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Five Word Build-a-Story
Just like on the Brady Bunch, when CINDY was a TODDLER there was always TROUBLE. The Gang decided to stop at the ship's JC PENNY'S for some costume supplies and our boy Joe wandered off to find some TRAP SHOOTING gizmos to fend off the lechs from his Fems....well that or pirates....Scoobie
Chocolate torte
Bookstore
Cheetos
Morgana
They found "Scoobie" underwear and "Morgana" wigs. The "bookstore" was a wealth of information on how to disguise yourself so even your mother wouldn't know you. After all that investigation they went to the general store and got a "Chocolate torte" and a box of "Cheerios" to snack on while dolling themselves up. Grumpy
Collect
Haberdashery
Sorceress
Exhilarating
T as usual was GRUMPY, she wanted to be the SORCERESS, but no, shy Cam was awarded the EXHILARATING role and got to COLLECT her choice of garments from the HABERDASHERY. Dwarfs (dwarves? what's plural?)
Silence
Mistreat
Mule
Puppies
Our stubborn Fems are no match for a hurricane! "Where are my big strong gals? Be brave!" said Joe. "I'm a Miss Marple, not James Bond!" exclaimed April, hugging her kitty, in the closet with the other Fems and their cats. The Fems were so scared, nobody noticed this incredible statement except Joe, wondering if Miss Marple could put away six Mai Tai's. "If you stay here, this could be a cemetery. The ship's secretary or steward or whatever is passing out Mae Wests and wants everyone on top, but he thinks the hurricane will miss us to the north." he said calmly. "Really?" said April. "then this ex-corpse is gonna make up for some lost time. What do you say, Fems? Does that steward have friends? I'm thinking he might need a companion." T looked cross-eyed at April. "Is there a crew member we missed dating this week?" "Well, I don't mind seconds," purred April.Jello
Wobbling
Accessories
Slide
Split
WOBBLING like JELLO in her layered ACCESSORIES, April managed to perform a pretty good SLIDE to the right and then unceremoniously was tossed to the floor into a SPLIT thanks to a strong wave, to which the Fems and Glow Cats applauded mightily and urged her to put that in the show.Neosporin
Tuscany
Poutine
Mask
Timid
She put some "Neosporin" on her sore foot thanks to the unplanned gymnastics. "After this storm we need to go onstage and do some sort of act. We can each wear a "mask" if we are all too "timid", stated T."How about some "poutine" and then we can decide what to do. Do they have that at the "Tuscany" restaurant on the 4th deck?" asked Joe.Gnarly
Snap
Meatballs
Glue
Pommel Horse
"Poutine it is," Val said, "but I think we may have to go to Montreal. I've always wanted to go back there". Joe, GNARLY in his grey cashmere suit, ran ahead to check out the Tuscany restaurant. T, crankily stated, " I heard the MEATBALLS there taste like they were made of GLUE made from a POMMEL HORSE." "Well, I don't give a SNAP!" Val said, catching the nastiness. "Girls, girls, girls" April soothed. "We're all just a little tired of sea life."spa
enormous
island
port
diamonds
April sat in the spa lobby waiting for her turn. She idly wondered how to circumvent the rules on same sex masseuses because of the enormous shoulders of one of the male massage employees she saw walking through. She wondered if Val could be persuaded to loan her necklace of what looked like diamonds to her for the date she had with the steward after the show. She thought how the ship was like an island. She hoped going into port was a long ways off. There were 1,953 young male employees on board.Fracture
Fractal
Friends
Frequency
Friday
As April lusted after Val's necklace, she wondered what a FRACTURE of the FRACTAL would do amongst FRIENDS, as long as the FREQUENCY was very small and particularly on her lucky FRIDAY.Pony
Drinkie-poo
Slipper
Disaster
Nosebleed
Val, tired of the dog and PONY NOSEBLEED of a DISASTER that the stylist was making of her hair, started sobbing hysterically. Luckily, Joe staggered in and whispering in her ear, said " let's blow this joint before you're bald. C'mon I'll buy you a DRINKIE-POO at the Ruby SLIPPER lounge. It's so dark in there no one will notice your hair." (This gallant side of Joe was the reason Val was glad she was friends with Joe -- that and the booze. It wasn't until she was half finished her second Manhattan that she noticed her diamond necklace was missing.sleuth
espresso machine
zucchini
madman
case
Joe turned into a "madman" "sleuth" to help find the neckace. He looked in the "espresso machine", had a cup of cappuccino, cut open a "zucchini" in case it was in there and decided it was too much work and gave up the "case" of the missing diamonds. Motorized
Monkeybars
Molding
Moped
Moll
< whew. saw the word zucchini and just imagined what our gal april might do with the possibilities....lol! >Just then, the sleuthing duo made their way to the MOTORIZED MONKEYBARS via MOPED and decided they probably should check the MOLDING for the filched necklace. Didn't hurt the argument any that some campy thug MOLL was showing her underoos hanging upside down on the bars, too....
