"Grocery list story"

~Jingle Pejuta~ · 02-24-2007, 11:07 AM

This will be a fun thing we all can get involved in. We post an item that might be found on a make believe grocery list someone has dropped in a grocery. (could be a super wally world *lol* ) Anyway, if you have ever seen a list they have some odd or totally unrelated items like jar of olives, quart of oil, denture cleaner etc.
Like what we do is come up with a list then write a story using the items from that list. It will be fun to see how different each of our stories are using the same items.
I know there's a lot of writers on this board. Any one up for a challenge?

~Jingle Pejuta~ · 02-24-2007, 11:12 AM

I'll list the first item.

Air Freshener

**NorthofAda** · 02-24-2007, 02:10 PM

Windshield wiper blades...

Mato Winyan · 02-24-2007, 04:52 PM

marshmallows

tainee · 02-24-2007, 11:38 PM

light bulbs

**Dweick** · 02-25-2007, 02:18 AM

one day when I was headed up north, to the annual
Light bulb convention .I stopped at the corner store to by some marshmallows and placed them on top of my car I drove off Remebering I forgot my deoderant again, So I reached for my car air freshener. the rain started to fall as the rain quickly turned to heavy downpour I turned on my Windshield wiper blades and then.......

Mato Winyan · 02-25-2007, 10:40 AM

That's cool .........someone is eager to start writing! (you forgot air freshener)

It's cool how you did that with the convention. I wouldn't have thought of that.

I thought we were just getting the list together for now. How many items are we doing?

**Dweick** · 02-26-2007, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mato Winyan

That's cool .........someone is eager to start writing! (you forgot air freshener)

It's cool how you did that with the convention. I wouldn't have thought of that.

I thought we were just getting the list together for now. How many items are we doing?

sure you could you just gotta use that twisted part of your mind.

( please note I inserted the air freshener)

and you come up with a number of words it was your idea

**CandaePrincess** · 02-26-2007, 12:08 PM

dog food

**NorthofAda** · 02-27-2007, 06:32 PM

It was a dark and stormy night. I went to the cupboard to grab a can of soup, and realized that I had bought dog food by mistake. It was just about all I had, so I fried it up. I had to disguise the odor of it frying with nearly a whole can of air freshener. I found a bag of marshmallows on top of the refrigerator, next to an unopened package of windshield wiper blades. I don't have a fireplace, so I roasted those puppies over the blazing hot light bulb of my torchiere lamp. That was a dinner to remember!

tainee · 02-27-2007, 07:35 PM

After changing the "windshield wiper blades" on my car, it started to rain. Running inside the house, I
noticed a strange odor, whatever it was smelled horrible. I got out a can of "air freshener" and started
spraying the whole house.
In my attempt to rid the house of the odor, I accidently sprayed the lamp and shorted out the "light bulb". While tossing the bulb away, the dogs jumped on me, pushing me against a large bag of "dog food", that they had gotten into, causing the odor in the house.
It just wasn't my day, so after feeding the dogs and putting them in the garage, I helped myself to a cup of hot chocolate with a big helping of "marshmallows".

~Jingle Pejuta~ · 03-03-2007, 09:37 AM

This is so cool. You all are doin great with the 5 items on the list. Maybe next list we can try 7 or 10.

We were camping at the first powwow of the year. I was excited to be there. So many campers it seemed like one big happy family talking and sharing. If one person would be out of coffee they could go ask someone and get it. Well our "neighbor" was frantic because she forgot to bring "dog food" for her little pooch and asked me if I possibly had any. I told her no but gave her some "marshmallows" and told her she could try those. How was I to know they would give the pooch gas? I apologized and told her I had some "air freshner" in the tent she could have. She thanked me and invited us to the camp pitch in feed. Told us to bring whatever could be thrown in the pot. We ended up taking some potatoes and carrots that we had brought.

Everyone was there and pitched in. It was great. Only thing that anyone forgot was to bring something to stir the pitch in stew with. We searched high and low and could find nothing. Then I had a "lightbulb" moment and went to my car. I took off the "windshield wiper blades" and everyone shouted for joy that we had something to stir our wonderful stew. We used one for stirring and the other one for roasting hotdogs over the fire. It was a wonderful night for all!

