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Poor old Uncle George was taken to the police station where "charges" were filed. Double "hand cuffs" were placed on his fat wrists. He may enjoy his stay at the county "jail" as he kissed his classic Fatboy Harley good-bye and watched it being "in-pounded". Would Aunt Mary give him the "bail" money?? Could Aunt Mary get the harley back?California
pot holes
anger
hate
vengence
Uncle George thought of "California", where the "pot holes" could swallow up his FatBoy Harley in one gulip. He had a lot of "hate" and "anger" towards the California Department of Transportation for not fixing the huge pot holes, and swore "vengeance" against those that dared to harm his precious Harley.Swollen
Hang
Beatles
Clock
Steam
Uncle George also remembered the days when his "as_" would get "swollen" from riding his bike for many hours at a time, as tunes from the "Beatles" played on and "steam" was forming on the radiator pipes. Now he sits in jail watching the "clock", wondering if he could "hang" himself.(not sure if a bike has radiator pipes--but it sounds ok).
chain
gang
thoughts
noose
whiskey
The "whiskey" was making Uncle George think weirdly, as if he was playing the GR word association game. His "thoughts" went from his bike to its "chain" and from there to a chain "gang" and oops perhaps they'd have a "noose".Piano
Leotard
Snort
Lake
Penguin
In the meantime, Aunt Mary was dreaming about playing the new "piano" she inherited from her Great Uncle Fred. She hated thinking about the days when Uncle G like to "snort" paint thinner. She put on her "Leotard" pants and decided to take a trip to "Lake" "Penguin" while Uncle G rotted in jail.rocky
sick
stalking
scissors
psychiatrist
Uncle G's "psychiatrist" got off to a "rocky" start with his first appointment with the "sick" George, who was accused of "stalking" the prison chaplain with a pair of contraband "scissors".Exercise
Bars
food tray
Squirrel
Mashed
For "exercise" Uncle George ran after the "squirrel" with a contraband "food tray". If he could ever catch it he knew they would serve "mashed" squirrel in the cafeteria. He looked out of the "bars" in his cell and dreamt about his Harley and a dead squirrel in the road. Plum
Grunge
Climb
Xerox
Botox
Uncle George wished he could "xerox" his "plum" "grunge" recipe for the prison cooks, but then again, he wished he could get another round of "Botox", too. Sadly, all he could do was "climb" his cell walls to peek out of the high window slit and yell at the dastardly squirrel.Code
Quarter
Schnitzel
Goat
Buzzard
Uncle G would give a "quarter" for some "schnitzel". But all the prison offered him was "goat" milk soup. Even the "buzzard" flying in the sky looked more appetizing than the goat soup. He wished he new the secret "code" to enter to unlock the prison gates.Stephen King
aspirin
apples
worried
sorry
(there was a "tie" - I hope this goes through...) It's 12:34 a.m. in New York - I have a slight case of insomina--have to cut back on coffee).
He was SORRY that he'd eaten so many APPLES because they gave him a headache so he took some ASPIRIN. The voices in his head told him that the secret code to the prison gates was hidden in the latest STEPHEN KING novel but he WORRIED that it would not yet be available in the prison library.nuts
chicken
mountain
clock
kitten
A small KITTEN entered the prison and went into Uncle G's cell. He went NUTS over the kitten but it kept him company. That night he ate CHICKEN for dinner and dreamt of a MOUNTAIN and forgot about the CLOCK ticking away.stairs
drink
fear
thinking
books
< cam, what we sometimes do in the event of multiple entries at the same time is either try to use all 10 words - can be fun! - or just choose the 5 to work with and go with either 5... > Being small, the kitten wandered through the cell bars and went down the "stairs" in search of something to "drink". Uncle G was in "fear" of kitty not returning and tried to keep "thinking" about the Stephen King "books" in the library.
