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(Msg. 31) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:02 pm
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:26:03 +0000, in
<Y0EJe5Rr2eqHJA+U@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun DeleteThis @wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:
>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:
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>>>Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
>>>memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning".
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>>>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
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>>>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
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>>Can;t do any better than Ivan's, presumably accidental one down
>>there\/.
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>>"Oh no, what have I done?"
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>For you I'd have thought:
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>"This road is my personal racetrack"
I thought we were talking about memoirs, not near epitaphs.
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:02 pm
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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Snowleopard wrote:
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> School disco. Bunny Girl. Unending amusement.
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> Hard thighs. Soft %^^£$^"^. No carrier.
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> Life passed, in stillness, largely unremarked.
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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"Champ" <neal.DeleteThis@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
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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:
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> - For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
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> 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/
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> Amusing examples include:
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> - Met true love. Married someone else.
> - Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
> - After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
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> All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
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> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
Autobiography at twenty? Bollocks to that.
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(Msg. 35) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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"Nige" <nigel.inceGETAWAY.TakeThisOut@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Champ" <neal.TakeThisOut@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:saejq3l610nhlig5i73g7pqa81rupqte2s@4ax.com...
>> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
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>> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
>> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
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>> - For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
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>> 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/
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>> Amusing examples include:
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>> - Met true love. Married someone else.
>> - Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
>> - After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
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>> All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>>
>> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
>
> Life, a meeting, made hard
Got up, cashed gyro, got wasted.
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(Msg. 36) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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"Snowleopard" <wintersnowfox.RemoveThis@gmail.lair.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:58:07 +0000, Champ <neal.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> said
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>>Heard this on R4 yesterday.
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>>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/
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>>Amusing examples include:
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>>- Met true love. Married someone else.
>>- Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
>>- After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
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>>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>>
>>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
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> School disco. Bunny Girl. Unending amusement.
>
> Hard thighs. Soft %^^£$^"^. No carrier.
Another premature ejaculation. What a bastard.
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(Msg. 37) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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Champ says...
> Heard this on R4 yesterday.
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> Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
> only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
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> - For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
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> 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?
Veni, Vici, Vidi - she was good.
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(Msg. 38) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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(Msg. 39) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:03 pm
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In message <SEoqj.3458$OU5.2712@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net>, Beav
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>"Snowleopard" <wintersnowfox.DeleteThis@gmail.lair.com> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:58:07 +0000, Champ <neal.DeleteThis@champ.org.uk> said
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>>>Heard this on R4 yesterday.
>>>
>>>Ernest Hemmingway apparently bet someone he could write a story using
>>>only six words, he subsequently submitted the following example:
>>>
>>>- For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
>>>
>>>Based on this, a publisher has produced a book full of six word
>>>memoirs, called "Not quite what I was planning". Details here
>>>http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/
>>>
>>>Amusing examples include:
>>>
>>>- Met true love. Married someone else.
>>>- Wasn't born a redhead. Fixed that.
>>>- After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.
>>>
>>>All good stuff. So after the briefest consideration, here's mine:
>>>
>>>- Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?
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>> School disco. Bunny Girl. Unending amusement.
>>
>> Hard thighs. Soft %^^£$^"^. No carrier.
>
>Another premature ejaculation. What a bastard.
>
>
Hang on! I haven't finished yet!
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(Msg. 40) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:13 pm
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(Msg. 41) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:13 pm
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(Msg. 42) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:13 pm
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(Msg. 43) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:13 pm
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:02:40 +0000, Higgins
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>Are we still on six words?
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>You have Kwaks, they're evaporating fast.
You can treat Kwaks with antibiotics.
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(Msg. 44) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:13 pm
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Pip wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:02:40 +0000, Higgins
> <the.best.names.are.gone.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Are we still on six words?
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>> You have Kwaks, they're evaporating fast.
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> You can treat Kwaks with antibiotics.
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I suspect Laura would not approve. >> Stay informed about: Six word memoir |
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(Msg. 45) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:13 pm
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:57:45 GMT, "platypus"
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>Pip wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:11:49 GMT, "Beav"
>> <beavis.original.RemoveThis@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
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>>> Got up, cashed gyro, got wasted.
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>> This is a Mad Max2 reference, right?
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>> In fact, this could almost be you:
>> http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/madmax2/Gyrocopter/WreckedGyroAndBruce.JPG
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>Looks like Bonwick at the Elefant.
You cheeky bastard. I wasn't the one who did cartwheels down the hill
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