Buffet
Ice sculpture
Glow Monkeys
Matricide
Futon
By then it was time for the midnight BUFFET so Joe and Val walked into the cavernous dining room. Perched in the center table atop an ICE SCULPTURE of 6 GLOW MONKEYS performing MATRICIDE on a FUTON was the missing bauble. All the Fems, in various stages of dress and sobriety, were staring up at it. Well, all except April who was staring at the monstrous sculpture.trapeze
banana
cream cheese
parrot
impossible
Just then the show started, opening with a PARROT smothered in CREAM CHEESE and dressed like a BANANA swinging from a TRAPEZE overhead, causing our Fems to exclaim "IMPOSSIBLE! He stole our act!".Bean sprouts
Wonder Bread
Neon
Ipad
Texting
Plan B had to be enacted. Cam took out her "neon" "Ipad" but the WiFi was down. T started "texting" Joe telling him to get the wigs and Scooby underwear. Since he was a little tipsy and not all that interested he brought the Fems "Wonder Bread" and "Bean sprouts". Cucumber
Bikini
Milk Bones
Ridge
Batting Cage
The Fems practice time in the BATTING CAGE came in handy - they donned their black BIKINIs and stood on a ridge above the restaurant floor and launched MILK BONES at the parrot trying to knock it off the trapeze. Joe idly stood by munching a CUCUMBER he had confiscated from our gal April, fearful it might take someone's eye out.Skeptical
Skipping
Skippy
Scottish
Skeletons
April really felt out of sorts over choosing to read Tigana and finish it today instead of playing with a zucchini, but a cucumber can be interesting, too. Anyway, she pulled milk-bones out of her bikini (don't ask-something about pacifying spiders) and threw them vigorously at the Glow monkeys. Screeching and leaping, they jumped all over the room and onto tables. The parrot flew up to a ledge and started calling, "Battling cage!" for no apparent reason. Many of the tables fell over and people were running everywhere. April cackled before she caught herself, and changed it to a gentle gay giggle. Joe stuffed the rest of the bread into his mouth, thinking it might be hs last meal. Sheila, T and Val ran over, laughing hysterically. Then Val saw the necklace April was wearing. "Oh, sh@#," said April.Infantile
Infamy
Infiltrate
Inextremis
Infatuated
The dining hall was evacuated and the Fems fired. This pleased everyone especially the Fems as they didn't have to come up with a new show since the parrot had stolen theirs. "That bird brained INFANTILE critter must have INFILTRATED our planning sessions. I wouldn't save him even IN EXTREMIS" pouted Cam. Val agreed. " I thought he was SCOTTISH -- the way he was SKIPPING around that stage and we all know Scottish parrots are not trustworthy." T, SKEPTICAL that Scotland even had parrots, drowned her sorrows in a jar of SKIPPY peanut butter she'd found on the floor. April, sheepishly told Val that she didn't want anymore SKELETONS in her closet and confessed to nabbing the necklace. "I just don't want to be any more INFAMOUS than I already am." Joe, ever the ladies man, left for the top of boat all night party club to go dancing with a group of INFATUATED ladies he'd met in the mad dash out of the dining room. The Fems, friends once again, decided to round up the glow cats and call it a night. herding
sheep
movie
cranium
library
< good job, val! > Val, ever the adult, started HERDING the Fems like the SHEEP they had counted to get to sleep the previous night. The collective CRANIUM of the Fems was one massive LIBRARY of escapades - they should make a MOVIE out of it and retire like millionaresses!
