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Five Word Build-a-Story
Elvis felt a "whisper" of a breeze as he turned out the "lights" and poured some "oil" on the "vipers" and prepared to set the "table" on fire to roast them.Wine
Marshmallows
I-phone
Certificate
Sanitarium
The sanitarium had phoned and told stella she would have to drink gallons of wine and eat lots of marshmalows if she were to get her certificate on how not to use her i phone.dirty
yard
terrace
envelope
sparce
Elvis' unopened "envelope" addressed to Stella lay on the "dirty" "terrace", just a mere "yard" from the "sparse" dead forest of trees.Ammunition
Ransom
Dog
Orphan
Chablis
there is an elvis theme in your writing tonightThe chablis that the dog was licking of the floor was made by orphans guarded by gun toting nuns with loads of ammunition who use the orphans for ransom if the wine is not up to scratch.
elephant
wilderness
edge
angel
gash
< originally, we were supposed to carry the theme along in a story, rather than just using the 5 words in a paragraph, so i thought i'd string our characters along for awhile.... :-) >Stella's "elephant" was lost in the "wilderness" since it was born in captivity and tamed, until an "angel" appeared to the elephant, to guide her to the "edge" of Elvis' home, across the "gash" created by the last fire.
Suede
Sunlight
Subaru
Scintillating
Salty
Elvis put on his blue SUEDE shoes before heading out to his SUBARU. He found the SUNLIGHT on his face SCINTiLLATING. "I think I'll go buy some PEANUTS for the elephant I passed as I was leaving my house," Elvis thought.Corpse
Ceiling fan
Windowpanes
Banana nut bread
Pimples
When Elvis stood up leaving the table with a huge chunk of banana nut bread he hit his head on the ceiling fan rendering him unconscious. Some time later a boy named Harold on his way to meet Mother Abigal looked through the bottom windowpanes and thought Elvis was just another corpse covered with pimples. soup
hair
dog breath
phone
ear plugs
Harold found Mother Abigail eating her "soup" that smelled of "dog breath", "ear plugs" in place so that she might ignore the incessant "phone" ringing, hair sticking out at wild angles from her wimple.Hunka hunka
Shoeless
Chastity
Stained
Mange
As Elvis sang hunka hunka burning love the mange stained dog walked along side the the shoeless girl who practised chastity in a weird and wonderful way.merry
evil
prudent
postman
viper
Elvis continued along his merry way. Sometime later, he happened upon his evil postman driving a new Viper. Elvis didn't consider this particular car a prudent choice of automobile.Bathroom
Martini
Sombrero
Armpit
Kittens
While in the bathroon Elvis cleaned his armpit and drank a gin martini and then raced to see the new kittens who were covered with a sombrero. ( Who or Whom)tree
broken
ax
red
dress
One of the kitten had climbed up on a broken branch of the old tree that Elvis had taken an axe to while wearing a lovely red dress.Nigel
cat
climate
shop
migraine
Nigel the cat hated the cold climate so stayed in the shop with a bad migraine.tomorrow
white
angry
smile
apples
Tomorrow , thought the angry old woman I will put poison in the apples and give one to that Snow white with her perfect white smile and her raven black hair and then I will be the fairest of them all.wart
knife
leg
blood
temple
Meanwhile, the angry old woman attempted to use her "knife" to cut off the "wart" on her hairy old leg, leaving a smear of "blood" on her "temple" after the deed was done.Dwarf
Penguin
Nun
Pond
Banana
The eldest "dwarf" suggested that the old woman rub some" banana" peel on her wound as it has magic healing powers.An old "nun" hearing the conversation suggested "penguin" spit from the diseased penguin which was kept in the local "pond" for experiments by Count Fredrick the local warlock. hair
bitter
dark
mostly
dragon
The youngest dwarf, he of the "dark" "hair" and "bitter" tongue, "mostly" relied on his "dragon" to just breathe fire on the afflicted to put an end to it all for good.Elf
Sinuses
Beets
Soap
Atomic clock
The transition frepuency used by the ATOMIC CLOCK in the home of Elmo the ELF had always annoyed his SINUSES but with the help of a pink soapy mixture using SOAP and BEETS his condition was improving.that was hard, and I was awake I was just resting my eyelids
syrup
spyglasses
pigeon
wallop
spin
have fun
Elmo made the "pigeon" "spin" hard, causing a "wallop" of "syrup" to land on the upright "spyglasses", rendering them sticky and unusable.< yeah, that's what all my elders says, "i'm not asleep, i'm just resting my eyes!" >
Furry
Mothball
Spit
Mold
Versatile
you had better be less than 55 when you call me your elder, miss. lolThe townsfolk always said that Mervin was very versatile running the hardware store,they loved the way he used to put all the furry mothballs with the mold in his mouth and then spit them at the unsuspecting passerby.
