Another 10 items to write about
By jakester519
@jakester519 (355)
June 8, 2007 3:13pm CST
These are proving very popular with people, so here are another 10 random objects that can be incorporated into a short story.
The rules are the same as ever, you must try and get ALL items into your story and it mustmake some form of sense. Look at my other discussions to try out the others, OK, here we go:
Television
Sailing
Waistcoat
InfraRed
Basics
Disease
Cuddle
Aircraft
Handle
Amsterdam
Look forward once again to seeing what you all come up with and looking forward to some great responses.
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@MelodyRhapsodical (1248)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Ooh! Let's give this a shot here...
I'm sitting in my room reading, while my boyfriend watches the TELEVISION. He's watching some program or other about boats made especially for SAILING great distances, looks interesting. The captain of the boat is wearing a WAISTCOAT with a life vest on top of it, looks so funny. So, I'm reading the manual of my new cell phone that has tons of great features like bluetooth and INFRARED. It's so high tech that I actually have to read to learn all the BASICS! The captain of the boat (on TV) is going on about this DISEASE that be caught if one's not careful while at sea. Apparently sailors huddle (and sometimes even CUDDLE!) together to keep themselves warm with several blankets because it can get so cold at night. The captain joked about how much easier his life would be if he would've became a pilot of an AIRCRAFT instead, but that he loves to HANDLE his boats. He says that on his next trip he's sailing to AMSTERDAM!
That's sooo long! Lol. The last 3 words where the hardest to fit. Nice game! :D
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@jakester519 (355)
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9 Jun 07
Another great story, you have to work so much harder to put them in order the way you and dangermouse have done. Well done.
@Alison1970 (23)
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8 Jun 07
I sit there in my suit watching television, waiting for my wfe to get ready, my waistcoat is too tight, i've had this suit 7 years and put on a few pounds! I aim my infared remote control at the screen and flick through the channels while I wait, as the programme i've been watching about people that handle your baggage at Amsterdam airport before it gets put on the aircraft, is beginning to get tedious. I stumble across a programme about a group of people with different diseases sailing across the med....too depressing, so I switch off the TV. Just in time as it happens, in walks my wife, she looks stunning and as I get up and walk over to give her a cuddle, I know tonight is going to be a perfect evening.
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@MelodyRhapsodical (1248)
• United States
8 Jun 07
What?! I didn't realize we could use the words in whichever order we wanted! Oh that would've made it much easier...LOL.
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@Roswell (104)
• India
9 Jun 07
i was watching TELEVISION while SAILING on a boat to prevent splashes i was wearing a waist coat i missed my infrared remote had to change the channels using the jog dial its really old and principles and basics for other tv's it was like a disease worse than us cuddle in an aircraft handled by a truck driver on its way to Amsterdam
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@jakester519 (355)
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9 Jun 07
Nice work on this, you managed to get all the words in. I like the description about the aircraft being handled by a truck driver, I can see how that could be rough.
Many thanks Roswell.
J.
@Roswell (104)
• India
10 Jun 07
no prob's hey and guess what i did it in the order in which you had written them up from top to bottom mine would hav been the hardest but seriously i made it up as soon as i read the words. 'us Cuddle ' refered to me and the tv and yes a rough flight on a boat handled by a truck driver hehe ciao
@fuzzEbluebathrobe (378)
• United States
23 Jun 07
I am having a problem with my newest pet Hamsterdam.
He is not the kind you can cuddle.
Getting down to basics..his contempt for me is anything but subtle.
I rescued him from a Lab where he was most unhappy.
His demeanor is the result of being treated as some common guinea piggy. Oh Please!!
What could have gone wrong after being used to test the effects of infrared beams on some dreaded disease?
It was really more than anyone could handle.
Especially for this fellow who tells "tails" of Sailing his yacht past islands, whales,aircraft carriers and many a boat..
while wearing his favorite waistcoat.
Was it really so bad to ask a hamster with vision "Why can't you just stick to Television".
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@fuzzEbluebathrobe (378)
• United States
2 Jul 07
Don't worry about it I went away for a couple of weekends myself; Although I am jealous of the no phone or TV thing.
That is the way do have a vacation. Yes I have to use humor whenever I can to distract me from my frustrations mostly at work. You have really stumbled on to something with this type of question as you can see everyone loves answering them.
@jakester519 (355)
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29 Jun 07
I like this fuzzeblue, do you write humour a lot. I must apologise for not replying earlier as I was away on holiday in Ireland, no tv, no internet, no phones....pure bliss.
