Esther Chilton
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Happy Thursday! Here’s your new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 40 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: MURDER CASSETTE TEAR RICE Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 25 words using the following three words in it somewhere: SPADE OPERA HORSE Here are you entertaining…
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Here are a few more amusing laws and customs of old: In July 1981, a poor tortoise was sentenced to death for murder. Tribal elders in a village in Kenya believed the tortoise had caused six deaths by way of magic. The outcome? Not one of the villagers was prepared to risk the tortoise performing…
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Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and this week is a good one. Your new limerick challenge is: VOTE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word GRAVE in it somewhere. You produced some excellent limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: “Grave news,” said my manservant, Bob “Roberto has…
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Happy Thursday! Here’s your new story challenge: Can you tell a story in 25 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: SPADE OPERA HORSE Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 15 words using the following two words in it somewhere: TUTU VEGAN Here are you hilarious stories: Christine…
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I’ve recently been blogging about unusual laws and customs I’ve come across. Here are a few more: It’s said that in Medieveal Japan when men wanted to seal an agreement, they urinated together, their streams of urine crisscrossing. I’d rather stick to a simple handshake, thank you very much. During the 16th and 17th centuries,…
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Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and this week is a good one. Your new limerick challenge is: GRAVE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word YAWN in it somewhere. You produced some fantastic limericks: Keith Edgar Channing: Jim and I shared a few beers. I…
