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Champ4

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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Heard this on R4 yesterday.

Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:

- For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details here
http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/

Amusing examples include:

- Met true love. Married someone else.
- Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
- After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.

All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:

- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
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Wicked Uncle Nigel

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<neal DeleteThis @champ.org.uk> typed
>Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
>Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
>only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>
>- For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
>
>Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
>memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details here
>http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
>
>Amusing examples include:
>
>- Met true love. Married someone else.
>- Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
>- After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
>
>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>
>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

Quaffed well, ate heartily, killed pancreas.

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My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.

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Ben

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:58:07 +0000, Champ <neal.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
>Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
>only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>
>- For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
>
>Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
>memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details here
>http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
>
>Amusing examples include:
>
>- Met true love. Married someone else.
>- Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
>- After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
>
>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>
>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

Not done enough to write memoir.
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Mo

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Feb 6, 1:58 pm, Champ <n....TakeThisOut@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>
>

Who would want to hear it?

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Mo

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Feb 6, 1:58 pm, Champ <n... RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:


Big Bang, Eternity passes, Heat death.

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darsy

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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Champ wrote:
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example

not only is this a ginge (from 2006), but you were involved in the
original thread, YFC.

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Cane

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On 6 Feb, 13:58, Champ <n... RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:

> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

I came in her by accident
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Cab

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Feb 6, 2:58 pm, Champ <n... DeleteThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>
> - For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
>
> Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
> memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details herehttp://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
>
> Amusing examples include:
>
> - Met true love. Married someone else.
> - Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
> - After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
>
> All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>
> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

Watch out for that... Oh bugger.
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Nige

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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"Champ" <neal.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
news:saejq3l610nhlig5i73g7pqa81rupqte2s@4ax.com...
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>
> - For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
>
> Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
> memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details here
> http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
>
> Amusing examples include:
>
> - Met true love. Married someone else.
> - Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
> - After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
>
> All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>
> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

Life, a meeting, made hard
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darsy

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Feb 6, 3:30 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REM... RemoveThis @REMOVEgmail.com>
wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember darsy <dar... RemoveThis @gmail.com> saying
> something like:
>
> >Champ wrote:
> >> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> >> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> >> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example
>
> >not only is this a ginge (from 2006), but you were involved in the
> >original thread, YFC.
>
> Champ's memory goes. Join the club.

I'm really not old enough. Yet.

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Slower Than You

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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Champ wrote:

> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:

Found enlightenment. Went mad. Cannot return.
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Switters3

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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This thread, what is the point?
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Switters3

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:50:52 GMT, "Nige"
<nigel.inceGETAWAY DeleteThis @btinternet.com> allegedly wrote:

> Life, a meeting, made hard

Northern monkey in can't count shocker.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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On Feb 6, 4:08 pm, Switters <m....TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:50:52 GMT, "Nige"
>
> <nigel.inceGETA....TakeThisOut@btinternet.com> allegedly wrote:
> > Life, a meeting, made hard
>
> Northern monkey in can't count shocker.

Shandy drinking poofter makes mistake too.
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platypus2

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:04 am
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Champ wrote:
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>
> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>
> - For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
>
> Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
> memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details here
> http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
>
> Amusing examples include:
>
> - Met true love. Married someone else.
> - Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
> - After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
>
> All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>
> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

Blinked, missed it. Bugger. Never mind.
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