house
glue
donkey
razor
cushion
< whew! just made it, aunty anne! > Unfortunately, the townsfolk had been called to Mervin's "house" and had to use a "razor" to cut the "donkey" free of the "glue" that stuck him to the ugly sofa "cushion".
Bareback
Hairy
Snowball
Kindle
Thumb
Barney had just received a new kindle for losing his thumb in a accident and was sitting under a tree reading from it when out of nowhere came hairy Barry Fitzwilliam riding bareback on a black stallion and threw a snowball at him. artic
monster
curtain
toes
repair
Barry claimed that an "arctic" "monster" behind the Iron "Curtain" taught him to fashion superduper snowballs in return for Barry's "repair" of the monster's "toes".Elvis
Barry
Barney
Elmo
zipper
Sticking his "fingers" into the "gore" in the fabric where the "drip" was, Elmo unfortunately encountered a "wasp" and hurried to start the car's "engine" to escape from the hive of angry bees.Computer
Virus
Elmo
Jacket
Breakfast
While sitting eating breatfast in a lovely red velvet jacket Elmo noticed he had a computer virus.fat
thin
long
spider
girl
Looking out the window, Elmo noticed a "thin" "girl" with a "long" face, carting a large "fat" stuffed "spider" in both arms.Valentine's
Samosa
cover letter
emergency room
Knitting
very funny!!On "valentines" day last year Sammy was sitting in the "emergency room" holding his lunch which was a "samosa" made by the indian lady who lived next door with a "cover letter" from his great aunt Bertha stating that the "knitting "needle sticking out of his left ear was to be returned to her as soon as it was removed.
marsh
murderer
blood
knife
kitten
Little did Great Aunt Bertha know that Sammy was a closet "murderer" in the making with "blood" on his mind, and that he would throw the knitting needle as well as the "knife" with the "kitten" still skewered into the "marsh" on his way home from the hospital. Drip
Blue
Codeine
Rabbit
Cloud
I knew I had taken too much codeine when I saw the white rabbit with a drip at his nose sitting on a cloud in the blue sky.dog
digger
moon
penguin
post
my granddaughter picked these for you, now you have fun .
Anne's "dog" was a "digger" and was set to "moon" her as he attempted to bury the stuffed "penguin" by the fence "post".White out
Hamburger
Skid marks
Ghosts
Marshmallow
During the "white out" Gertie who lived on a "hamburger" and a single "mashmallow" daily noticed "skid marks" on her underwear it,s that bloody old "ghost" again she thoughtamputee
blood
suture
Wind
fangs
< well thanks for the vivid picture.... lol >The ghostly Jordan, a recent "amputee" with "blood" on the "suture", broke "wind", much to the surprise of Gertie, while Anne's digging dog displayed its "fangs".
Minotaur
Icicle
salt water taffy
Afghan
Cell phone
did you like that, I knew you would Betty had been talking on her pink "cell phone" discusing her new blind date with cousin Mildred when around the corner walzed Ben the "Minotaur" from "Afghan" chewing a "salt water taffy" while an "icicle" hung from his nose. Please let this be him prayed Betty.