Infinity
Foodies
Possum
Bananas
Coral
It was late night and the Fems were around the largest pool with a slide and a small beautiful waterfall. They looked at the infinity of stars. Joe was playing possum because he had managed to enrage his dates from the night before by asking them to compare bananas for him at a fruit snack table since they were foodies - or so he thought. He still didn't know why they hit him with their coral colored purses. Unbeknownst to him, they thought he'd called them hooties and wanted them to palpate his banana?Aliens
Indelible
Enigmatic
Resonance
Propulsive
T, staring upwards at the multitude of stars, said "Do you think we will be visited by ALIENS and will they be friendly? " "Well, if they have PROPULSIVE devices that can travel enormous distances they certainly will be intelligent" Val responded. April, ENIGMATIC as always, said " INDELIBLE RESONANCE will save us."Cam asked her what she meant but before she could reply, Joe announced that they would be docking in an hour.
baggage
porter
Hawaii
leis
mai tai
After downing the rest of Cam's "mai tai" Joe gathered up the rest of the group and helped them get their "baggage" ready for the "porter". 2 hours later they were greeted by hula girls with "leis" and they stepped onto the big island of "Hawaii". Grope
Growth
Grill
Grouper
Grate
Huh, deja vu, the Gang is back in Hawaii, and this time T swears that she will get a chance to GROPE a GROUPER before it hits the GRATE on the GRILL. She hopes the Fems will show a lot of personal GROWTH since the last time they were, here, but being the fun-lovin' schemin' gals that they are, the growth might come from food-lovin' again....Monkey
Poster
Thumbnail
Jingle
Classical
Joe insisted they all be strictly business so they checked in at the Sunset Inn and met for dinner across the street at a little gin joint. Walking in, they noticed a POSTER of a MONKEY playing CLASSICAL guitar. Thinking that would be an interesting show they made plans to meet at the venue at 8 p.m. Their waiter had told them that the show was unusual in that the monkey sang a JINGLE while balancing a marble on his THUMBNAIL.glow cats
purpose
case
salary
espionage
Not thinking, the group decided to take the "glow cats" to the monkey show. The monkey freaked out and threw a "case" of vodka at the cats. "We better get an "espionage" job that pays a big "salary", Joe sighed. "The owner says we have to pay for the damages," "What was the "purpose" of coming to Hawaii if we have to work!" T. exclaimed.Business
BamBam
Joker
Shingle
Manhunt
Val suggested that the group hang out a SHINGLE to start a MANHUNT BUSINESS, for were they not collectively a hot set of intelligent females knowledgable in what women want? Joe quickly sketched a likeness of BAMBAM and The JOKER for the gals to use on their biz cards, but he was outvoted.....Cell phone
Ernestine
Rosanne Rosannadanna
Roy Rogers
Clandestine
There was a heavy moon leaning against the dark sky when the cell phone chirped. He ground his cigarette into the ground and answered with a husky whisper. "Ernestine - is that you?" His belly clenched with anticipation as she whispered the location of their clandestine meeting. Roy Rogers, white hat a slash of silver in the mottled darkness, climbed into his jeep and headed to the riverside cabin. He saw her then, sitting quietly by the water, looking ethereal in the smudge of evening. She knew he was there but continued to gaze beyond. He climbed out of the vehicle, and with great restraint, walked slowly towards her. He was about to reach out and touch her shoulder when Rosanne Rosannadanna bleated out "Hello" across the silence, and so it was that the possibility of love was interruptus!Camera
Bone
Pendulum
Trickster
Vitamin
It seems our Fems have wandered onto the set of a movie in the making, being shot by 8mm CAMERA, featuring a TRICKSTER who gets high on a new VITAMIN. The Fems and Joe decided that a good working title for this flick might be The BONE and the PENDULUM.Bluetooth
Salami
Canoe
Porcupine
Encore
(hi vicki, thanks for playing - not only do we try to use the 5 words, but we also try to keep the story running from entry to entry...sometimes we deviate, but it gets pretty funny with trying to add on...)
