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Author:  Clare [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Community drabble - using emoticons

This idea has been floating round in my head since all the emoticons were added back onto the site. It's been ages since we had a community drabble, and thought this would be an oppotunity for a new one. You have to choose an emoticon and write part of the story based on that. It can be as long or as short as you want.

I'm setting the story not long after Joey has left school (after her teaching stint).


:banghead:

Joey Bettany felt frustrated. She had woken up early, full of good intentions to write her final two chapters of her latest book. However, she was not making much progress. First, she had been interrupted by screams from the nursery and had fled to see what had happened. Joey frowned as she recalled the scene - David crying and crawling away from Peggy and Rix, who seemed to be having a right royal battle, because Rix had torn the dress on Peggy's doll. "And to think we thought that Peggy did not posess a temper!" she mused ruefully.
Joey had returned to her book and found her pen to be non-coperative. Warned by previous occasions when Joey allowed her muse to get in the way of common sense, she decided to stop and fill her pen properly. Finally, she lost her inspiration for her final chapters. What should have been a thrilling show down in the Head's study was becoming a long-winded retelling of the previous five chapters! Joey idly scratched her head and wondered if she could get away with saying "what happened between them in the study was something that stayed between them for evermore. None of the four spoke of it ever again, but remembered it in their wilder moments and the comments of their Head helped to return them to sanity."
She looked down. "Oh no!" she yelled, and sprang up from the desk. Her fountain pen had given up the ghost and had began to leak all over her completed work. Joey scabbled for blotting paper, leaving inky fingerprints over everything she touched.

Author:  Miranda [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:30 pm ]
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Brilliant idea Clare!!

:coffee:

In her haste to save her work, Joey heedlessly flung the fountain pen out of the way as she dabbed madly with the blotting paper.

PLOP! It landed in her nearby cup of coffee and slowly sank out of sight (yes, those large mugs really were that big!), leaving a small trail of blue bubbles.

Five minutes later, having cleaned up the mess to the best of her ability and placed her papers neatly in a pile, Joey leant back in her chair and took up the coffee mug.

Author:  Karry [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:28 pm ]
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:mrgreen: After taking a huge gulp of the traditionally delicious coffee, Joey spluttered and spat out the mouthful, adding to the mess she had just cleared up. She sprang up and ran to the nearby splashery and was violently sick. Madge, hearing the kerfuffle cam running out of the sall. "Joey baba, what ever is the matter?"

Author:  Jennie [ Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:49 pm ]
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:bawling:

'Oh Madge,everything has gone wrong this morning. I don't know what to do. My book isn't going well, and now someone has poisoned my Kaffee. Who hates me enough to do that?' snivelled Jo indulging in an outsize fit of self-pity.

Author:  Clare [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:00 pm ]
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:rofl:

Madge collapsed onto the nearest chair weeping with laughter. "I'm sorry Joey, but your face is so funny! As if anyone woud try to poison you!"

Joey sulked. How dare her sister laugh!

Madge doubled up again when she say the sulky frown on Joey's face. "Oh Joey, do be sensible. Tidy yourself up and go for a walk until lunch time. You'll feel better for that."

Author:  aitchemelle [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:36 pm ]
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:smug: (It looks like a snake to me...)

Joey hadn't got far when she heard a hissing noise from the nearby undergrowth. Instantly alarmed, she went to run back to the Chalet before stopping.
'I must not be a spineless jellyfish' she thought and cautiously poked in the bushes with a stick. She squealed with fright as out slithered a green snake, tongue darting.
'That's not native to Austria,' she thought to herself. 'How would a snake like that get here?'

"Madge!" she called, striding back into their home, snake having been flicked over the edge of a cliff top, "Someone IS trying to kill me!"

Author:  Elle [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:22 pm ]
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:hammer:

And as if to confirm Joey's belief in immanent assassination, out of the nearest bush ran a hammer wielding maniac. Joey screamed 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEKkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk', and turned to run back the way she came. However not only was the snake still there, but the maniac with the mallet was chasing after her.




Question: Can we use emoticons more than once?

Author:  Clare [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:29 pm ]
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Course you can!

:viking:
Joey turned to look behind her, and tripped over a small bush. "Noooooooooo!" she shrieked at the top of her voice. The hammer wielding maniac stopped suddenly.

"Oh I say Joey, I didn't mean to startle you."

Joey looked dumbly at the figure in full Viking gear in front of her. "Jack? Is that you?"