Back to you though!.....great little story, liked the play on words and the way it is so simple and effective. Many thanks, J.
@SquashStar (622)
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9 Jun 07
Today I decided to go sailing on my sailboat but when I got out onto the water it was fairly cold so I decided to just watch some old fashioned shows on my television. It was chilly downstairs on my sailboat so I put on my waistcoat not knowing that my wife was going to cuddle with my later as we approached Amsterdam. When we got there we went to Basics to get some stationary and then decided to fly to Paris on my aircraft. My wife knew how to handle the infraRed so our trip was a lot faster as I didn't have to multitask, flying and handling the infraRed. When we got home we learnt that there was a new disease in Paris which we luckily missed, due in part to my wifes' expertise on the infraRed.
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@jakester519 (355)
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12 Jun 07
Sounds like you want to live the jetset lifestyle. Like the story, thanks, hope you enjoyed it too.
J.
@SquashStar (622)
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13 Jun 07
Lol...it was a differnt thing to do and i just kind've made it up as i went along.
@magicnoire (102)
• United States
9 Jun 07
Let me take a stab at it...
I was sitting in front of the television, just lounging on the sofa, relaxing, unwinding, and trying to find a good program to watch. As I was flipping through the channels searching for something interesting to watch, I come across a channel about sailing and hesitate for a moment. I recalled a time when I could have taken this up, oh well, maybe someday. My reverie was momentarily interrupted by my cousin who starts prancing about wearing a waistcoat as he prepares to go to a costume party. He blocks the infrared beam of the remote so I couldn't change the channel and had to endure listening to the basics of completing a golf swing. My cousin notices my slight irritation and remarks that I have this disease of just flipping thru the channels and not really watching a program in its entirety. I vehemently deny this and try to prove him wrong by finally choosing a channel and reach for a throw pillow to cuddle. Now I have to endure a program about an aircraft that is easy to handle even under turbulent conditions and they'll prove this by flying to Amsterdam in unfavorable weather. The one I wish would go to Amsterdam is my cousin, who is being such a pain right now. Anyway, I only have a few minutes to endure and soon he'll be on his merry way to his party. Good riddance! Now I can go back to flipping thru the channels. Why isn't there anything good on? I probably should have just rented a movie.
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@jakester519 (355)
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9 Jun 07
Great story, flows really well and you can see it happening in your mind as you read it so clearly.
If you liked this one there are a few others on a similair vein I have started, give those a shot as well.
Many thanks, J.
@magicnoire (102)
• United States
9 Jun 07
This is actually a good mental exercise and a good way to hone one's writing skills. It trains your mind and disciplines it and gets your creative juices flowing. Thanks. Maybe this is just what I need to get out of this writer's block.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
8 Jun 07
Okay here goes.
Alan had just turned on his television to watch the sailing boat race, when he saw him, standing over the deck of the "Lady Ann", his red and yellow waistcoat contrasting against his white Bermudas.
Yes this was Virgil Lambert whose infrared camera found Alan's victim and rescued her before he could kill her and that what was made Alan furious. He could just kill Detective Lambert slowly, but there was a price on his head and the police were watching his house and were even questioning his friends and relatives. Why they even had interviewed his second cousin Mike when he was teaching some kindergarten kids the basics of keeping yourself clean so you do not catch a horrible disease and Mike had hardly spoken to him.
Well at least, thought Alan, he's not at home having a little cuddle with his wife. He's on the boat, and now as soon as dark, I'll sneak past those two cops who are watching me, then with his wife in my power, I can really handle Detective Lambert. He won't find me with that phony disguise of his. Then I'm off to
Amsterdam.
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@jakester519 (355)
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9 Jun 07
This sounds like it could be part of a bigger plot, I wonder if you could work it into a full story with this train of thought. Would make a great detective/murder novel.
Many thanks.
@coolwater05 (55)
• Philippines
9 Jun 07
waistcoat sailing the television infrared to handle basics aircraft from diseaseS in Amsterdam.... haha.. its doesnt matter to make it come up like a joke having dual meaning, either way its just how you would wanna prefer it to come up... forget it; no such luck!!!^_^
@tomysole (457)
• United States
9 Jun 07
I moved to Amsterdam last year to get away from my hometown and enjoy the rest of my life. The disease they found through infrared scans showed that my existence would be confined to watching television while sailing towards my inevitable fate. Every mourning I throw on my waistcoat, cuddle up on the couch, and try to handle the basics of living a life of true confinement.
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@jakester519 (355)
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12 Jun 07
Short, sweet and a such a sad tale. Thanks for taking the time to attempt this little tease,
J.