Six Word Memoir
Saturday March 1, 2008 in meme |
A meme to keep things ticking over – if you’d like to join in.
A life. Yours. In six words.
I first heard about this when driving into work one morning and listening to Radio 4. It’s based on Hemingway’s famous six word memoir:
For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.
You can’t really beat that, but I think it’s in our nature to all have a go. Oddly, Tom Stoppard was dragged in to the BBC studios to judge listeners’ own contributions but put a damper on proceedings in his total disinterest in the idea. Funny bloke Tom Stoppard. However, the one that’s stuck in my mind was this:
Two weddings, three kids. Then cancer.
Which kind of cast a dark shadow over the rest of the day.
I was reminded of the six word memoir by Chartroose and decided to have a go for myself. Here’s mine then:
Can I have a refund please?
The please is very me. But I’m sure you can all do better.