Six word memoir

Champ wibbled:

> 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?

Don't worry, it'll never happen. Bugger.

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember darsy <darsyx 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.
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darsy wrote:
> On Feb 6, 3:30 pm, Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REM....TakeThisOut@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....TakeThisOut@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.

Keep telling yourself that, mon vieux.
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Nige wrote:
> "Champ" <neal.DeleteThis@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

Have you put the other one on ebay?
Is it "broken"?

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darsy wrote:

> 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.

Darsy in denial. Well I never!

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:58:07 +0000, Champ <neal.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 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?

I'll get it right next time.

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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:25:01 -0800 (PST), darsy <darsyx DeleteThis @gmail.com>
wrote:

>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.

Hmm. That thread was just about six word stories, not memoirs, which
this thread specifically references, in conjunction with a new book.

So you can stick your ginge.
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In article <f321de5d-35f1-400e-8c12-fb6af7620c87.DeleteThis@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, Mo wrote:
> On Feb 6, 1:58 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:
>
> Big Bang, Eternity passes, Heat death.

ObPedant change:

Big Bang, time passes, Heat death.

(Eternity is everlasting..)

Phil.

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In article <8690c86d-6d97-406a-8fa4-efcda88568bc.TakeThisOut@1g2000hsl.googlegroups.com>, AndrewR wrote:
> On Feb 6, 1:58 pm, Champ <n....TakeThisOut@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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/
>
> What *was* I good at, really?


Veni, Vidi, I can't be bothered.

Phil.


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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?

Went out, got drunk, didn't care.

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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:58:07 +0000, in
<saejq3l610nhlig5i73g7pqa81rupqte2s.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, Champ
<neal.TakeThisOut@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
>memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning".

>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>
>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

Can;t do any better than Ivan's, presumably accidental one down
there\/.

"Oh no, what have I done?"

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace
<seesig.DeleteThis@ifrance.com> typed
>On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:58:07 +0000, in
><saejq3l610nhlig5i73g7pqa81rupqte2s.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, Champ
><neal.DeleteThis@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
>>memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning".
>
>>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>>
>>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
>
>Can;t do any better than Ivan's, presumably accidental one down
>there\/.
>
>"Oh no, what have I done?"

For you I'd have thought:

"This road is my personal racetrack"

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