Six word memoir

Ofnuts <o.f.n.u.t.s.DeleteThis@la.poste.net> wrote:

>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ofnuts
>> <o.f.n.u.t.s.DeleteThis@la.poste.net> typed
>>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ofnuts
>>>> <o.f.n.u.t.s.DeleteThis@la.poste.net> typed
>>>>> Champ wrote:
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can it be done in French?
>>>> Non. Ce n'est pas possible. Désolé.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ca fait plus de six mots!(*)
>>>
>>>
>>> (*) "n'est" is two words
>>
>> Au contraire!
>>
>> If "isn't" is allowed, then "n'est" certainly is.
>>
>
>Un Français corrigé par un Anglais!

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Champ wrote:
>
> 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/
>
> - Mostly in wrong order. Better perhaps?

- Pissed it all up the wall.

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