Can You Tell A Story In…

Hello, all. I hope you’re having a good week. Here’s a new story challenge for you:

Can you tell a story in 48 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:

  • SHOVEL
  • MOONWALK
  • PINEAPPLE
  • ELECTION
  • FLU
  • MAGNET

Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 24 words using the following word in it somewhere:

  • SHOWER
  • BISCUIT
  • FRAUD
  • SKIP

Here are your funny stories:

Kim Smyth:

Sally decides to skip the bar tab; a form of fraud, then takes a shower at home before snacking on a biscuit. Bad Sally!

Nicola Daly:

“Come here, Biscuit! You’re such a fraud – you roll in muddy puddles and yet you’re scared of the shower. Don’t skip away from me!”

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

The financial fraud happened between approximately one and three pm – after they threw the shower in the skip, but before they bought the biscuits.

Treehugger:

I admit I am a fraud. I frequently skip my 10K run, enjoy a nice hot shower and settle down to tea and biscuits.

Squirreljan:

That biscuit was a fraud. Enticing me into the skip to retrieve it, only to discover it wasn’t a Hobnob. I need a shower!

Sharron P:

Who put that skip on my drive? It wasn’t me. Must be skip fraud. Ooh, it’s full of biscuits. Bit soggy after the shower.

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

  1. Love your meme! My husband says I tried to smother him with a pillow once for snoring, which is a complete lie, lol. I merely pushed at him with the pillow. Probably trying to turn him over so the snoring would stop! Anyway, I’ll need to think on those words a bit before forming my story.

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    1. That made me laugh!

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      1. Haha, good!

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  2. “Election season again!  The time when it flows so deep you need a shovel to move.  Want to see an 85 year-year-old moonwalk or a northerner hand out pineapples?  Just watch these would-be love-magnets!”

    “Are you going to the debate or not?”

    “Not tonight – I have the flu…”

    OK, a few hyphenated words to fit, but…

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    1. That’s fab. Made me laugh!

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      1. Thanks, Esther, glad you liked it 🙂

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  3. “Take a shovel on your moonwalk” she said. “bury that old pineapple”. He opened the magnetic lock and set out over the lunar surface. But he sneezed, oh no astral flu! Not good in a spaceship! And tomorrow was election day. The lunar mayor would need his help!

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    1. So creative!

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    2. That’s so funny 😂

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      1. Thank you, enjoyed the prompt x

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  4. Brenda stuck a picture under the fridge magnet. “Ugh! I can’t believe I have the flu during election week! Yesterday I felt good enough to do the moonwalk with a pineapple on my head. Now I feel like I got hit in the face with a flat shovel.”

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    1. That’s so good 😄😍

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  5. Thanks-it took me until last night, lol! Glad you enjoyed it!

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    squirreljan

    The election was a pigging disaster. Morris wore a pineapple hat on his head, tried to moonwalk on a shovel, and still had flu. Although he remained a voting magnet with the British Saddlebacks, the disgusted Middle Whites and Berkshires changed allegiance. He lost by a substantial margin.

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    1. That is sooo clever, Janice! 😁

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        squirreljan

        I love doing these, Esther. Playing with words – great fun!

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    nikidaly70

    ‘Once upon a time there was an election. One of the candidates drew the crowds like a magnet. I mean, have you ever seen a pineapple moonwalk with a shovel?’

    ‘Mummy, this story’s silly and doesn’t make sense.’

    ‘That’s because I’m delirious and going down with the flu.’

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    1. Very funny, Nicola. I hope you enjoyed coming up with that one.

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        nikidaly70

        I did – it was great fun! 🙂

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  8. Deciding to shake of the ‘flu, I drove to my allotment, grabbed a shovel and started digging .I planted a pineapple tree. Noticing a sign for moonwalking to raise money for charity I was drawn in like a magnet, flu forgotten ,election forgotten ,I faced my next challenge .

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    1. Very funny, Sheila. Well done 😊

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  9. Here’s my entry on my blog:

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    1. I really enjoyed it 😊

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