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Post by inuvik on May 15, 2006 16:12:02 GMT -5
Since we are all back in game mode, here's one. How about we start a story. We can each give up to 20 words, then someone else has to continue it. It can be funny, sad, whatever we all decide it to be! As long as it is a continuous narrative.
The only rules I can think of are:
1. Play no more than twice a day.
2. At least one other person must contribute to the story before your second play.
And of course, if it seems natural, someone can also end the story too.
I'll start.
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into
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Post by Dreamfire on May 16, 2006 7:24:46 GMT -5
a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. Than tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend
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Post by inuvik on May 16, 2006 10:14:18 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend
who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
(I think we should copy or quote the previous ones, so the story is all together. It will be easier as this gets longer).
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Post by doobrah on May 16, 2006 10:35:10 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am ...
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Post by inuvik on May 16, 2006 16:04:06 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am ...
trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and
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Post by carl1951 on May 16, 2006 21:05:07 GMT -5
saw and elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see
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Post by awlrite4now on May 17, 2006 4:30:43 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am ...
trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and saw an[d] elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see
where the cookies were made. Suddenly, he was standing at the foot of a hollow tree. Chocolate chip! My favorite!
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Post by inuvik on May 17, 2006 12:05:43 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and saw an[d] elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see where the cookies were made. Suddenly, he was standing at the foot of a hollow tree. Chocolate chip! My favorite!
After gorging himself, Mark decided he had better not waste his last wish. World peace? Nah. I wish for
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Post by awlrite4now on May 17, 2006 23:21:57 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and saw an[d] elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see where the cookies were made. Suddenly, he was standing at the foot of a hollow tree. Chocolate chip! My favorite!
After gorging himself, Mark decided he had better not waste his last wish. World peace? Nah. I wish for
Blind Justice to be brought back to television and a dvd release of the first season. That would be perfect.
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Post by anna on May 17, 2006 23:36:47 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and saw an[d] elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see where the cookies were made. Suddenly, he was standing at the foot of a hollow tree. Chocolate chip! My favorite!
After gorging himself, Mark decided he had better not waste his last wish. World peace? Nah. I wish for
Blind Justice to be brought back to television and a dvd release of the first season. That would be perfect.
Whereupon the elf cried, "Hey, I'm an elf, not a freakin' miracle worker. For a job like that you need
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Post by doobrah on May 18, 2006 7:50:44 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and saw an[d] elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see where the cookies were made. Suddenly, he was standing at the foot of a hollow tree. Chocolate chip! My favorite!
After gorging himself, Mark decided he had better not waste his last wish. World peace? Nah. I wish for
Blind Justice to be brought back to television and a dvd release of the first season. That would be perfect.
Whereupon the elf cried, "Hey, I'm an elf, not a freakin' miracle worker. For a job like that you need
Michael Eisner. Uh, Shrek." Mark said, "Then I want ... a SHRUBBERY!!" The elf replied, "Do I look like Monty Python?"
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Post by inuvik on May 18, 2006 12:20:05 GMT -5
Mark was walking through the aquaduct when he saw a bright penny. He picked it up and threw it into a baby's pram. The pram held all sorts of valuables. That tennis shoe he was sure would fit his friend who is only 3 feet tall. A size 2 is hard to find. But what good is only one shoe?
Mark then noticed there was a note shoved into the shoe. Opening it, it said, "HELP! I am trapped in a bottle underneath the aqueduct! Rescue me and I will grant you two wishes! Mark peered over and saw an elf. The elf said he would grant two wishes. Mark's first wish was to be able to see where the cookies were made. Suddenly, he was standing at the foot of a hollow tree. Chocolate chip! My favorite!
After gorging himself, Mark decided he had better not waste his last wish. World peace? Nah. I wish for Blind Justice to be brought back to television and a dvd release of the first season. That would be perfect. Whereupon the elf cried, "Hey, I'm an elf, not a freakin' miracle worker. For a job like that you need Michael Eisner. Uh, Shrek." Mark said, "Then I want ... a SHRUBBERY!!" The elf replied, "Do I look like Monty Python?"
Finally Mark said, "Give me a girlfriend. I'm tired of walking by myself! I want to share this magical place!"
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Post by maggiethecat on May 19, 2006 16:47:16 GMT -5
"Share this magical place?" replied the knight (who looked suspiciously like John Cleese). "We are not into magic. We are the knights who say Ni!"
"Oh, puhleeze," said Mark. "I do not know what you mean by Ni. No one does. No one ever has known. It's Python-speak, and about as understandable as Latin."
At that very moment, a man (who looked suspiciously like Michael Palin) came by pulling a cart on which were heaped a number of corpses, and calling out,"Bring out your dead, bring out your dead."
"Dead?" replied Mark. "We ain't got no stinkin' dead . . . unless you mean Sam Berglass." He gestured to a slim blonde youth lying in the grass. "And we have no idea what killed him."
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Post by inuvik on May 19, 2006 16:54:07 GMT -5
Ha ha! Very good stuff, as a Monty Python fan! I will not **** in your general direction! Very enthusiastic contribution. But please, could the next player please go back to 20 words or less.  That's the idea, just small bits each so we have no idea of the direction of the story and it always changes. Modified to add: Or, do people prefer this? If people prefer I could change it to 40 words or less. I'm open! |
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Post by carl1951 on May 19, 2006 18:52:53 GMT -5
no, no, no, not 40 words or less. Give em an inch, and next thing it'll be unlimited in the number of words allowed.
Besides, I had a hard time coming up with 20.
It's the only reason I can use.
Of course, with Mags, that is a different story.
Later, Carl
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That's the idea, just small bits each so we have no idea of the direction of the story and it always changes.