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In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."Ìý He won the bet.Ìý
Now an online magazine is asking its readers to sum up their own lives in just six words.
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- Six Word Memoirs
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, has used the HemingwayÌýanecdote to inspire its readers to write their life story in just six words, culminating in a book of the best contributions, entitled "Not Quite What I Was Planning".Ìý We interviewed magazine editor, Larry Smith, what made him think of the idea.
YOUR SIX WORD MEMOIRS
Already hundreds of you have emailed your own ideas about how to sumÌýup a life inÌýjust six words. Below areÌýjust a few of them.ÌýYou can alsoÌý, which is already working on a second collection.
Three sons, eleven cats, and Yvonne.
Michael Govan
Foetus, son, brother, husband, father, vegetable.
Dick Hadfield
Conceived,implored, employed, adored, retired, ignored.
Joy MacKenzie
Beginning, gurgly. Middle, sombre. End, gurgly.
Roger Noble
Jennie, Emma, Jane, Sophie, Rose, happiness.
Peter Graham
Slow lane. Fast lane. Hard shoulder.
Alex Hansen Today.
Bantam, Anglia, Midget, Alfa, Volvo Estate.
Neil Feldman.
PM. The World Tonight. Sleep?
Stephen Brady
Womb, Play, Learn, Work, Decline, Tomb.
Jacquie SmithÌý
Start - programme - error - control - alt. - delete.
Alan
Outside lavatory, worked hard, now flush.
Ashley Errington
Battered ball-bearing traversing pinball machine.
Nancy Connolly
Unravelled career reknitted as baby blankets.
Clare Hobba
Started, farted, stood up, faced the wind.
Helen Eclair
Dot, two, six, three, one, wicket.
Tony Powell
Head in books, feet in flowers.
Heather Thomson
Trust me, I did my best.
Ray Kemp
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An embroidered sampler, with some unpicking.
Sian Martin
Wrong era ,Wrong Class, Wrong Gender.
Patsy Wheatcroft
Love Mountains both ups and downs.
Dennis Lee
Best selling author? Instead there's this.
Ann Cummins
Wasted my whole life getting comfortable.
Richard Merrington
Worry about tomorrow, rarely enjoy today!
Richard Rabone
Dazed and confused? No. Existential angst.
Chris Miles
Pass the bottle before clarity returns
Gail Edmans
Lifetime partner, love, laughs - what now?
Peter Elvish
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I'm just happy to be here!
Graham Marsh
Four Weddings, Three kids, then cancer.
Gillian Johnson
Intermitent loves here, there, now, then.
Paul Wingett
30 years two girls now branching.
Davina Marshall
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Not quite finished, tell you later.
Dave Nicholson
Really should have been a Lawyer.
Gules Fallan
Hasn't Been A Jane Austen Romance.
Alexandra Lackey
Bored, so bored, so very bored.
John Doyle
Run over twice, thankfully still alive.
Trudi Evans
Aged child actress still seeking fame.
Doolallydaisy
Married childhood sweetheart. Two kids. Content.
Steve McMullen
Born London, lived elsewhere, died inside.
Patric
Partner, pension, motorhome, life is good.
Bob Lindblom
Some no-balls but several boundaries.
Di Attwood
Apple leads to eviction of two.
Una McMorran
Unfortunately I didn't buy the t-shirt.
Caroline Ryan
Philosopher, fire-eater, barrister, careering through life.
Duncan Roy
My life? Six words? God knows.
Helen Underwood
Knight on white charger never showed.
Jane Kirk
No A Levels but a millionaire.
C North
Any chance I could start again?
Sunny Tailor
Lived, loved, laughed liberally and left.
Vince Horsman
Found it, Lost it, Found it.
Lucinda Lavelle
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Worked all life still paying taxes.
John Ball
Born, bred.Work, wed.Dad, dead.
Colin Penfold
Tolerant woman took me in hand
Colin Bradley
Aspirations compromised by procrastination, then children.
Harry Beighton
Started slowly, then dash to line.
Richard Draper.
Happy days, sad days, empty days.
Richard Smallbone
Too many sausages, not enough sex.
Andrew Wilson
Can I start wearing purple yet?
Sue Boswell
Trekked to Everest.Married a sherpa.
Robert Moore
Laughed out loud, cried in silence.
Lisa from Weston
Age crept up and mugged me
Bill Cowan
If only I had turned left.
Robin Pickering
Thirty thousand insulin injections and counting.
Tim Kell
Saw, heard, learnt, loved, mourned, dying.
Aaron Asadi
Left mad Russian for mad Scotsman.
Maggie Morgan
Still searching around for the reins.
Jessica Kane
Run over twice, thankfully still alive.
Trudy Evans
Blankets, books, bottles, books, blankets.
Margaret Melling
Ditched the map, found better route.
Gillian Smellie
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