It is Thursday and time for your latest five-word story challenge from Esther Chilton.
This is an open invitation to all of my followers and Esther’s to have some fun with words.
Today is my birthday, which I have the honour to share with Ludwig van Beethoven, Arthur C Clarke, Jane Austen and Catherine of Aragon.
Before I proceed any further down the slippery path of relating more events that happened on this day in history, allow me to introduce Esther’s latest challenge to you all. It is to tell a story in five words, using the word SLIDE in it somewhere.
Here are a few starters for you:
Don’t let the opportunity slide
Lubrication guarantees a smooth slide
From the shadows they slide
Helter-skelter slide is exciting ride
Please post your submissions in the Comments on this post.

Happy Birthday Lance have a great day 🎂🎈
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Happy Birthday Lance!
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Glissando is a musical slide?
Don’t let Lance’s birthday slide!
The slide was very tall
She slipped down the slide
Side to side they slide
Ice-skating is for experienced slide-rs
She slid into a slide!
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Love how you’ve incorporated Lance’s birthday into one!
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Had to try!
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Phew! Some of those gave me a hot flush.
At my age!
And thanks for the b’day mention. Couldn’t let that slip and slide past me.
xx
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😂 😂 😂 You’re welcome!
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Happy birthday, Lance. If I’d known, I’d have chosen the word ‘birthday’!
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Perhaps we’ll think of a regressive reference for next week’s prompts.
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Tears slide down my cheeks
Mount up! Ride and slide!
Holiday slides can be boring
Holiday slides can be interesting
Business slide presentations contain clichés
Death is the final slide
He slides through my fingers
Let it all slide out
His fingers slide between mine
Pleasure slides into me
Can you write a slide headline?
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Ice skaters slide in synchronicity
Safety spoilsports felled tall slides
Humiliatingly stuck on water slide
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