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noirem

"For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn"

Jul 11, 2010 22:58

One of the things I love about twitter is the ability to say so much in very little space. Today someone retweeted "You haven't lived until you've gotten the sheets caught in the ceiling fan while making the bed." I laughed on and off at the mental image that conjured all day: you picture someone standing next to their bed on a hot day, the fan ( Read more... )

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noirem July 12 2010, 05:59:06 UTC

My favorite six-word story from the Wired article:

He read his obituary with confusion.
- Steven Meretzky

angelbob July 12 2010, 06:09:51 UTC

I can't decide if that one is more or less entertaining than "he read his obituary with satisfaction."

noirem July 12 2010, 06:15:16 UTC

That's a lot easier to envision: newspapers keep obituaries on file for famous people or it could be someone who successfully faked their own death. But to read it with confusion? I picture a guy waking up, putting his bathrobe over his pjs, wandering outside in his PJs to get the paper. Back inside he sits down with a cup of coffee and then you see him spitting it out all over the paper...How did it get there? Mistaken identity? Is someone out to kill him? What's going on?

tsgeisel July 12 2010, 06:22:59 UTC

To paraphrase Jimmy Buffett: I know...my own damn fault.

palecur July 12 2010, 06:34:56 UTC

Red Meat had one that I am sorely tempted to adopt: "A veritable carnival of lurid man-flesh." If one grants the compounding hyphen as turning two words into one.

noirem July 12 2010, 06:37:39 UTC

I tend to fall on the not allowing it side. I also think anytime you say "wanna" instead of "want to" that you're cheating. Unless you're whinging: "Wanna go home, miss my mom." But this is art, not science :o)

noirem July 12 2010, 06:38:43 UTC

Mind you if you drop the indefinite article it works :o)

noirem July 12 2010, 06:40:54 UTC

Pretty Woman in Six Words:
I rescued you, you rescued me.

ribbin July 12 2010, 15:12:53 UTC

I love six word stories.

How about "my office chair pinched me frequently."

mrz80 July 12 2010, 16:42:11 UTC

I got married and had kids.

I was lost; now I'm found. (is using contractions considered cheating the count?)

The network dies; I fix it.

The Ford died. Hondas are reliable.

I shot a watermelon. It exploded.

I have teenagers, and grey hair.

noirem July 13 2010, 18:17:04 UTC

I think contractions are okay

noirem July 13 2010, 18:17:38 UTC

standard ones - not making up your own as you go along