Can You Tell A Story In…

This week has been miserable – well, in terms of the weather anyway. Let’s hope it brightens up for the weekend. Here is a new story challenge for you to bring a ray of sunshine:

Can you tell a story in 39 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:

  • INJUNCTION
  • FLUFFY
  • TRACTOR
  • PYRAMID

The previous prompt was to tell a story in 27 words using the following words in it somewhere:

  • TEETH
  • PASSWORD
  • HONK

Here are your laugh out loud stories:

Darlene:

She got up, popped her teeth in her mouth and turned on the computer. Darn! She forget her password, again. A car outside honked. She remembered, honkifyouthinkImcute.

ganga1996:

Staring at the traffic lights, Pat ground her teeth as she tried to remember her password! The cars honking was not helping her! It was getting late!

Frank Hubney:

The site rejected “honk” as a password, being too short, and “teeth”, because it didn’t have goofy characters in it.

It was a joke site after all.

John W. Howell:

It is vital that action be taken to stop the missiles. The password written on a piece of paper held tightly in my teeth disappears in the honk of my sneeze.

Murray Clarke:

The wild goose let out a raucous honk. “You can’t come in unless you tell me the password,” he hissed through clenched teeth to the waiting blackbird.

Tessa:

I forgot my password at the ATM. The car behind me honked its horn, yelling at me to hurry up. They needed money for their sore teeth.

Trentpmcd:

Gritting my teeth I carefully tried the password again.  Third strike, I was out, and the car began to honk.  Why can’t we go back to keys?

Fedesponderings:

My teeth grit in frustration. The feeling worsens at the continuous chorus of honking outside. After three failed attempts, I’m stumped. What on Earth is the password?

Treehugger:

The handsome dentist was so unindated with young female clients, he told his receptionist to set up a system using the password ‘honk’ for his regular clients.

Christine Mallaband-Brown:

Teeth is my new computer password. The alarm is set to “honk” if anyone breaches it! Oops! Now I’ve told it you. Better change it to dentures!

Pensivity101:

Her memory was not what it was, so she used word association to remind her.

Teeth was her password because the putrid honk of halitosis was unforgettable.

Christopher Farley:

A password for this, a password for that, soon we’ll need a password to honk the car horn. It’s like pulling teeth trying to remember them all.

The Bag Lady:

“Don’t honk at me! I’m just looking for my password!” The angry man behind bumped her car causing her to jerk, hitting her teeth on her cellphone.

Ann Edall-Robson:

HONK! They all knew the password. Time to sink their teeth into the migration journey ahead of them. The Canada Geese lifted off, forming their recognizable V.

The Elephant’s Trunk:

“So he let out a loud honk and said
‘The password is ‘Chickenshit!’
Can you imagine that? I cackled so hard,
I damn near dropped my teeth!”

Utahan15:

i get teeth in me

and tensed everytime they honk!

password the same

buzz kill

the thrill gone

be off

and know i saw what you did!

Kim Smyth:

While sitting in my car, I gritted my teeth as I feverishly tried to remember the password to unlock my phone. Before long, cars began to honk!

Squirreljan:

Honk! Incorrect password. I gritted my teeth. One more attempt before I was locked out.

I typed Yetanother****ing1!666. Result. Now why the devil hadn’t I remembered that.

Sexagenarian Scribbler:

Honk Honk!  My grandson had cycled round to see me.

Can I come in?

What’s the password?

Don’t know nanny, but the tooth fairy came last night!

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

  1. Some very funny stories from last weeks prompts. LOL!

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    1. They were all so funny. Glad you enjoyed them too.

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  2. The injunction forbids moving the giant fluffy cotton candy pyramid with my tractor. I wonder what is says about eating it?

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    1. That’s funny. You’ve done great with that, John.

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      1. Thank you, Esther. 😁

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  3. There was an injunction that he shouldn’t use his tractor! So off he went to Egypt to see the pyramids! The sand there felt like his dog fluffy! Oh, it bought back memories of his half century tractor again!

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    1. Very good, Janice. A good laugh 🥰

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      1. Thanks! I think you got my name wrong 😃?

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      2. I’m so sorry. I clicked the wrong one. So sorry 🤭

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      3. No problem 😀

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  4. I skimmed the document.  “What?”

    The lawyer’s lips curled around crocodile teeth.  “It’s an injunction against…”

    “I don’t own a tractor.”

    “Your pyramid scheme to…”

    “Also false.  Tell Frank to stuff it.”

    “Which brings us to the fluffy chew-toy…”

    ***

    I hope that hyphenated last word to keep it at 39 words is legal. If not, don’t send Frank’s lawyer!

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    1. I won’t, I promise 😂

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      1. Thanks, he’s a little hard to deal with. lol

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  5. Brian wrote, “The tractor moved the fluffy pyramid.”

    “That makes no sense,” his critical mind responded.

    “I know, but I’ve got to squeeze in `injunction` as well using only 39 words.”

    “What does `injunction` mean anyway?” his mind wondered.

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    1. Well done, Frank. Thanks for that.

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  6. The tractor waited by the pyramid, fluffy dice hanging down from the rear view mirror. The Injunction read the pyramid must be demolished. It was made of glass and metal, like the one by the louvre. No said Trump!

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    1. Very clever, Christine. I like your thinking.

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      1. Cheers, I suddenly realised that fluffy dice were a thing!

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  7. Jack Fluffy, the farmer, took his tractor to the pyramids. He wanted to pull them down, saying he hated triangles. There was an immediate injunction to stop him. “I’ll be back!” farmer Fluffy swore.

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    1. A fabulous story!

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      1. Thank you, Esther!

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  8. Love the meme here!

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    1. Thank you for joining in.

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    1. It was great. Thank you 😊

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    squirreljan

    The sheep’s fluffy bodies were spread out in a pyramid shape, blocking the tractor. It went to court, and the sheep were awarded an injunction against the farmer. He was banned from entering the field and removing their food.

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    1. This is hilarious, Janice.

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  11. Difficult night on building site
    Tractor ceased to function
    Workers hid from pyramid
    Council forced injunction
    Fluffy bed, where I rest my head
    Feeling no sense of sorrow
    Utterly sick of brick after brick
    Pharaoh can wait till tomorrow

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    1. That’s very nicely done. Really like that. Thank you.

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  13. Fluffy, my Angora goat ,frequently wandered into Farmer Jones’ yard. The farmer, with tractor built a pyramid of straw bales to keep him out .Fluffy, undeterred, surmounted it .

    Exasperated Farmer Jones applied for an injunction against the wily goat.

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    1. That’s hilarious 😆

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  14. Fluffy clouds drifted past the moon. Perfect lighting to deal with the equipment destined to demolish the historic hamlet, Pyramid Roofs. They’d lost the injunction, but not the fight. Tractor fuel cap removed. Salt added. High fives all around!

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    1. Great story! Thanks, Ann.

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    Chuckster

    Ah, writing a short story’s harder than hoicking a stubborn mule onto a tractor. I got an injunction against run-on sentences, but my fluffy ideas piled up like a word pyramid. Forty words? Drat. Time to edit…

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    1. That is sooo good! Thanks for that 😊

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  16. Tearing open the cream vellum envelope, the fluffy haired farmer gasped in disbelief. The interfering council had obtained an injunction requiring the demolition of his precious tractor shed, a meticulous full scale replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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    1. That is sooo funny! Thank you for that, Sarah.

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    1. You are so good at these, Nancy!

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