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Since Milton, the pet turkey, was not an option for dinner Tiddles decided a big Ham would work just as well. She was happy to be able to see her Elderly friend Nellie who owned a pig farm. She put Gas in her station wagon and drove out to the farm. As she pulled into the driveway she saw a passel of pigs wearing pink Boots and Stuffing themselves with chunks of pumpkins.
French
Music
Welcome
Potatoes
Quote
I'm waiting for one of my favourite programs to start on TV. It's a cookery competition. The introduction music welcomes other viewers like me. What will they cook? First finalists cooked some French dishes and the other finalists cooked mainly Indian dishes. I really loved all of the indian dishes but most especially a dish they made with potatoes and Turmeric.
quote being "we don't want to see angry, angry man" Guess the cooking competition....
Pepper canister
chickpeas
while
computer
plastic
Katherine knew it wasn’t a good idea to be out so late; alone and lost, while the rest of humanity were apparently asleep in their warm, suburban homes. At first, she felt safe: this wasn’t a blighted inner city; this was Twinsburg, OH! Nothing bad could ever happen here, to her, ever. And if it did, she had her pepper canister at her ready...somewhere in that damn purse. Tony always made fun of that purse; called it her “luggage”, her “garbage can”, her “portable pantry”. But, whenever he needed something, she always seemed to have it; and if she didn’t find the pepper spray, it would make a good weapon. She looked again at the map that she had printed off from the computer just an hour earlier. According to the map, she should be standing right in front of it. The Package should be right there. She checked the map again. Again. AGAIN! Then she compared it to the GPS in her phone: the coordinates corresponded. Yep; this was the place. Although she didn’t recognize anything around her—was she even in Twinsburg anymore—was she really lost? Tony would say she was just being dramatic. Not knowing where you are is not the same as being lost.
Katherine turned on her cellphone flashlight, and crouched down; maybe the package was smaller than she imagined. As she examined the ground in front of her, she heard a noise coming from her right. She kept her head down, as the sound got closer. Whatever it was, it stopped when it hit her foot. She didn’t dare touch it. She could tell it wasn’t heavy, it only bumped her foot. Where did it come from? There was no wind; someone must have sent it.
Maybe THIS was the package. Tentatively, she brought her light down. It was a can. With her fingertips, she nudged the can over so she could read the label. It was an empty can of chickpeas.
This couldn’t be The Package. She was promised...
Her thoughts were interrupted as a plastic bag went over her head.
Table
Morphine
Elephants
Wine
Seeds
I appreciate your enthusiasm Patty, but the rules state one paragraph.
The dinner Table was set for 10. The main dish was a Morphine encrusted Elephants thigh and the salad was served with poppy Seeds dressing. The kidnappers were ruthless but enjoyed a good red Wine while torturing their prey by tickling her with feathers.Squad
Maybe
Zen
Police
Legal
The family and the kidnappers enjoyed the Morphine encrusted Elephants thigh and not realizing they were high, begun practicing a few zen meditations. One of the grand-children, who knew she would puke if she ate the thighs, realized it wasn't legal to add opiates to food. Maybe I will call the Police Squad she thought to herself.feathers
stains
grease
blue
canes
The police squad arrived, slipping on a floor covered with feathers. As they surveyed their surroundings, they noticed many of the guests were a very ghastly shade a blue, with clothing covered in grease stains. After calling for paramedics they looked for the 911 caller. They found the grandchild sitting in a corner, a bowl of candy canes on her lap. They didn’t believe her story of elephants, thighs, morphine, poppy seed dressing, and Zen Meditation. Damn adults. Hospital
Book
Chocolate
Starfish
Door
After the ambulance Door closed and they headed to the Hospital, the patients started hallucinating. The attendant was trying to figure out why one of the patients started trying to bite his fingers and yelling " If I don't hurry and eat this Chocolate Starfish it is going to melt." The art Book that one of them was holding opened to an interesting drawing.Shatter
Tickets
Before
Chartreuse
Young
From the art book of pop up pictures, young children began eating images of chartreuse frog like pictures. Hidden within the pictures was a chemical substance. Could that be "shatter", a hard form of "Mary Jane", that they were eating? As they arrived at the hospital, nurses were standing at the entrances - yelling - "Where are your tickets?" There will be no admissions to this hospital unless you have a ticket.