The viking blushed under his heavy beard. "Er, yes. Sorry old thing, I thought you were Jem!"

Author:  Karry [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:47 pm ]
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:oops: "But Jack, why would you want to meet Jem dressed like that?" If anything, Jack blushed even more! "We are part of a Viking Role Play game - our mission today is to capture a young maiden and I thought........"

Author:  Elle [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:31 pm ]
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:heart:

"...and I thought if I caught you then perhaps you might realise..." Jack's voice trailed off as he met Joey's increadulous stare.

"I might realise what?" she demanded in her most haughty manner.

"Nothing," said Jack sadly, whilst he thought "You might realise that I love and adore you, worship the very ground on which you stride, want to be yours forever."

"In that case," snapped Joey "I'm off." And off she stalked leaving a love sick viking behind her.

Author:  Karry [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:29 pm ]
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:( Jack slowly turned, looking most miserable. Suddenly a voice behind him made him jump

"Aha! Ivan Bloodaxe I do believe!" Jack turned, and was surprised to see Jem, dressed not as a viking but as a......

Author:  Alex [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:51 pm ]
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:smurf:
...smurf.

"Er, Jem?" asked Jack. "Why are you dressed as a smurf?"

"What's a smurf?" Jem answered the question with one of his own.

"Well they're blue, and..."

"Oh, it's woad," explained Jem, "I'm an Ancient Briton. For the role play."

Author:  Elle [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:02 pm ]
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:parrot:


But before Jack could question further, another figure leapt out of the bushes.

"Avast there me hearties," yelled Phil Graves, who was dressed as a pirate, "Tis time you were scrubbing the decks."

"Phil, we are not doing the pirate role play today," said Jack.

"Mutiny?" cried Phil.

"Its the viking role play," added Jem.

"Well in that case," said Phil, reverting to more normal tones, "Why are you dressed as a smurf?"

Author:  brie [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:13 pm ]
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:witch:

the doctors were interupted by a cackle of insane laughter.

"How dare you leave me Jem Russell!"

Jem turned to crazy woman with warts on her nose with a look of disdain.

"Uh... why are you wearing a pointy hat?" he asked in a loud stage whisper.

"Why are you dressed as a smurf?"

Jem went red... well as red as it was possible to go under blue makeup

"I AM AN ANCIENT BRITON!" He yelled at the top of his voice.

"ye.. sure you are..." said Jack the viking, "Now beautiful, green, warty witch who might you be?"

"I am Matron Besley" said the witch haughtily, "But you may call me Cruella! I am in search of a former pupil of mine... i am trying to turn her into a toad."

Jack opened his mouth but decided against asking why when she pointed her wand at him.

Author:  Karry [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:06 pm ]
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Jem and Jack turned and looked at weach other, when suddenly the light dawned :idea: on them! Matron Beasley was looking for Joey! Their natural instinct was to protect the innocent young woman, so they moved as one and grasping the witch's wand they pulled!

Author:  Clare [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:55 am ]
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:phone:

Meanwhile, in the house, Madge was on the telephone.

"Of course Gisela. No, don't worry - I remember David going through such a phase.... Natalie will be fine, although I will get Jem to make up some formula for her, it did wonders for David.... Uh-huh.... Of course Gisela, I'll get Joey to come round with it as soon as he's done it.... All right, see you soon."

Madge rang off. She had heard the front door slam ten minutes ago, and there seemed to be a lot of noise coming from Joey's room. 'Maybe going to see Gisela will put her in a better temper' she mused. She was about to go upstairs when the front door burst open and a pirate fell into the house.

"Must save Joey" it said.

Author:  Mia [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:10 am ]
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Madge immediately panicked and ran out of the room and turned left :arrow: ....

Author:  brie [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:11 pm ]
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:shock:

only to find Joey in a most compromising position on the floor with...

Author:  Han [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:32 pm ]
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:parrot:

A parrot perched on top of her. Suddenly Rufus appeared at Madge's side. In his mouth there was ...

Author:  Karry [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:29 pm ]
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:trumpet: trumpet, that he was blowing very loudly. Claping her hands over her ears, Madge shouted "QUIET" wondering as she did so how a dog could play the Trumpet Voluntary with no hands!

Author:  tiffinata [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:02 am ]
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The faithful Anna came into the room at this point bearing a plate of her famous lemon biscuits. She :dontknow: . 'It must be the madness of the English' she thought, observing the feathered, furred and human tangle on the floor in front of her.

