Can You Tell A Story In…

It’s Thursday once again and that means five-word story time. Your new word this week is:

NAIL

So can you tell a story in five words using the word NAIL in it somewhere?

Your word last week was FEAR. Here are your FEAR stories:

Keith Channing:

Fear keeps a person sharp.
Earn my respect, not fear.
Anger comes often from fear.
Remember, fear can be rational!
Finally: fostering frailty fortifies fear.

Darlene:

Fantasing Events that Apppear Real.

Fear change but do it.

Facing your fear is hard.

The only thing to fear.

Ruth Scribbles:

I fear nothing but fear.

His fear emotionally paralyzed him.

He threatened “fear of god.”

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

Fear of failing my MA!

My fear of flying, terrified.

The triffids, my plant fear.

Fight the fear with Macrame!

Oranges and lemons. Citrus Fear!

Spiders really fear big feet!

Ritu:

I fear I am overeating.

I fear for my waistline.

Size 16 is my fear!

EDC Writing:

Twin fear
one being
lost.

Annette Rochelle Aben:

Swallow fear chased with whiskey.

Terveen Gill:

Decapitate fear, discover an ear.

EDC Writing:

She caught train he missed.

Lance Greenfield:

Phoebe feared some fearsome phobias.

No fear! Lance is here!

Subconscious fears result in tears.

Feartie Freddie was awfully afraid.

Greatest fear is male medics.

Fearsome foe flies from afar.

Fearless fossa fought frightened fox.

Hugh W Roberts:

Earth! Known as planet Fear.

Beneath their feet, fear reigned.

Death feared nothing but life.

Their fear came to life.

Tik-Tok! It’s fear o’clock again.

Val Fish:

Never fear, Supergran is here

Phobia; a fear too far

I fear for Earth’s future

Frightened to face my fear…

Root canal; fear factor fifty!

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29 responses to “Can You Tell A Story In…”

  1. She shouted, “I nailed it!”
    Died while filing her nails.
    Nailed it on the door.

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    1. I laughed at the second one, Darlene. Filing your nails is a dangerous thing!

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      1. Might be worse ways to die!

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  2. “You nailed it,” he said!
    My nails are not glamorous.
    I tore a nail yesterday.

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    1. Highly apt, Ruth!

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  3. Picture this, nail, hammer, thumb.

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    1. That’s excellent, Annette!

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    Drill and screw? Nail it!

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    1. That’s great! Thanks, Eric!

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  5. Five word story? Nailed it! 🙂

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    1. Very clever, Ruth!

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  6. Nail your colours to masts!
    My nails, a great shame
    Nails not snail you idiot!
    I need nails for paintings
    Eric ate a nail quickly?
    My nail, a magnetic compass!
    Nails down blackboard is horrendous!

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    1. I’m with you on that last one – it’s making me cringe thinking about it!

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      1. We had a teacher that did it 🙄

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      2. Oooh, that’s nasty!

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  7. Paints her third nail differently.

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    1. Interesting! I like that.

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      1. I do that so it was the first thing that popped in my head! ☺️

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  8. Nail the sail – or fail.
    Nail on the donkey’s tail.
    Nail through the nail – torture!
    Who buys Jimmy Nail records?

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    1. These are very entertaining. The last one made me laugh out loud.

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  9. Glass nails require rubber hammer
    Her nails scratched his back
    Hitting nail on the thumb
    Painting nails is Mannie’s cure
    Hanging on by my fingernails

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    1. Very, very good,Lance. Thank you.

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  10. Nail hit on head , ouch!
    Raw jelly’s good for nails
    Wembley 66; nail-biting, heart- stopping finish
    Crucifixion nails found in Caiaphas’ Cave
    Filing nails is spine tingling!

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  11. Their fingernails were the cure.
    Biting your fingernails is dangerous.
    Toenails in the bath. Whodunit?
    My next book. Nailed it!
    The murder weapon – Nail clippers.

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    1. I love the thought of nail clippers as a murder weapon!

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      1. I had a feeling you would, Esther.

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