A Sick White-haired psych patient crawled into the Ambulance and tried to get some of the Shatter that had fallen on the floor. He started licking the floor when one of the nurses pushing a Wheelchair shouted " Are you Crazy, you don't know where that drug has been?"Hug
Rug
Mug
Dug
Lug
The psych patient feeling very penitent, cried out to the nurse - "I'm feeling so bad, so please give me a hug and a mug of coffee with Bailey's Irish cream."The nurse who looked like a lug, slipped on the throw rug as the patient began hallucinating and found some dried old crusted wounds, which she started to dig and dug.
The nurse looked on as the patient dug out his own eyes. Oh, the horror, he thought; how can this get any worse? As the patient threw his eyes—which landed in the nurse’s hair—all went black; someone had turned off the lights. Grappling with the aqueous humor and sclera as it oozes through his golden locks, he suddenly became aware of glowing, blue teeth inches from his face. Dog
Cactus
Art
Feet
Orange
The dog - for it was a dog, now that it was full dark and a new moon - sank its teeth into the nurse’s face. He screamed, but was too far gone to know if anyone had heard. God, it felt like a vice, like cactus spines rammed into his temples — and then, curiously, the pain started to ebb and the nurse swayed on his feet. Closing his eyes, he saw fantastical visions, all tinted the same luminous blue as the dog’s teeth — islands glowing with weird light, distant planets, landscapes of snow crawling with snarling dogs. To this macabre artwork, he collapsed and lost consciousness.Cream
Newt
Annual
Brittle
Brutish
Even though he lost his consciousness, he wasn't completely gone. After a while, he felt he was bobbing up and down, constantly, in a vast sea of foam. He looked down, and realized that he was merely floating on clouds. Clouds that took various shapes, and had the soothing color of lemon cream and meringue pie. Surprised, he turned his head and saw a giant newt is licking the clouds. Bewildered, he felt that he was craving some peanut brittle all of a sudden. His mouth started watering and he remembered, how his mom used to make those delicious treats when he was a wee lad, during their annual holiday feast. Then he felt something sticky and salty; the taste was quite familiar - it was blood in his mouth. He opened his eyes, and saw the brutish face of the dog, snarling it's teeth at him.Wag
Witch
Terrarium
Moon
Silhouette
The silhouette of the moon looked like a witch sitting in a terrarium; Thinking that the witch had a treat in her hands, the dog began to wag his tail.forget
forgot
blood
taste
want
I went to collect fake blood for the Halloween party, later this week. I forgot to lock the door and Marty our dog ran out into the backyard. He has a taste for BBQ and whenever my dad makes it, we have to keep Marty in the house because he always has a want to eat it and sometimes he can forget to leave anything for anyone else.Dance
Omlette
Plant
Paris
Light
The Omlette was Plant based and it did not want to make me Dance. I know that there would never be anything in a Light cookbook written in Paris. Scarecrow
Pick-up
Bold
Vermillion
Pleased
The "bold" "scarecrow" from "vermillion" was so "pleased" with himself that he could "pick up" a piece of corn with his beak.