02-24-2007, 11:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
~Jingle Pejuta~ Mean People Suck!! Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 199	"Grocery list story" This will be a fun thing we all can get involved in. We post an item that might be found on a make believe grocery list someone has dropped in a grocery. (could be a super wally world lol ) Anyway, if you have ever seen a list they have some odd or totally unrelated items like jar of olives, quart of oil, denture cleaner etc. Like what we do is come up with a list then write a story using the items from that list. It will be fun to see how different each of our stories are using the same items. I know there's a lot of writers on this board. Any one up for a challenge? __________________ "Such,things though rare in time, are frequent in eternity. -- Bryon, "Cain"

02-24-2007, 11:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
~Jingle Pejuta~ Mean People Suck!! Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 199	I'll list the first item. Air Freshener __________________ "Such,things though rare in time, are frequent in eternity. -- Bryon, "Cain"

02-24-2007, 04:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Dancing makes you smile Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,477 Blog Entries: 4	marshmallows __________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume

02-25-2007, 02:18 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dweick Dweick Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 4,051	one day when I was headed up north, to the annual Light bulb convention .I stopped at the corner store to by some marshmallows and placed them on top of my car I drove off Remebering I forgot my deoderant again, So I reached for my car air freshener. the rain started to fall as the rain quickly turned to heavy downpour I turned on my Windshield wiper blades and then....... Last edited by Dweick; 02-26-2007 at 01:59 AM. Reason: uh cuase I forgot a word.

02-25-2007, 10:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mato Winyan Dancing makes you smile Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,477 Blog Entries: 4	That's cool .........someone is eager to start writing! (you forgot air freshener) It's cool how you did that with the convention. I wouldn't have thought of that. I thought we were just getting the list together for now. How many items are we doing? __________________ "We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume Last edited by Mato Winyan; 02-25-2007 at 10:42 AM.

02-24-2007, 02:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
NorthofAda Just hangin' around Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Too Far North... Posts: 2,702 Blog Entries: 4	Windshield wiper blades...

02-24-2007, 11:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
tainee Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverdale, Md. Posts: 60	light bulbs

02-26-2007, 12:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
CandaePrincess ......................... Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: where it's at Posts: 8,814	dog food __________________ Mussy by birth.....Native by the Grace of God.......

02-27-2007, 06:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
NorthofAda Just hangin' around Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Too Far North... Posts: 2,702 Blog Entries: 4	It was a dark and stormy night. I went to the cupboard to grab a can of soup, and realized that I had bought dog food by mistake. It was just about all I had, so I fried it up. I had to disguise the odor of it frying with nearly a whole can of air freshener. I found a bag of marshmallows on top of the refrigerator, next to an unopened package of windshield wiper blades. I don't have a fireplace, so I roasted those puppies over the blazing hot light bulb of my torchiere lamp. That was a dinner to remember!

02-27-2007, 07:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
tainee Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Riverdale, Md. Posts: 60	grocery list game After changing the "windshield wiper blades" on my car, it started to rain. Running inside the house, I noticed a strange odor, whatever it was smelled horrible. I got out a can of "air freshener" and started spraying the whole house. In my attempt to rid the house of the odor, I accidently sprayed the lamp and shorted out the "light bulb". While tossing the bulb away, the dogs jumped on me, pushing me against a large bag of "dog food", that they had gotten into, causing the odor in the house. It just wasn't my day, so after feeding the dogs and putting them in the garage, I helped myself to a cup of hot chocolate with a big helping of "marshmallows". Last edited by tainee; 02-27-2007 at 07:37 PM. Reason: forget something

03-03-2007, 09:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
~Jingle Pejuta~ Mean People Suck!! Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 199	This is so cool. You all are doin great with the 5 items on the list. Maybe next list we can try 7 or 10. We were camping at the first powwow of the year. I was excited to be there. So many campers it seemed like one big happy family talking and sharing. If one person would be out of coffee they could go ask someone and get it. Well our "neighbor" was frantic because she forgot to bring "dog food" for her little pooch and asked me if I possibly had any. I told her no but gave her some "marshmallows" and told her she could try those. How was I to know they would give the pooch gas? I apologized and told her I had some "air freshner" in the tent she could have. She thanked me and invited us to the camp pitch in feed. Told us to bring whatever could be thrown in the pot. We ended up taking some potatoes and carrots that we had brought. Everyone was there and pitched in. It was great. Only thing that anyone forgot was to bring something to stir the pitch in stew with. We searched high and low and could find nothing. Then I had a "lightbulb" moment and went to my car. I took off the "windshield wiper blades" and everyone shouted for joy that we had something to stir our wonderful stew. We used one for stirring and the other one for roasting hotdogs over the fire. It was a wonderful night for all! __________________ "Such,things though rare in time, are frequent in eternity. -- Bryon, "Cain" Last edited by ~Jingle Pejuta~; 03-03-2007 at 10:34 AM.