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This was on the radio last week and I'm sure orgers can do better. Ernest Hemingway was challenged to put a life story into 6 words and came up with
for sale baby shoes never worn
Here's the original http://www.smithmag.net/
not quite what I was planning
Here's mine for starters
second thoughts always better than first
Mine would be
a game of snakes and ladders :eek:
Thanks for that link, badger. :)
Wish I had thought about that
or
Wish I had not said that
helenwyler
11-Feb-08, 22:11
Your 'child' fathers your 'adult' mind.....a poor paraphrasing in six words of Blake's "The child is father of the man"....seven words!
I must do better next time....:~(
helenwyler
12-Feb-08, 00:03
I must do better next time....:~(
Torvaig, 'You are better than school reports'!
I keep trying to make a haiku:eek:!
Torvaig, 'You are better than school reports'!
I keep trying to make a haiku:eek:!
me to Helen but I fail miserably
You must stop Talking !!! mmm wonder how that was on my reports !!!
Here's mine:
Left Caithness, mostly overseas since then.
the second coming
13-Feb-08, 22:37
Dont waste breath on bad words.
lynne duncan
13-Feb-08, 23:31
watching carefully to see what's next
Cedric Farthsbottom III
15-Feb-08, 23:44
My Dad didn't give a damn
Not as strong but still true.
Observed, listened, participated but remained cynical.
Humour and warmth surrounded me always.
I came, I saw, I shot.
[lol]
Getting better all the time, hopefully.
prepared for worst, hoping for best....
ace game can i please play?
you are young the future is yours
in your hands it does stay !!!
I baint as green as I'm cabbage looking!
you are young the future is yours
in your hands it does stay !!!
I baint as green as I'm cabbage looking!
Some people can't count six words! :Razz
Aye Sporran but a mile where I originate from is ten furlongs not eight, so just a little licence taken.
Come on guys - no cheating now. Try again !
danc1ngwitch
02-Mar-08, 19:46
was born, did survive, i Thrive.;)
Sapphire2803
03-Mar-08, 22:57
Ok, I'm just changing Hemingway's a bit (is that cheating?)
For sale: Cheap parachute, never opened
How about...
I came, I saw, I conga'd
Or mine....
Learned to speak, never quiet since.
The future is your's Young Still !!
I trod lightly on the earth
Bobinovich
04-Mar-08, 23:26
How about...
Live a full life until dead
or
Work rest and play 'til done
drink and be merry life short !!
helenwyler
05-Mar-08, 08:48
Heredity, opportunity and a little serendipity.;)
Be Careful What You Wish For
Tonight to Sleep
Tomorrow to Dream
Tomorrow has arrived
Another day dawns
Cedric Farthsbottom III
16-Mar-08, 22:07
I came and kicked its ass:lol:
2little2late
16-Mar-08, 22:46
and suddenly got my foot stuck,
'I told you I was ill' (the late great Spike Milligan's eptiaph)
Oh well! Here we go again.
the charlatans
20-Mar-08, 20:47
I really hated flat pack furniture.[evil]
Oh god not that song again!
Surely not another Beatle song played
ye needna bother comin at crap (wi me) [lol][lol]
I can choose my friends, thankfully
I love to write in rhyme! :D
I love to write in rhyme! :D
We are lucky that you do!;)
Kxx
Don't you dare plan to stop.
Been there, seen that, done it.
Been there, seen that, done it.
Not so, you ain't dead yet!;)
Another lovely Day on the Org
Exactly Anne, but we miss Rob!;)
Rain does pour
but Sunshine comes
What if the sunshine burns us?
I love to write in rhyme! :D
We are lucky that you do!;)
Kxx
Don't you dare plan to stop.
Thanks Karia, I don't plan to! :-))
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