sorry - just read your message...snow
ice
fall
old
lady
The "snow" last night made the "lady" unhappy. It means she would have to go out on the "ice" and shovel before the "old" mailman came and complained. She wished that "Fall" was still here.QUIT
HOMELESS
TOUGH
WIDOW
EXPENSIVE
The lady threw the shovel down, yelling "I quit! Stupid snow." Calming, she thought, oh well, at least I do not have the tough issues surviving the weather as do the homeless. A widow, she worried about keeping her expensive home. Was the mailman married or did he have a girlfriend? Do they make good money, she wondered?Cougar
Lipstick
Distancing
Boots
Ice
She put "Ice"melt on her shoveled sidewalk. "Distancing" herself from the picture window, she made sure her bold red "lipstick" was on perfectly waiting for the mail to arrive. She thought tbe mailman was too old for her to be considered a "cougar" , but he kept her "boots" on just the same.EXTREME
PLOY
JIGGLE
REST
VERY
As the mailman crunched through the remains of the snow and ice on the sidewalk, the widow smiled "very" wide. In an "extreme" tone of saccharine friendliness, she trilled, "Yoohoo!" The mailman stopped walking, uncertain. The widow decided to not use the "ploy" of a "jiggle" as she walked up to the mailman. She said, "My name is Blanche. Does the Post Office let you "rest" awhile for coffee on your rounds?"Gusto
Awkward
Dog
Entangled
Eggnog
With great "gusto", Blanche offered Sam, the mailman, coffee or"eggnog". She assured him it was not spiked so that he could to do his job. Just at that moment a "dog" running with a loose leash ran into them and "entangled" them in the leash. The "awkward" moment gave her chance to give him a big kiss.TIMEOUT
AVERAGE
KIDS
FIND
REPLY
Sam's first reaction was "TIMEOUT!" Then, a moment later, he tried to come up with an appropriate "reply." After all, Sam had "kids". But being divorced and an "average" guy, it wasn't often he could "find" a buxom woman who kissed him without prompting! Hmmmmm. Maybe an eggnog - his lunch hour was near.Parrot
Astonished
Roof
Avalanche
Bear
Before they could go inside something landed on the "roof" and "astonished" the pair. It was "parrot" yelling something about a "bear" and a snowstorm. A minute later they heard the Emergency Alert warning of an "avalanche".HIGH
QUICK
ABSOLUTELY
VARIOUS
Blanch and Sam stood still, shocked, and then Blanche yelled, "'Quick! Google' it! Where do we go for the closest disaster shelter?" Sam looked at his cellphone, feeling this day could 'absolutely' not get more weird. The parrot suddenly swooped down and grabbed the cellphone, then flew 'high' up. It did a variety of acrobatic maneuvers. Blanche said, "It is a message!"Serious
Parade
Saxophone
Spaceship
Eyelash
Sam didn't know if there was just a large "eyelash" in his eye causing him to think he saw a "spaceship" or whether he really saw one. Blanche heard a "saxaphone"playing an eerie sound and then saw the "parade" of little green men come marching down the street. "I think this is "serious", she said.BOWL
SANDWICH
LEADER
JOYOUS
TIMER
Sam was very hungry and decided to have a "sandwich" and some soup. He set the "timer" for the microwave and put his "bowl" of soup into the microwave. In the meantime, the "leader" of the parade who appeared to be very "joyous" started singing the song Life is just a bowl of cherries!hate
anger
alien
pal
red
There was great "anger" in the voice of the Post Master when he called Sam. Sam tried to explain that he couldn't deliver mail with a street full of "alien" beings. Blanche was so upset that her face was beet "red" and declared her "hate" toward Sam's boss. They decided that someone should try to become a "pal" with the lead green man.GETTING
VIRTUAL
TROOPS
ASKED
JOE
GI Joe was "getting really jazzed up leading his "troops" into battle. He and his men were armed to the death and more than ready to use their hardware. Upon seeing the enemy, the squad opened fire and chopped their enemies to bits...er, NO! NOT their enemies! A horrible mistake was made and they accidentally killed a friendly battalion!! Joe would have felt awful about this had the op been real...but luckily it was a "virtual" training op.
Matthew wrote: "GI Joe was "getting really jazzed up leading his "troops" into battle. He and his men were armed to the death and more than ready to use their hardware. Upon seeing the enemy, the squad opened fire..."PHONE
DRAGON
BLUE
BLANCHE
CHILD
One dead person was reincarnated into the body of a "blue" "dragon". The dragon was so hungry that he decided to "blanche" a "child" for dinner. Luckily, the child had his cell "phone" with him and entered the numbers 911. Everyone wondered - was this all real or was it just a virtual game?Police
fear
rushed
barn
spot
who cares no one wants to play this silly game...