Mayhem
Exercise
Aunt Mary
The Vicar
cottage cheese
Thinking that the kitty would come back, Uncle G left a small bowl of COTTAGE CHEESE near his cell. Finally THE VICAR came along and let Uncle G out of the cell to get some EXERCISE. MAYHEM broke out as the prison guards tried to catch the kitten while AUNT MARY was left waiting in the lobby.robe
count
cake
cage
crying
Uncle G forgot his "robe" in his "cage" cell, he was in such a rush to "count" how many slices of "cake" might be left after his hour of exercise and the following shower. Aunt Mary was "crying" in frustration at the delays, forgetting Uncle G's scheduled exercise hour would delay their conjugal visit.Steamy
Demented
Tofu
Kidney
Slippers
Poor Uncle G all he got for dinner was a TOFU and KIDNEY sandwich. All this confusion was making him feel more DEMENTED. He put on his SLIPPERS and was anxious for his conjugal visit...the room was going to get very "STEAMY".Billy Idol
record
shut-up
roses
chocolate
Aunt Mary heard Uncle G's "Billy Idol" "record" playing already as soon as she neared the conjugal visit room and thought to herself that she wished Uncle G would just "shut up" and give her her roses and chocolate for Valentine's Day already.Incest
Porridge
Martha Stewart
Dove soap
Dove chocolate
Poor Aunt Mary wasn't terribly bright. Rumor had it that she was the result of INCEST, but that wasn't true - she was just a little slow. She fancied herself a MARTHA STEWART clone, but in reality she couldn't tell the difference between DOVE SOAP and DOVE CHOCOLATE. It sometimes got very messy when she washed her face. While she wasn't very handy in the kitchen, she did cook up a great PORRIDGE. candles
fan
create
tissue
radio
< lol! >Uncle G, being of equal intelligence, was trying to "create" the appropriate romantic atmosphere. He had a "fan" blowing and "candles" ready to set into Aunt Mary's cement porridge for mood lighting, the "radio" tuned to rap music and toilet "tissue" strewn around to simulate a nest.
Ukelele
Talcum
Cockroach
Rain
Dancing with the Stars
Aunt Mary was sick of the rap music and started playing her UKELELE. Since she smelled like Dove chocolate, Uncle G put some TALCUM power on her face to counteract the smell. They screamed when they saw a gaint COCKROACH enter the room and kicked it outside in the RAIN. The ugly cockroach hopped away on two legs. Aunt Mary was offered a position on DANCING WITH THE STARS.freedom
happiness
toad
Uncle Fester
crime
The two-legged hopping cockroach thought he had found "happiness" in his "freedom", until "Uncle Fester"'s pet "toad" came along and did the "crime" of eating Mr. Cockroach.Fried chicken
Scimitar
Borzoi
Lei
Aspen
"What the hell was this guy thinking?" said uncle G as he googled "scimitar", "borzoi" and "lei". "Guy must be drunk or something". Disturbing images of a russian wolfhound wearing a flower skirt and skis and slicing through a "Welcome to Aspen" sign with a samurai sword were racing through his brain. "Never mind" he said to Aunt Mary, "lets go get some fried chicken. This porridge sucks. And for God's sake, wipe that talcum powder off your face".Fiesta
Fat
Hangover
Wallaby
Albino
I think there is a "fiesta" on the next street. If we hurry we can get a piece of chicken with lots of "fat"on it. Maybe we will drink a margarita or two. I think I see an "albino" "Wallaby" over there in the bushes. Maybe I have already had too many drinks. The "hangover" will be painful tomorrow.James
Lean
Yesterday
Posse
Older
Stop thinking about "yesterday" the wise and "older" "James" told Uncle G. Today the "posse" could come and then you'll have to return to jail. Eating prison food and lifting weights will make you "lean". James told Uncle G....lightening
storm
cookies
panic
safe
...that he was about to toss his "cookies." "Must have gotten ahold of some bad chicken," George said as he ran to the nearest public restroom.