Author:  brie [ Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:33 am ]
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:santa:

It was at this point, when there was a loud noise outside the door.

"Ho, ho, Ho" bellowed Nell Wilson, managing to sound very manly indeed.

"I have some presents outside for those children who have been good girls and boys!"

Madge looked out the window at the summer sunshine...

"Nell" she asked timidly, "Why are you wearing a santa costume in summer?"

Here Peggy Bettany burst out crying.

"Auntie Madge, does that mean Sant is not real?" she wailed

Author:  Smile :) [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:17 am ]
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:lol: , this is great but I really can't think what to add.

Author:  francesn [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:12 pm ]
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:help:

...thought Madge.

"Of course Santa's real," she soothed. "I just made a mistake! I thought Santa was Auntie Nell!"

"Maybe Auntie Nell's related to Santa," Bride offered.

Madge seized on this idea gratefully. "You'll have to ask Auntie Nell next time you see her, won't you, Peggy?" she said, making a mental note to remind Nell that she was Santa's niece.

"PRESENTS" Santa boomed impatiently.

The children stampeded out the nursery, flattening Madge on the way, only to find....

Author:  Elle [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:05 pm ]
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That Hilda Annersley, sick of references to her lovely voice had been given a :megaphone: for Christmas and was using it to great effect. So much so that...

Author:  Clare [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:52 pm ]
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:poke:

Rosalie Dene broke a branch off a handy push and started to poke Hilda with it. "Hilda, will you PLEASE put that thing down for two minutes!"

Hilda took no notice of the poking, and carried on regardless, until...

Author:  tiffinata [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:57 am ]
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'Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, It's a plane! No, it's a :witch:'

Gisela stood stock still in amazement! She never thought that returning the broom she borrowed from Madge yesterday would have justified this name calling- Andr from Hilda of all people!- And what on earth was Nell doing wearing a Santa suit?

Author:  brie [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:23 pm ]
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:trumpet:

Grizel appeared at this point. Blowing a trumpet.

Madge covered her ears, hilda with a megaphone and grizel with a trumpet was too much.

In the background she could still hear Nell ho-ho-ho-ing and she could hear the distant thunder of a viking charge.

But just at that moment..

Author:  Lisa A. [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:03 pm ]
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:devil:
A devilish-looking creature descended on a string from an upper window and surveyed the scene.

BWOOOOAAARRGHH-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! It cackled.

Author:  Aquabird [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:25 pm ]
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:rofl: at which Madge, like Joey had once done, dropped to the floor. But instead of being still, grey, and to all appearances dead, she dropped to the floor and was rolling around in a fit of hysterical laughter. Just then...

Author:  alicat [ Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:41 pm ]
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:hiding:
the entire story was eaten by an evil hacker who had slipped past the security measures and invaded the board!

Author:  Tan [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:04 am ]
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Only to be :hammer: by Squeenie who boomed 'Oh no you don't! You are not going to get away with that again!'

Author:  Karry [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:14 am ]
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:x at which point the ebbil hacker turned and madly ran through the sunken rose garden (that had once been a cabbage patch), pursued by.....

Author:  Lexi [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:30 am ]
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Jem :smurf: and Jack :viking:

Feeling very heartened by their triumph over Matron Besley, they were now in full war game mode and had spent the previous hour or so stalking around the grounds.

Jack let out a deafening warcry, twirled his warhammer and let it fly...

Author:  francesn [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:19 pm ]
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narrowly missing Stacie Benson who was sat in the garden, :reading: the latest edition of the Chaletian and in paroxysms of laughter over...

Author:  Clare [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:06 pm ]
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:popper: Corney's account of the progress of St Clare's orchestra, which had been expanded to include party poppers.

The warhammer missed Stacey by inches, but landed smack in the stomach of...

Author:  francesn [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:04 pm ]
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....Rosa, the poor nurserymaid who was having a nice sit-down with a cup of :coffee: and recounting the exploits of the Bettany and Russell children to a nice young doctor who was paying far more attention to her than either Jem or Jack had liked. It simply wasn't suitable for doctors to be hob-nobbing with staff, so Rosa had to go.

Of course this left a problem. Madge needed someone to look after the kids...

Author:  alicat [ Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:48 pm ]
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and fortunatly was able to employ a little :devil: who has come for a summer holiday and been unable to get home.

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