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Jane10 Mon 24-Jun-19 15:09:30

In response to the lament that there's no fun on GN any more let's do one of our continuing stories. I'll start off:

Once upon a time there was an absolutely enormous giraffe. He belonged to a family who lived...?

absent Sun 30-Jun-19 05:11:32

EllanVannin

He'd have been called Bactrian if he'd had two humps or Dromedary if he'd only had one, but this was Humphrey.

I don't look in on Gransnet so much these days and when I do, I am often disappointed. However, this speedy response made me laugh out loud.

BradfordLass72 Sun 30-Jun-19 04:16:19

the nearest granny he could find. Which was me.

I said. 'Hold on a tick mister, you drop in here, uninvited, your great big helicopter gusting all the blossoms off the trees and you expect me to be placated by a bunch of daisies you bought for someone else?'

He grinned. I never could resist a happy face and said....

Feelingmyage55 Sun 30-Jun-19 00:04:33

His granny but she wasn’t around so when he landed he handed them to ...

JessK Sat 29-Jun-19 21:40:49

Bunch of beautiful flowers for...

Jane10 Sat 29-Jun-19 20:02:38

Prince William and he was holding a...

Feelingmyage55 Sat 29-Jun-19 19:59:46

A helicopter. Dangling from the chopper on a long rope was ....

Maybelle Sat 29-Jun-19 19:50:26

But he was wary of it causing him to have a quick exit, so declined.
Oh well the o!d ways are the best he said weighing the wine straight from the bottle.
In the distance, but approaching quickly , could be heard the sound of . . .

GabriellaG54 Fri 28-Jun-19 22:28:12

...the poisoned chalice that was the very one handed to Mrs May by Mr C. It bore an imprint of her favourite lipstick and, as it still had a few droplets in the bottom and Nana suggested that Grampy taste it 'just to make sure'...

Maybelle Fri 28-Jun-19 17:52:33

Improvise and use the objects from the basket over there. So they walked over and upon opening the basket, helped themselves to . . .

Jane10 Fri 28-Jun-19 13:33:26

Cooked some more and cracked open a bottle of prosecco for them all. Unfortunately they didn't have any glasses. 'I know,' she said, 'Let's...'

NanaandGrampy Fri 28-Jun-19 13:22:38

Nana and Grampy ! Grampy scoffed down all the sausages so Nana......

EllanVannin Fri 28-Jun-19 13:22:05

A party of backpackers who immediately pitched their tents ready to tuck in to a feast of sausages--

Feelingmyage55 Fri 28-Jun-19 12:54:13

The smell of the barbecued sausages soon attracted ...

JessK Fri 28-Jun-19 10:42:23

Sausages...Nana loves sausages. Lets put some under the tree. Is that OK?

Feelingmyage55 Fri 28-Jun-19 10:40:22

Eaten it. ?. I think not because hopefully Nana can run faster. ?. Where would Nana hide and what would tempt her out? Hmmm barbecued .... ?

sodapop Thu 27-Jun-19 16:16:20

Peter Pan and Wendy, they were looking for Nana the dog, I do hope the rhinopotamus has not..........

EllanVannin Thu 27-Jun-19 14:31:35

Lord Lucan who'd been living in the shed with--

Feelingmyage55 Thu 27-Jun-19 14:13:44

... came to a main road. There was a little shed with a bench. There was also bottled water and a biscuit tin beside an honesty box. The roar of an engine alerted her to an oncoming vehicle. Holding out her arm, it drew to a halt and behind the wheel was ......

GabriellaG54 Thu 27-Jun-19 13:51:03

...my warm bed with a cup of cocoa and a biscuit or three. In a flash, a curl of smoke beckoned from a distant hill and guided the time traveller along dusty roads and over sparkling streams until, at last, she...

Maybelle Thu 27-Jun-19 11:47:49

Still hallucinating. When will this end ? will I ever find my way out of the maze and back to . . .

sodapop Wed 26-Jun-19 19:21:06

The 'B' word was banned, all the animals lived in peace without fear of poachers and hunters. Humans learned to respect the animal kingdom and ..Oh dear I've just woken up and in reality I'm .........

Jane10 Wed 26-Jun-19 13:41:57

Rhinopotamuses and giraffes ruled and lived like kings. They had everything they could possibly want including...

sodapop Wed 26-Jun-19 12:30:34

The rhinopotamus cried after the blond man left, he was the only friend the blond man had. The fairy grandmother wiped his eyes, waved her magic wand and transported him to a land where .........

aggie Wed 26-Jun-19 09:34:44

yelling " Wait for me ... have I missed the bus ?" the fairy god mother waved her wand and there was a lovely new mobility scooter , he climbed aboard and the Blonde man zipped off into the mists of time

aggie Wed 26-Jun-19 09:12:42

a fat blonde man tripping over his untied shoes