Mary's face looked as is she might "panic," until the older, wiser James assured her that George would be "safe."
"You know, Mary," James confided," when I look at you, I feel as if a 'storm' is brewing inside of me; I become so aroused!"
As dense as Mary could be, a bolt of "lightning" didn't have to hit her to make her understand James' intentions.
ringing
friend
wheelchair
drumsticks
teddy bear
Poor George became ill after eating the chicken "drumsticks", and was carted off in a "wheelchair". In the meantime Mary heard bells "ringing" in her ears and took off with her new "friend" "teddy bear", also known as James.mustang
speeding
icy
park
squirrel
They jumped into James'"mustang" and went "speeding" down the driveway and into the street. They hit an "icy" patch and spun into the "park" They missed the tree but hit the "squirrel" that was gathering nuts for the winter. prison
whaling
llama
versus
devilish
Back at the "prison", Uncle G and Aunt M were being rather "devilish" and "whaling" on each other, arguing about whether the push-me-pull-you in Dr Doolittle was a "llama" or not, forgetting that they were supposed to be having a conjugal visit.Pot pie
Dermatitis
Neanderthal
Soap
Peach
Was the "pot pie" full of something other than food? Uncle G and Aunt M decided to try it. They started acting silly. Uncle G's white hair was getting so long he looked like an "Neanderthal". Aunt M's face was developing "dermatitis" due to the over-usage of dove chocolate on her face. One of the prison guards gave her some "peach" soap and ate all of her dove chocolate.leaves
stranger
gray
frustrated
tape
Popping in his Dolly Parton "tape", Uncle G tried to convince Aunt M to dance with him but soon became "frustrated" and decided to try to dye his white mane "gray" using the weird "leaves" left by the "stranger".Antebellum
Lead paint
Fruit cup
Birkenstocks
Pepperoni
Aunt M wore her 'Birkenstocks' to dance to Lady 'Antebellum' music. The guards brought in a 'fruit cup' with a 'pepperoni' pizza. After they tasted it they realized it was not tomato sauce but red 'lead paint'.squirrel
tie
mommie
allow
oleo
The guards had confiscated Uncle G's "squirrel" bolo "tie" that his "mommy" had made for him, upon his incarceration, they couldn't "allow" him to keep it, not even if it was greased with "oleo" to prevent holding a slipknot.Fried chicken
Murder
Cousin Benny
Blood
coffin
It turned out that the "fried chicken" was actually squirrel. "Cousin Benny" tried to visit Uncle G but couldn't because he had committed "murder" many years ago. Uncle G was so depressed that he had a nightmare of his own death and saw himself inside a "coffin". The inside of the coffin was made of "blood" red satin.sneakers
tools
trial
memory
caught
He "caught" himself putting on his "sneakers", but had no "memory" of how he got them. At his "trial" they took them from him and didn't give them back. Maybe if his sneakers were here so were his escape "tools". Gloria
Inlet
Under
Whistle
Bounty
"Gloria" another inmate, helped Uncle G. to escape "under" the sewer overflow water "inlet" pipes. He didn't get too far and shortly afterwards heard a loud "whistle" blowing. He looked back and saw the "Bounty" hunter and his hound dogs.river
rags
running
rocks
skunk
'So much for my positive thinking attempt at "running" over the "rocks" and up the "river" in an escape, cutting my clothes into "rags" in the process!' thought Uncle G....'Perhaps if I had let that "skunk" spray me I would stink so badly that they wouldn't bother to haul me back to prison!'Crime
E. Coli
Salad
Fried chicken
Malt beer
Poor Uncle G - he caught disease symptoms - "E. Coli" when he tried to escape through the sewer pipes. He was returned to the prison where he got some home-made "malt beer", ate a "salad" and "fried chicken".He was starting to realize that "crime" does not pay.