April, not tracking that the Fems had decided to watch a movie being made threw her salami at Roy Rogers. (she had waited forever to do that since she was a kid and forced to watch his TV show.) Vickie, the director, ran over to oversee their eviction from the set. T, watching via Bluetooth what the HD cameras were recording, took the opportunity to give her advice on filming the scene since she advised Vickie she'd seen something similar on Encore. Vickie, who wasn't appreciative, threw a porcupine prop which happened to be nearby, at T's head. "Time to go, ladies." murmured T. April wanted a canoe ride next.Intense
Ghosts
Manuscript
Sunbathing
Spitfire
After reading Vickie's manuscript Joe decided that she was quite the spitfire and had an intense longing to go sunbathing with her. No one was paying attention to the glow cats and they all ran away with a pair of ghosts.
ridiculous
cheery
museum
whale
brink
The whole situation was "riduculous" as most things are with this group. They walked past a "museum" with a picture of a "cheery" "whale" on the window. Just as they were on the "brink" of entering a glow cat ran by chased by a police officer. Member
Serger
Daisy
Siren
SUV
Val, deciding things had to take a serious note, pulled out her police hat and badge (her SERGER had come in handy) and pretending to be a MEMBER of the force, confiscated the glow cat. She then stepped into the police SUV and turned on the SIREN. The rest of the Fems responded and arrived on the scene. They all climbed into the truck and drove off in search of the rest of the glow cats. "honestly, I'm tired of these @!##%%#@ cats!" April moaned and everyone agreed. Time to get them to where they were supposed to be. They careened around the corner and grabbed Joe, pulling him in and away from DAISY who he was chatting up.airport
Berlin
repurpose
passport
espionage
Joe got on the Internet and accessed the super secret account to find out where the collected glow cats should be delivered. He read Berlin. Shutting off his cell, he told the Fems, "Next stop, airport!" April burst into tears. "Can I repurpose one of them into my pet?" she sobbed. "I thought you were tired of them," said Joe. "I want to keep the calico. It speaks to me," she sniffed. "We'll see. Do we all have our passports?" Joe asked. Val said, "More espionage? I want spy clothes." April perked right up. But then she hesitated. "The thongs stay, right?" she quavered. T sighed. "Not me. The furry ones are my favorite. They go with my furry handcuffs." Joe, starring at T, went through a red light. Endowed
Extraordinary
Gorgeous
Remarkable
Dazzling
Thank God for Cam, the level-headed Fem. With Val's serger, Cam was making costumes for each of the group. Already she'd done "Endowed", "Extraordinary", "Gorgeous", "Remarkable" and "Dazzling" - with the first letter being mondo-large and the rest of the letters in the word being smaller and requiring the reader to be up close & personal.....Cam doled them out and sternly told them they should be careful who they stood next to because the capitalized letters would actually spell out a word that probably wasn't conducive to employment. (yep, you figure it out, readers....)Baby
Glow Mice
Snuggly
Fleece underwear
Hamburgers
::::::Honest I never noticed!:::::
< april - i thought it was a clever test! :-) >
"Did we figure out where these cats needed to be delivered?" April asked. Cam, in her bright red "fleece" "underwear" was trying to herd the cats into the carriers. Before the cats were "snuggly" in their beds they needed to eat. "Anybody have any "Baby" "Glow Mice" to feed these guys, Joe yelled.T. wrinkled her nose and threw a shoe at Joe. "You are so gross", we need to feed them "hamburgers" not mice."