puddle
whip
envelope
table
newspaper
Betty hurriedly shoved the "envelope" under the "newspaper" on the "table" as Ben, "whip" in hand, stepped over the "puddle" on the floor left by Anne's mooning dog.Hiccup
Pizza
Snowshoe
Vitamin D
angina
"Angina" said Vera, the only thing to cure that is a cheese and tomato pizza topped with loads of vitamin D. John was,nt convinced he had heard that wearing a shoeshow cures a hiccup but not this cure.rubbish I know but it,s the best I can do
glass
glue
gunge
guinness
Germs
But then John's "glass" felt like the "gunge" was stuck like "glue", despite the last contents of "Guinness" and a healthy dose of "germs" to attempt to dislodge it.Geranium
Potassium
Acquarium
Terrarium
Gymnasium
Miss Edwards had asked the fourth years to bring in something interesting from home and leave in the gymnasium.Simon brought in his mothers pink geranium, Peter brought in a picture of the acquarium which sat in the living room he explained to Miss Edwards that he was unable to carry the the real thing. Miss Edwards was not amused. Next was Betty she had made a terrarium just last week for her pet snake and wanted to show of. Paula was last she produced a vial of potassium . "where did you get this "asked Miss Edwards. Daddy said he was going to inject this into you if I did,nt win this project. Guess who won?wishful
serum
star
compost
hairclip
The serum was not a cure afterall. It was only wishful thinking on her part. Maybe if we use the hairclip to keep her hair back,then we can put some compost on her neck. The result may make you a star.Snow
Movie
Walking
Glory
Skunk
"Glory", the "skunk", was "walking" in the foot of "snow" to the "movie" house when he was run over by a skidding car since he had neglected to put on his orange and fluorescent yellow safety vest in order to be more easily seen. Too bad, so sad, he didn't get to see "Big Bird in China" after all.Chili
Snowshoe
Knees
Tickle
Cinnamon
"wow, that,s some hot chili you made there Gertie", said Wilf, resting on his knees, his snowshoes sticking up from the snow."Well kind of knew you would like it" said ma smiing it has just the right amount of cinnamon in it to tickle your nose. postman
blood
door
evil
toothpick
Wilf's "postman", with "toothpick" in hand, spotted the "blood" on the "door" of the "evil" Gertie and immediately called out Captain Elvis of the neighborhood police squad.Chocolate
Beets
Strawberry jam
Nutella
Pepper jack
Captain Elvis and Sergeant Pepper were sitting in Freddie Stars diner when the call came in. They were deciding what to have for lunch Elvis was having hot toast with nutella and strawberry jam with a pepper jack and Percy Pepper was having beets on brown bread with chocolate milkshake .Both were not amused.dog
chain
gore
frenchfries
cellar
Lovely Rita (meter maid)'s miscreant boy friend was 'chained' in the 'cellar' to avoid the gore that would have ensued had he been able to reach the 'french fries'. Rita's 'dog' was roaming free to police the area, just in case.Tartar sauce
Hummus
Rhubarb
encyclopedia
keyboard
Unfortunately, Rita's dog, RHUBARB, was bloated & gassy after getting into spoiled TARTER SAUCE behind Freddie Star's Diner. He eventually vomitted up something so vile, yet oddly familiar, that Rita had sworn to never eat HUMMUS again. Rita had been smart to imprison her boyfriend after finding him typing "50 Ways to Kill Your Lover" on his KEYBOARD & using an online ENCLOPEDIA to look up various poisons & their strengths.
Uncle
Leaves
Pilgrim
Pickles
Catfish
Rita's Uncle George gave Rita a potion recipe that uses leaves to subdue her boyfriend Harold. It was necessary for Harold to eat dill pickles and catfish before the potion would take effect. Of course Rita would need to wear a Pilgrim outfit before it would take effect.Abrasive
Basketball
Muffins
Glasses
Truck
Rita's Uncle George was as "abrasive" as a "basketball" dribbled on "muffins" laying on a basketball court, but since Uncle George neglected to don his "glasses" before driving his "truck", he was myopically concentrating on driving and silent.Knitting
Gloves
Synchronized swimming
Baked potato
Suitcase
Sadie was "knitting" a pair of "gloves" from the hair of her latest victim who she had picked up at the "synchronized swimming" class, the rest of the girls body was in an old "suitcase" in the cellar.A "baked" potato was slowly cooking in the oven the filling would be a lovely liver pate.pencil
eye
brain
teapot
visit



whisper
lights
oil
vipers
table