Six Word Memoir

Saturday March 1, 2008

A meme to keep things ticking over – if you’d like to join in.

A life. Yours. In six words.

I first heard about this when driving into work one morning and listening to Radio 4. It’s based on Hemingway’s famous six word memoir:

For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

You can’t really beat that, but I think it’s in our nature to all have a go. Oddly, Tom Stoppard was dragged in to the BBC studios to judge listeners’ own contributions but put a damper on proceedings in his total disinterest in the idea. Funny bloke Tom Stoppard. However, the one that’s stuck in my mind was this:

Two weddings, three kids. Then cancer.

Which kind of cast a dark shadow over the rest of the day.

I was reminded of the six word memoir by Chartroose and decided to have a go for myself. Here’s mine then:

Can I have a refund please?

The please is very me. But I’m sure you can all do better.

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Only six words? Let me see…

JackP    2 March, 05:36 PM   

The best that you can do?

Stephen    2 March, 07:12 PM   

Don’t think that for a minute!

JackP    3 March, 08:03 AM   

The best is yet to come!

Stephen    3 March, 09:29 AM   

It was just fine, thank you!

chartroose    4 March, 05:23 PM   

So glad that you are happy!

Stephen    4 March, 05:45 PM   

too hard for this verbose writer

verbivore    5 March, 10:18 AM   

Do try to have a go!

Stephen    5 March, 12:39 PM   

I can only get five

words

Gill    5 March, 07:08 PM   

Well that really isn’t quite

enough

Stephen    6 March, 08:48 AM   

It’s going to go on forever…

JackP    8 March, 08:37 AM   

This meme will run and run!

Stephen    8 March, 08:42 AM   

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