see where I left my pants?" Tom asked embarrassedly.
- "Did you walk right up to the victim and shoot him?" Tom asked, point-blank.
- "I sure did!" the suspect shot back.
- "I'm trapped in a penny!" Tom said, incensed.
- "Oh no, I've become an undead monster!" said Tom, aghast.
- "I'm trying to read Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle", Tom said doggedly.
- "Okay, okay; just one more autograph," Tom said resignedly.
- "Take the prisoner downstairs with you," Tom said condescendingly.
- "I manufacture table tops," said Tom counterproductively.
- "My knee keeps twitching," Tom said reflexively.
- "It's the outside of a tree!" Tom barked.
- "That looks like it came from the chemistry lab," Tom retorted.
- "Terpsichore, Erato, Calliope..." Tom mused.
- "Get into the back of the boat," Tom said sternly.
- "A triangle has three, a square has four, a pentagon has five," Tom sighed.
- "You could plant box, or cypress, or maybe holly," Tom hedged.
- "Nnnn," Tom said forensically.note Four-"n"s-ically. Geddit?
- "I make sure to have a diet rich in iron," Tom said ferociously.
- "I just ate a bunch of lions," said Tom, full of pride.
- "The Red Sox didn't need the Babe", said Tom, ruthlessly.
- "This wine's far too dry", Tom said bitterly.
- "Stop playing with that Freeze Ray", Tom said frostily.
- "Do I look like a mouse to you?", Tom squeaked.
- "We've taken over the government!", Tom cooed.
- "I just inhaled my fishing lure!", said Tom with bated breath.
- "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," said Tom rhetorically note Gone with the Wind.
- "No, I won't play Tic-Tac-Toe with you," said Tom crossly.
- "Stop needling me," said Tom pointedly.
- "Fearless and Red are among my favorite albums," said Tom Swiftly.
- "That's the dog star," said Tom seriously.
- "Pass me a joint," said Tom bluntly.
- "I can't find the French legation," Tom said disconsolately.
- "The harbor markers are burning!" Tom yelled flamboyantly.
- "You got a nice butt, lady," Tom said cheekily.
- "The mosquitos won't get us in here," Tom said intently.
- "That martial artist looks a bit glum," Tom said sadly.
- "What a wonderful side street!", Tom said finally.
- "I think we should give the robot a masculine or feminine personality.", Tom engendered.
- "My lamp just went out!" Tom glowered.
- "Maybe we could try playing dice" Tom hazarded.
- "Get into this sack of potatoes, Richard", Tom dictated.
- "Keep the furnace going!", Tom bellowed.
- "Time to get moving!", Tom said ecstatically.
- "I'm feeling a bit devilish." Tom said impishly.
- "I'm going to go play the organ," Tom piped up.
- "Let's go explore tombs!" Tom said cryptically.
- "I need to replace my mower", said Tom forlornly.
- "My favourite music show's on!" cried Tom with abandon.
- "I'm the plumber," he said with a flush.
- "I can't believe I tore another pillow!", Tom said, feeling down.
- "I didn't do my math homework," said Tom, nonplussed.
- "Talking through this sieve makes me sound weird," Tom strained to say.
- "I need to revive the cookware", Tom said, deadpan.
- "I got the bomb to countdown again", Tom refused to say.
- "Glad I didn't get another text message requesting my credit card info today", Tom said, without context.
- "I don't know where I put my list of arguments against", Tom said, missing context.
- "I think Lee acted alone", Tom said, feeling justly attacked.
- "Leave them to germinate", Tom proceeded.
- "Well, I thought it was kind of nice being a girl for a while", Tom said dismissively.
- "The cooking implements were haunted," Tom wrote in cursive.