A “Barn” owl happened to get stuck in my chimney. The “fear” it’s flapping wings instilled in me caused me to call the “police”. When they came, they entered my house, guns drawn. As they neared the chimney, the owl “rushed” them, pinning them to the “spot”.(I’m glad this is going again)
Beaver
Beans
Toothache
Camp
Harmonica
A “beaver” came into the barn looking for a warm place to “camp”. He spilled an old can of “beans” as he waddled into the barn , then noticing the beans he bit into one very harden bean which gave him a “toothache”. Meanwhile one police man started playing his “harmonica” to scare the owls away.Torture
Run
Brown
Why
Slap
If no one wants to play patty. At least me and you can play now and then
The harmonica playing was “torture” to the the owl’s ears. “Why”, when they hit the highest c there ever was, they began to “slap” the policemen with their wings. Trying to “run” to safety, they slipped in something stinky and “brown”, landing in their derrières. Soda
Phlegm
Easy
Questions
Tinker
I’m game!
Mary liked to "tinker" around the house when she didn't have to go into work. She'd open up a "soda," which she knew she shouldn't drink because it caused more "phlegm" than normal and grab her newspaper to try and answer the "questions" in the puzzle of the day, but they weren't "easy." However, she was so skilled she always got them right.Truck
Electric
Pink
Sign
Sandwich
My first time playing this one and I really like it!
Mary liked her frilly “pink” negligee the best. She always wore it when her “truck” driving husband came home after a long haul. She’d fix him a big, old “sandwich” which she served him in bed. If he kept any crumbs from falling on the sheets, it was a “sign” that they wouldn’t be needing the “electric” blanket that night. 😉Part of the game is to build off of the previous post. I forgot that earlier.
Book
Pillow
Visit
Curly
Dime
Crumbs covered the "pillow" so that meant it was "book" time. She bought a massage bed but no one had a "dime". "Why did you buy a bed with a coinbox? I think your "curly" hair is curling inward." Mary kicked im out of bed and told him to "visit" when he was nicer.FINK
CORNDOG
GLAD
JOINT
SAW
The girl was so "glad" there was a "corndog" stand at the fair this year. Last year she "saw" everything but one and the whole "joint" was catered more towards health food. She felt like a "fink" for not eating the healthier choices but figured if she's at the fair she should be able to eat all the junk food she wanted.ICE
COASTER
PLAY
TROUBLE
JOKE
Unfortunately, the “fink” was not able to be nicer, so she told him to leave the “joint” and never come back. Mary decided to go to the mall to distract herself from her crummy evening. While dining on a “corndog” and lemon Shake-up, she “saw” her husband and was “glad” that she might have a second chance. Flame
Car
Sink
Lovely
Acting
LOOKS LIKE WE POSTED AT SAME TIME. I’LL USE BOTH LISTS:Mary drove her “car” home to meet up with her husband. She looked forward to “play” house again. However, after the latest snow storm, the streets were covered with “ice”, causing her some “trouble”. She became worried that she’d have an accident, so she slowed down. The road was hilly, just like a roller “coaster”. The driver in front of her was driving slowly, and “acting” suspiciously. Mary felt her heart “sink”; would she make it home in time to meet her “lovely” husband? When the road cleared, she tried to pass up the car, wanting to see who the driver was. Was this some kind of “joke”? Why wouldn’t he speed up? Soon she saw a “flame” emit from the other car’s trunk.
TABLE
DANGEROUS
FAN
MARCHING
GO
It looked too "dangerous" to "go" around him so backed up and went the other way. Just as she turned the corner she saw a "marching" band with only one "fan" cheering them on. When she finally made it home she saw a bowl of cherries on the "table".Spring
Quality
From
Court
Why
I guess there will be no pumpkin pie for dinner mumbled Pete to himself. To passerbys he appeared very surly as he walked back home to shut off his pre-heated oven.
stuffing
ham
boots
gas
elderly