dying
sores
hospital
turtle soup
walking
Aunt Mary had brought Uncle G some of her homemade "turtle soup", but it was confiscated at the prison check-in and given to the prison "hospital" patients who were "dying" with horrible festering bed "sores" as well as the "walking" dead who paced their solitary confinement cells.Premium
Grits
Evil
Murder
Mayhem
Joe couldn't take the stress any longer. He had an "evil" plan to "murder" his wife. "Mayhem" kept playing over and over in his head as he plotted out various plans. He put some "premium" gas into his old run-down van and bought some "grits" at the local supermarket.knife
pills
wine
sun glasses
duct tape
Joe adjusted his mirrored "sun glasses" as he left the supermarket, and thought about how he would "duct tape" the "knife" for easy but secure access, as he poured the "pills" in the "wine" down his wife's, hopefully soon to be ex-wife, throat.Andouille sausage
Nitroglycerin
Hopscotch
Porch
Beaver
He started his 'Andouille sausage' and 'hopscotch'ed across the kitchen. He heard a noise on the 'porch' and saw a 'beaver' chewing on the pillars. He had to pop a 'Nitroglycerin' to keep his heart from exploding. Egypt
restore
external
operate
domino
(I'm so bad at these stories; I can't remember the plot:)Trying to "restore" things to normal, Joe turned on the "external" lights.Just as he began to "operate" the tongs to turn over the sausage, he looked out the window to see the Sheriff's car pull into the driveway, which began a "domino" effect of spilling grease on his foot and knocking over the table holding the vacation brochure for a trip to "Egypt," which he was planning to take sans wife.
harbor
smiling
grimace
fortnight
dentures
< uh, it's okay, scout - it's build-a-plot! > Out in the "harbor", a "fortnight" ago, Joe wasn't sure if he was hallucinating or not - were there a pair of "dentures" "smiling" at him, or was it a "grimace"? Should he mention this to the sheriff or would he be thought of as a mental case, like he wasn't already?
Genuine
Badge
Radio
Fire
Mummy
He saw that the sheriff's "badge" was actually a "genuine" one and as he was playing his "radio" super loud, the car engine started on "fire". Joe cried out loud for his "Mummy".explosion
glass
tears
building
gasoline
The "gasoline" had dripped onto the hot engine, causing an "explosion" of "glass". Joe ran for the safety of the nearest "building" with "tears" in his eyes and tears in his clothes.Hotrod
Calypso
Banana
Murder
Bandaid
He put a 'bandaid' on his cut and explored the building.The building he ran into was a produce warehouse. There were boxes of fruit so he found a 'banana' and ate it. The 'hotrod' on the street was playing 'Calypso' music. It was so loud he wanted to 'murder' the driver.Kick
Karate
Kite
Kaleidoscope
Kalamazoo
The police were still chasing Joe. Joe gave one police man a "karate" "kick" to his face. Joe started getting high as a "kite" on the gas fumes and saw a "Kaleidscope" spining in his head. He headed towards "Kalamazoo" in the police car.baby
dog
crows
splat
wipers
Turning the "wipers" to high speed, Joe thought he saw "crows" pecking at a "dog" that was chewing on a "baby". And that's when a big "splat" hit the windshield and broke the wipers.Sasquatch
Guts
Wrench
Trauma
Bedrock
It turned out that the "splat" on the windshield occurred when "Sasquatch" with mangly hair covering his eyes, darted out from the nearby woods. His "guts" hit the car causing major "trauma" to his head or whatever little was left of it. Joe became ill at the sight, took his "wrench" for protection and headed for "Bedrock".gorilla
mountain
cigar
lovely
work
The Sasquatch wasn't really dead, he'd thrown the guts at the car and tossed a fake head on to the road. In fact, the Sasquatch was really a "mountain" "gorilla" and decided to celebrate his "lovely" "work" with a fine "cigar" and a good chuckle.Pine nuts
Perverts
Portrait
Pinto
Purple
jail
in-pounded
charges
hand cuffs
bail