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Originally posted by Baker:
Z is for Zucchini
and I can't make rhymes!

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Oh, you meanie!

A is for asparagus,
With fragrance blissfully rare-agus.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
B is for Beetroot,
for dyeing a neat root!
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
C is for the cherry trees
Whose blossoms scent the very breeze.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
D is for Date,
a hard fruit to rate.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
E is for eggplant
A fruit about which I could rant. (positively)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
F is for fig.
I'd rather feed it to a pig.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
G is for gourd:
String it and strike a chord.
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
H is for hummus
Which will not overcome us.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
I is for Ivy
For the lambs and their family
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
J is for Jerusalem artichoke,
Neither Jewish nor artichoke, so "Is it Kosher?" is a bad joke.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
K is for Kale
At least its leaves are not pale.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
L is for leeks
Always eaten by geeks.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
M is for mushrooms
Tastiest of all.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
n is for nuts
No ifs ands or buts.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
O is for orange
"I wanted an apple", Dor whinged.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
P is for peas.
Slightly larger than fleas.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Q is for Quince,
don't serve it with mince.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
R is for Radishes
Wait a sec- my nose itches.
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
S is for Samphire
Which is never for hire.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
T is for turnip
A lantern, not ship.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Ugli fruit does not appeal, I said
(Alas, it's already used upthread.)


(Darn you, autocorrect.)

[ 22. August 2016, 17:44: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
V is for Vanilla bean
Can't do without its taste so keen.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
W is for watercress,
Eaten in fancy dress.
 

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Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on :
 
X is for chillies extra hot
some people like this and some do not.

[ 24. August 2016, 20:49: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Y is for yellow squash
A little bland and not very posh.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Z is for Ziziphus (seems edible)

Shall we switch to a different alphabetical puzzle?

[ 25. August 2016, 13:30: Message edited by: Pearl B4 Swine ]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Have to change thread name but how about this:
__(name)__was traveling to __(place)__, wearing a _(color)_ ___(item of clothing)__, wanting to buy __(adjective)__ (something buy-able)___.

Like this: Anita/Austria/aqua/apron/antique/armchair.

How say you?

Stella's Shortest Story
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Bob was travelling to Bologna, wearing a blue* baseball cap and wanting to buy* a blue bed.


*I suggest another adjective instead of just colour here and a choice of any verb.

e.g.

Quentin was travelling to Quebec, wearing quick-wash quilting and wanting to quit querulous quipping.

[ 25. August 2016, 15:34: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 

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Originally posted by jacobsen:
Bob was travelling to Bologna, wearing a blue* baseball cap and wanting to buy* a blue bed.


*I suggest another adjective instead of just colour here and a choice of any verb.

e.g.

Quentin was travelling to Quebec, wearing quick-wash quilting and wanting to quit querulous quipping.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
So:

Allen was travelling to Albuquerque, wearing all-weather galoshes and wanting to allocate some excess funds.

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Very nice, dearie, but you fell down at the end. You need some more a's -perhaps like this:
some aged aliens.
Have I made the thing too complicated? Come on, tell the truth.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Barbara was travelling to Berlin wearing brown boots and wanting to buy some burnished brass bongos.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Well, let's see if I can get it right:

Carl was travelling to Cardiff wearing cute cutoffs and wanting to corner some corrugated copper chandeliers.

[ 26. August 2016, 21:42: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
A+ Mz Amanda

Donald Duck was waddling Downtown in dingy dungarees in order to buy a dozen day-old donuts.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Debbie was driving to Detroit wearing distressed denim and hoping to divert a dirty dirigible.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
x-post with Pearlie!
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
So...

Ethel was roaming Everywhere sporting edgy earflaps in hopes of eating an eggplant enchilada,
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Fred found his way to Farnborough in order to fob-off fanatics with false Fokkers.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Gertie glided her way to Glastonbury in order to gather some gorgeous gigantic gladioli.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Helen hopped up the highway to Hartford in hopes of harvesting some huge hibiscus.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Ivan inched his way towards Iceland, wearing itchy wool underwear, intending to discover hardy Iris .
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Jane was jetting off to Jerusalem wearing a jumper in order to buy a jaunty Jewish jersey.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Karl kissed off to Kilmarnock to kick up his heels in a kilt.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Lucy left for Lewisham to lift a lettuce from the leftovers in the the late night shopping.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Millie meandered down to the meadow in order to make maximum use of the mowing machine.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Norman Nothington navigated to Naxos in the nude, needing to buy a new nightgown.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Oliver outpaced us down to Orlando so he could order some oysters.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Prudence pitty-patted to Penzance to partake of some properly pulverized parsnips.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Quinton quickly traveled to Quincy (IL) on a quest for quinoa.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Raymond raced to Rochester to reap raspberries whilst ranting about the railways.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Sally sauntered over to Swindon to shop for some saucy, sparkly silk stockings.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Terrence traveled to Trenton to tuck into a tray of tea and toast.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Umberto, usher in a Unitarian church, uttered a 'umble confession for his ugly underware.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Vincent vacationed in Versailles, where he vaporized some Vaseline while vocalizing Vivaldi.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Will went to Warrington to waste a week watching weightlifting whilst waiting for his wife to get weary of the wildlife website.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Xavier went to Xalapa expecting to eat some
xacuti.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Yvonne sailed her yacht to Yarmouth, yelling at the young'uns yackety-yacking yobbishly whilst doing yoga.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Zelda in her zebra print zoot suit zipped along on her zimmer, on the way to her zither lesson.

