Can You Tell A Story In…

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

ALARM

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

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

Keith Channing:

Smells are chargeable per fume.

Perfumed Garden – very explicit book!

Profumo – not the Perfumo affair.

Terveen Gill:

Love can perfume pungent hearts.

Kim Smyth:

Cannot cover stink with perfume.

I perfume wrists with Frankincense.

I love musky perfume sprays.

Ritu:

Her perfume lingered, long after…

Strong perfume makes me sneeze!

Pefumed letters – bringing back memories.

Ruth Scribbles:

Perfume is a major irritant.

I followed her perfume trail.

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

Perfume, heaven in a bottle.

Rose petal perfume? Didn’t work!

Poison is my favourite perfume.

The perfume had heady notes…

Soap perfumed with lavender flowers.

I sent you perfume scents.

Fart in a bottle? New perfume!

Lance Greenfield:

Smokers: one cough per fume.

Linking People 2003:

Fragrance emanating flowers’ oily perfume.

Whiffed her fresh rosy perfume.

Blooming jasmine perfumed whole room.

Smell sense aroused by perfume.

Perfume invigorated her to overwork.

Perfume helps breath in better.

Aromatherapy with perfume heals ailments.

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

  1. David’s alarm? Sea sounds! Ahhhh. ☺️

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    1. That’s a really good one. Thanks, Kim.

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  2. The alarm beeped. Too early! 😖
    Forgot to switch alarm off! 😳
    Forgot to switch alarm on! 🤦🏽‍♀️

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    1. I know that first one very well!

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      1. Me too!!

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  3. Alarm! Alarm! You’re on fire!
    The cooker alarm went off
    My alarm – set for five
    alarm was set too late
    The low plane caused alarm
    Volcano alarm, alert, beware warning!

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    1. Five o’ clock?! That’s the middle of the night 😂

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      1. Yes! I don’t do mornings!

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      2. Not for some of us!

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      3. When I worked for Vodafone copywriting I used to get up at 4.30, so I’ve had my fair share of early mornings. Doing what I do now, I’m fortunate to choose when I get up 🙂

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  4. Alarms always awaken attentive athletes.
    Left-wing views alarm populist press.
    Avionics alarm alerts ailing astronaut.
    Robust procedures triggered by alarm.
    My alarm just went off!

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    1. I love the alliteration of the first one. A very good acrostic.

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      1. Thanks, Esther. I wanted to try something different, but could only use alliteration on the two lines starting with A.

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    Set smoke alarm off. Again…
    Missed alarm. Interview today. Shit!
    Alarm bells ringing? Take heed…

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    1. Very good, Val. Thank you.

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  6. Louder than an alarmed llama
    Smarmy salesman alarms charming farmer
    American firearms laws raise alarms

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    1. Great tongue twisters!

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  7. The prognosis is very alarming.
    Set your own alarm, dear!
    My alarm did not ring.
    Fire alarms are extremely loud.

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    1. I enjoyed these very much. Thank you 😊

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  8. Loud alarms are very annoying.
    Prefer nature sounds for alarms.
    Rather not set an alarm.
    Fire alarms scare me silly.
    Fire alarms contribute to deafness.

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    1. These are great. Thanks, Tessa.

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