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.
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
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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