I think we can do it again. Someone start us off with A .
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Amy was airborne on her way to Argentina, wearing an alpaca sweater and hoping to visit the Andes.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Beth was banned from Birmingham after her bull went beserk in the Bullring.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Carl careened carelessly all the way to California, where he cooked up some crab, clam chowder, and a Cobb salad, and then chased condors along the coast.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Daisy dived out of the disco delivering her distressed dayglo dancing shoes to the doorman as she departed.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Elaine took the early evening elevator to ease her exercised legs and was expecting to eat some eggs in the eatery.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Frances frantically flew up the stairs to her fourth-floor flat, only to find that her former friend Frieda had filched all the furniture, the food, and her new frilly flowered frock, causing her to say "F**K".
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 

 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
George gorged gastronomically on garlic bread, gingernuts and giant gorgonzolas till his gay green goatskin garment gave up the ghost.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Harriet habitually hiked up the hill to Harrowgate in order to hire a hammer and a hacksaw.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Isobel individually interfered in Ichabod's idiosyncratic, informational inventory, intentionally inserting intermittent innuendos into inflammatory internet instagrams.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Jerome journeyed in a jet to Jamaica, in his new jaunty jade-color jacket, just to enjoy some jerk Javelina.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Kieran kayaked to Korea in his kaftan singing Kum-by-Yah, keen to kiss a Korean and eat some kosher kedgeree.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Larry languished in La-La-Land in his lounging pajamas longing for a luscious layer of loganberries on his lettuce.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Mother marched from Montana to Maryland in a mink coat to marry a marvelous millionaire she met at a mushroom market.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Nathan nipped nimbly up to Nantucket to nab a natty necklace for his naughty, but nice, niece.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Oliver overdrove to Oshkosh to open officially an objectionably overripe olive outside the oratory.

[ 05. September 2016, 03:05: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Peter picked a Pasha's pocket in Palmermo,permanently preventing police paymasters' palatial payouts .
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Quentin quickly and quietly smoothed his quilted cape, and extended a quivering hand holding a quart of highest quality quince jelly to The Queen.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Rupert rafted rapidly down the Rhine in the rain, ravenous for ripe, rancid rat rissoles.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Serena sailed swiftly to Singapore, slowly singing sweet songs in her sleek speeding silver SunSeeker San Remo , serenading the seals, sharks and Seagulls

[ 05. September 2016, 20:56: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
. . .snacking on sunflower seeds.

We musn't neglect our vegetables you know
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Thomas teetered tentatively towards the Thames tunnel, trying to turn Tessa's tumultuous temper tantrum to tendresse.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Una undulated up to Ulster, 'umbly and unassertively going unclothed, but carrying an umbrella.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Vera vacationed in Venice and vivaciously vivisected a Vicar.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Wally wobbled off to Wimbledon to watch a woolly wombat wallop a wobbly wasp by the wayside.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Xena exited to Xi'an to stay at a xenodochium and indulge in her xenomania while watching the X-files.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Yesterday, Yancy and Yolanda and their yappy Yorkie set out for the Yukon, yearning to run a Yeti refuge, and a yellow yam farm.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Zachary zipped along the Zuiderzee, sporting a zuchetto and sniffing zinnias.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Arthur awaited the arrival of Annabelle, and she appeared at last, angry and agitated, with a bag of artichokes.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Bob bobbled off to Boston to buy boxes of broccoli broken into bits by burly bigots.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Caroline clumsily climbed the into the castle with her cello, a chimpanzee, and a couple of cantaloupes.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Oooh! That sounds like a party!

Donald doddled off to Darlington during a dreadful downpour to date the dreary dowager duchess.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Evangeline evangelised in Equitorial realms and eventually even entered the eternal extremes of ecstasy with Eric in Estonia.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Frederick floated over to France, where he fed on fois gras, flirted with fashionistas, and frittered away his finances.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Gilda glided gracefully in her gondola toward Geneva, greeting gentle giants and grazing on garlic and grapes.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Hubert huddled in his hovercraft hastening toward the Hamptons while he had a hankering for home-made hominy grits with honey and huckleberries.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Ian initiated the idea that I isolate Indira in an igloo in Iceland with an idiosyncratic Irishman, imagining their incandescent ire.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Jane, jabbering jauntily, joined the jesters' jousting jamboree, jubilantly jiggling jaw-breaking jujubes.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Kevin kicked a kolander, then kept kilometres from Karen, who did not take kindly to the kindergartenisation of kitchens.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Lucy landed in London, looking for some lasagna but had leftover lentils instead.
 

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Posted by Doone (# 18470) on :
 
Melanie motored up the M6 to Manchester, moaning to her mother while munching on a meal of M&Ms and musing on methods of murder.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Natalie nostalgically noted the necessary nighties for nine nights in Northern Nigeria.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Oscar ordinarily ordered oatmeal and olives when in Oslo, but after his outing with other Old Organ Observers, he went overboard on oysters, oranges and okra.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Peter pitti-patted off to Poughkeepsie to purchase a portable potty purposed for petulant politicians.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Queenie quick-stepped it all the way to Queretaro on a quest for quesadillas.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Rupert rushed off to Ravenna ravenous for a rump roast with a rhubarb and radish reduction.
 

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