(General talk about) jokes and humour

[Albertosaurus Rex]

...I don't get the one about Thymara.

I did recently compose a "Tom Swifty" about Robin Hobb. A Tom Swifty is a quote, always attributed to Tom, in which the verb or adverb plays into the quote. Some examples:

* "Who left the toilet seat down?" Tom asked peevishly.
* "Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily.
* "That's the last time I'll stick my arm in a lion's mouth," the lion-tamer said off-handedly.
* "Can I go looking for the Grail again?" Tom requested.
* "I unclogged the drain with a vacuum cleaner," said Tom succinctly.
* "I might as well be dead," Tom croaked.
* "We just struck oil!" Tom gushed.
* "They had to amputate them both at the ankles," said Tom defeatedly.
* "Who discovered radium?" asked Marie curiously.
* "The Battle of the Nile? A lot of fun!" said Lord Nelson disarmingly.
* "Hurry up and get to the back of the ship," Tom said sternly.
* "Would you like to ride in my new ambulance?" asked Tom hospitably.
* "Who put the moss in the bog again?" asked Tom repeatedly.
* "A word that contains all six vowels? And I suppose you want those vowels to appear in alphabetical order?" asked Tom facetiously.
* “Charlatan! Pretender! Mountebank! Quack! Rogue!” said Tom euphoniously.
* "I'm not going to evangelize the rest of the neighborhood," concluded Tom distractedly.
* "The robber is coming down the stairs," said Tom condescendingly.
* "Nnnn", Tom murmured forensically.
* "I think I'm a homosexual," said Tom half in earnest.
* "I am the bone lord," Tom proclaimed skulkingly.
* "I know who turned out the lights," Tom hinted darkly.
* "I dropped my toothpaste," said Tom crestfallenly.
* "Only one of my speakers works!" said Tom monotonously.
* "I have a split personality," said Tom, being frank.
* "It's great to be camping," said Tom with intent.
* "Baa," said Tom sheepishly.
* "It's obvious I've lost my job," said Tom redundantly.
* "I can't wait to get off this boat" said Tom assuredly.
* "Let's take this song in cut time," said Tom intuitively.
* "I don't like nun's clothing," said Tom habitually.
* "Don't you fire that gun at me," Tom shot back.
* "The Flying Trout has come to save the day!" said Tom superficially.

(source)

Now here it comes...

"I can communicate with animals!" Tom said wittily.

Isn't that clever?