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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: TheFuriousWombat on 16 Dec 2010, 08:07
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Ernest Hemmingway is the man when it comes to austerity and restraint, perhaps best exemplified in his invention (I think) of the six word story which he inaugurated with the infamous "For sale: baby shoes, never used," a rather funny/dark sentence which contains a far deeper story within it. Anyway the point of this thread (which may or may not be in the right subforum?) is to write your own six word stories and post them here! Be funny or weird or whatever but they shouldn't be just some six word sentence but suggestive of events and characters far beyond their literal scope if at all possible. Fun y/n? There was a six word story exhibition at my school a while ago and I submitted a few. The only one I remember/the only one I was actually happy with: "Dying upstairs, refusing priests, he waits."
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Noooooooo!!!!! Oh my god, please, noooo!!!!!
Minimalist sci-fi!
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Another lonely dinner, just add water.
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Noooooooo!!!!! Oh my god, please, noooo!!!!!
Minimalist sci-fi!
For a second there I though you were in agony over the theme of this thread instead of taking part. In other words, that's a very multifaceted contribution. A+
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Peace elusive, found resting in end.
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Just to be a dick, kerbled (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22471.0.html).
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Noooooooo!!!!! Oh my god, please, noooo!!!!!
Minimalist sci-fi!
For a second there I though you were in agony over the theme of this thread instead of taking part. In other words, that's a very multifaceted contribution. A+
They had a thing in my local paper a few weeks ago about Hemingway's story and I was tempted to start a thread. It's a cool idea.
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Just to be a dick, kerbled (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22471.0.html).
Isn't 21 months past the statute of limitations or something? I totally don't remember this/can't be bothered to check if I posted anything in it. Anyway sorry for Breaking the Rules, guys.
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UTFS? No, fire up the mergatron.
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Rape victim for sale, never used.
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Rape victim, one previous owner. $400.
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Rape jokes, quite dark, reader unsettled.
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You should see his time travel/buddy cop thread.
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For sale: rape kit, as is
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Her life flashed before my eyes.
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We were sure, before she came.
... He was never great at falling.
"Lost in last February. Bring raincoat."
(Rape jokes - can we please not?)
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(Rape jokes - can we please not?)
Fine, but only because you asked in a thematically consistent way
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For information, I had murder in mind, not rape. Since my story (which was not a joke) was ambiguous, it fails. Maybe my original version was a little better: "My life flashed before her eyes".
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For what it's worth, I did read yours as murder.
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Her life flashed before my eyes.
That is totally a line from the forthcoming Pig Destroyer album, I just KNOW it!
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She looked up, and then down.
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Falling. Falling. Falling. Falling. Then nothing.
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Emptying his pockets, treasured possessions? No.
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No one ever bothered him again.
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thats the end so thats it ?
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"This is not 1983," he sputtered.
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Can't make rent this month, Welp
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Horn through chest. Unicorns....are.....real?
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He died, was resurrected. He lives.
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Oh no, not this shit again.
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Six words, brilliant.
Three words; not all that brilliant.
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For sale: Many adjectives. Not shot.
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Rape victim for sale, never used.
Jussi: keeping it classy since 1989.
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Just to be a dick, kerbled (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22471.0.html).
Six words, brilliant.
I'm extremely glad somebody noticed this
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We just took it for granted...
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Jussi: keeping it classy since 1989.
Jussi is younger than me? Fuck!
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Two by two. Hands of blue.
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Yeah, I noticed it as well.
Hey, knock this cutesy shit off.
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Two by two. Hands of blue.
Six word Avatar? James Cameron: "FUCK"
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I was picturing Smurfs meets Lemmings.
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Magic babies die slowly from TB.
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Pool of blood. "Okay, next step?"
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I had TB many years ago.
TB was unable to kill me.
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Fuck it, Dude, let's go bowling.
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we have many, I had one.
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After all the trouble, calm resumed.
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I was never that good at counting
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Man, what is all this shit?
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I was never that good at counting
A+
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Stars align, Cthulhu rapes your dreams.
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"Don't dare tell your mother, darling..."
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What is this I don't even
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He came. He saw. He lost.
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Fuck, stabbed by my own sword
This day just keeps getting worse
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"I wonder what happens when I..."
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Here, hold my beer. Watch this...
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The ink just won't come out
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Never again. Well, maybe once more.
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On his knees, he uses wakizashi
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And then, the trouble really began.
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as it pertains to my avatar:
HI FLOOR! MAKE ME A SAMMICH!!!
honestly says a lot about G.I.R.
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The condom had holes in it
I really hate my step mom
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While he ranted, we swapped spit.
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And then, the trouble really began.
isn't the idea of a six-word story that it be a simple concept with allusions to much more complex ideas? this doesn't really do that.
EDIT: i mean, it's the one that stood out reading this thread. maybe i'm wrong! maybe it can be whatever you want it to be! don't let me stifle your creativity!
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Just to be a dick, kerbled (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22471.0.html).
Six words, that is truly brilliant.
Excuse me sir, fixed your post.
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And then, the trouble really began.
isn't the idea of a six-word story that it be a simple concept with allusions to much more complex ideas? this doesn't really do that.
EDIT: i mean, it's the one that stood out reading this thread. maybe i'm wrong! maybe it can be whatever you want it to be! don't let me stifle your creativity!
How to backtrack elegantly and politely.
