Six-Word Epitaph
Posted: 18 September 2010 07:55 PM
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Heard on Talk of the NationCan You Tell Your Life Story In Exactly Six Words?
February 3, 2010
Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
In this spirit, Smith Magazine invited writers “famous and obscure” to distill their own life stories into exactly six words. It All Changed in an Instant is the fourth collection of very, very brief life stories from Smith. The tiny memoirs are sometimes sad, often funny — and always concise.
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How many times do lies need to be exposed
Posted: 18 September 2010 07:57 PM
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I had to laugh listening this last winter when I realized I already had a perfect one made up.
“The sound of one hand clapping”
WHAT’S YOURS ?
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Posted: 18 September 2010 09:46 PM
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Let me think about that one!
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......and if Glinda the Good Witch of the North ever visits your house, may she grant all your wishes and give you some fashionable shoes.
Posted: 19 September 2010 03:13 PM
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yea, come on CFI’ers…
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Posted: 19 September 2010 04:27 PM
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Well, I did it my way.
EDIT: Had to add “well” to make it six words.
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Posted: 19 September 2010 04:43 PM
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citizenschallenge.pm - 19 September 2010 03:13 PM
yea, come on CFI’ers…
No, my six words are “Let, me think about that one!”
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......and if Glinda the Good Witch of the North ever visits your house, may she grant all your wishes and give you some fashionable shoes.
Posted: 19 September 2010 06:32 PM
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Good times, bad times, full life.
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“In the beginning, God created the universe. This has made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Posted: 19 September 2010 07:46 PM
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asanta - 19 September 2010 04:43 PM
citizenschallenge.pm - 19 September 2010 03:13 PM
yea, come on CFI’ers…
No, my six words are “Let, me think about that one!”
gosh I am oh so literal
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Posted: 19 September 2010 08:14 PM
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Some starts, some stops, all good.
Posted: 20 September 2010 11:16 AM
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Laughed, cried, and then I died.
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Posted: 20 September 2010 11:57 AM
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citizenschallenge.pm - 19 September 2010 03:13 PM
yea, come on CFI’ers…
I think Spike Milligan’s topped the lot. “I told you I was ill”
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Posted: 20 September 2010 02:50 PM
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What?! I only get one chance?
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Posted: 20 September 2010 04:41 PM
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Is it colder upstairs than in the winter?
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Art is the creation of that which evokes an emotional response, leading to thoughts of the noblest kind.
Posted: 20 September 2010 07:00 PM
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I don’t need six words: “Succinct to the end.”
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Succinctness, clarity’s core.