Stupid
Deliver
Trap
Rap
Airport
Vall, a little confused, asked Cam why they had to wear costumes with words on them. "It seems a little "stupid" to go through the "airport" in these outfits. They're quite dazzling, sure, but won't we just cause a stir at security?" "Oh, Val. Get with it. Quit your bitchin' babe. We're flyin high" April responded. Cam said she didn't want to fall into the same old boring clothes "trap" that they had before. Shelia started to "rap" babe your bitcin' , babe your itchin', babe your hot!" T just wanted to "deliver" the cats already and enjoy the shops of Berlin.alarm
flying
cage
sun glasses
cucumber
The Glow Cats heard FLYING and CAGE and their collective meow ALARM went off in a giant mass yowl-in. T, figured maybe it would help to put little kitty SUN GLASSES on them so they'd look cool as a CUCUMBER and would maybe behave that way too.Duh
Chervil
Bat cave
Dolly Parton
Oktoberfest
DUH, T is so hip -- the glow cats looked unbelievable in their sunglasses and they settled down until DOLLY PARTON walked by. Who would have know they were fans? They started meowing "9 to 5" and it caused such a stir that Dolly came over and kissed them all, including Joe who was now dressed for OKTOBERFEST as he was heading to Berlin. They boarded the airplane and settled down in first class. In the inflight magazine they saw an ad for the hot new group "CHERVIL'S BAT CAVE" playing that night in Berlin and decided they would all go.dossier
mission
cash
solemn
Odessa
April twirled because she was trying to see if her clever costume made her butt look fat. Security was watching her, too, but not for good reasons. "Psst," whispered Joe. "Cool it. The airport is not a place to act strange." Dumbfounded, April said, "Me? Strange?" "Duh!" exclaimed the Fems in unison. Frowning, she stopped twirling and crossed her arms. "Honestly, if I was Dolly Parton with chervil in my teeth on my way to Oktoberfest to look for the Bat Cave, no one would think me odd." Everyone staggered at this amazing feat of using four Build-A-Story words in one sentence, or maybe it was because April could complete a sentence before her first cup of coffee.Sympathy
Wuse
Entropy
Etchings
Treat
Well, old T ceased to function, at this point, couldn't fake being SOLEMN any longer and decided she better read up on the MISSION at hand and study the DOSSIER labeled ODESSA carefully. Didn't hurt that there was a CASH TREAT tucked into the pages, in between ETCHINGS included to make it look like a study in art, not ENTROPY. No SYMPATHY for the WUSE, which she thought was meant to be 'wuss', who was currently being toyed with by our gal April.Yoyo
Fro-yo
Mojo
Jojo
Escapade
Yay, T! (wuss it was)
Joe was hoping for no more escapades, especially since they were on the airplane. When the flight attendant came by with the snack cart, Joe ordered a fro-yo, determined to be a normal citizen. To his horror, those yoyo Fems were not being so good, as he overheard them proposition the other, male, attendant. "Hey, JoJo, got your MoJo on?" slurred a Fems voice. Guess which one?Animal
Practice
Riot
Indecent
Liability
Our Fems, what number RIOT is this that they PRACTICE, with INDECENT liberties and an ANIMAL loose in their CARRY on? Those gals could be a LIABILITY, but if you can keep them in CHECK with LIBRARY books on LOAN, sometimes their EXTREME behavior could be hilarious.Corpse
Carouse
Glow bunny
Lederhosen
Bratwurst
Once again Joe wonders why he is stuck with these ridiculous fems. Oh, to just deal with a CORPSE or two, a GLOW BUNNY with a hole in her LEDERHOSEN, a night out with a Fräulein and her BRATWURST, a little time to CAROUSE a gypsy thief! But no, he was stuck with these Fems! When would this caper end?literature
theme
great
drama
tragedy
As with all GREAT LITERATURE, we won't be done until we've exhausted the THEME of DRAMA and TRAGEDY....and that might have been about 100 entries ago....Here's 5 new words for someone to start us off on another adventure....Or keep going with Joe and the Fems, as you wish....
Spoil
Coma
Sand
Spinster
Mallet
The "spinster" was at the hospital in a "coma" She was found on the "sand" with a "mallet" near her hand. I don't want to "spoil" the ending so...Kill
Grass
Director
Bill
Groom
JC Penny's
trap shooting
Cindy
toddler
trouble