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Mr Senator, you are a douchebag.
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you can't count, [...]
Just to be a dick, kerbled (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22471.0.html).
Six words, that is truly brilliant.
Excuse me sir, fixed your post.
neither can you
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Try counting again. You fucked up.
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Don't point that at my face.
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I had TB many years ago.
TB was unable to kill me.
Finally moderator. Operation Historical Revisionism: go
Maybe someday, legitimate cult of personality.
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babies for sale, only slightly used
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The wood burned; so did I.
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There was fire, it was hot.
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Isn't the idea of a six-word story that it be a simple concept with allusions to much more complex ideas?
To be fair the concept in itself is pretty pretentious. The Hemmingway story cheats by appealing to emotion and leaving people to fill in he gaps. It is a classified or a headline, not a story. In order to write anything that evokes something else in such a small space you have to allude to certain emotionally powerful things like love, death, sex, danger, etc. and usually in a cliched way that people will immediately understand.
Area man seeks soul mate, lubricant.
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That got me thinking. Since newspaper headlines are pretty much exclusively sensational today, would it be more effective to write really mundane headlines?
Honestly, at this point I think I'm ten times more likely to pick up a newspaper that said "I don't know why I did that" than "Area man murders family in FourLoko fueled rampage" just out of sheer novelty.
Okay, this may be a flawed example.
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Let the bodies hit the floor.
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Mom offered to kill my ex.
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This shirt is not ironic, dammit
(Damn you, Tim Thomas)
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Ties round heads, office rebellion begins.
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Ironically, rabies saved our dying society.
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Let the bodies hit the floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uguXNL93fWg
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what i just posted is maybe my favourite youtube of the year
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I've been telling everyone I want to get a bird for the SOLE PURPOSE of training it to do that.
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Cleaning dirty rooms, dust in nose.
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This aggression will not stand, man.
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Man, everybody got AIDS and shit
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You are tearing me apart Lisa.
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Now with entirely gratuitous brostep remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMH8vNhz9QI).
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Try counting again. You fucked up.
I am not going to argue.
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That is because you are wrong.
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Once again it has happened, friends.
Six word story thread has failed.
None of these posts are stories.
They are posts with six words.
Should we bother trying this again?
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...useless.
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She could fly, but not swim.
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Once again it has happened, friends.
Six word story thread has failed.
None of these posts are stories.
They are posts with six words.
Should we bother trying this again?
Six Word stories? A forum divided.
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Six words 140 characters not enough.
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But first you will blow me
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Mountains were nice, ocean was nicer.
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Honestly? She couldn't wait til takeoff.
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Real squirrels. And there were thousands.
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Red squirrels; once there were thousands...
(In the UK, the grey squirrel has driven out the red squirrel within my lifetime.)
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I ran, but with style, almost.
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This isn't some kind of metaphor.
A magnificently well done internet post.
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There is a website for this. (http://www.sixwordstories.net/)
For sale: Hemingway book, never opened.
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But can I pay in squirrels?
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No really, where is my sword?
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For sale: baby photos, hardly used.
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For sale: Baby torso, lightly used.
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That is because you are wrong.
It is not so, Mr. Nodaisho.
Your "fixed" post had seven words.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
(Sorry, I have problems with nitpicking)
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Arguing over six word stories? Really?
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For sale: Baby torso, lightly used.
for sale: overdone joke, poorly used.
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The elevator made a groaning sound.
What the fuck happened? My eyes!
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That is because you are wrong.
It is not so, Mr. Nodaisho.
Your "fixed" post had seven words.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
(Sorry, I have problems with nitpicking)
Thrown off by the comma, perhaps?
(1.Six 2.Words 3.That 4.Is 5.Truly 6.Brilliant.)
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Hurr durr burr nurr wurr, curr?
Basically I am the dumbest person
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An accurate summation of the truth.
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The princess is in another castle.
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Transdimensional plumber seeks princess, breathes fire.
Plumber, Ape, Others: Compete in go-karts.
Anthropomorphic fox! Do a barrel roll!
Blue hedgehog curls in ball, accelerates.
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Blocks fall on other blocks, disappear.
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look in mirror see no one.
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I've never seen so much blood
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Got bored with this; fell asleep.
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Christ, not another fucking Pokemon thread
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Pikachu, use thunderbolt. It's Super Effective!
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Old man and boy go adventuring.
Robot falls in love, saves planet.
Mouse is great chef. Holy crap!
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there was nothing i could do
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Pizza Delivery. She Couldn't Pay. Fuckin'.
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TSA checkpoint in Speedo. Searched anyways.
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I'm getting your hankie all wet.
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You are tearing me apart, Lisa.
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Super hero family fighting crime together
Talking cars, character building and racing
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You are tearing me apart, Lisa.
And now the thread is complete.
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What the hell is happening here?
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Magic. Wonderful, wonderful magic. Join us?
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Dying can be a good living.
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The bravest cocks guide the flock.
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long, skinny, pedal on the right
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wise man said: fuck off hippie.
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This shirt is not ironic, dammit
(Damn you, Tim Thomas)
Your boy let in three tonight
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Bought Bergeron sweater: he suffered concussion.
In short: I should never buy Bruins stuff again.
Umm, ummm, yeah, actual story. keep the thread going!
The trees were barely standing, charred.
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Worse than his teeth, his insincerity