Comments on: Six Word Memoir http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/ Words to read, words to write, words to admire, words to despair over... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:18:42 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bookbabie http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-131 bookbabie Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:22:49 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-131 Wonderful blog, I'm so glad you picked up the meme, I started it and although I have nothing to do with the book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, I thought it would make a great meme, thanks for playing! Wonderful blog, I’m so glad you picked up the meme, I started it and although I have nothing to do with the book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, I thought it would make a great meme, thanks for playing!

]]> By: Susan http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Susan Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:07:08 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-130 Well, that memoir was just TOO good: consider yourself tagged for another of these bloody things, the seven-random-facts meme. Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Well, that memoir was just TOO good: consider yourself tagged for another of these bloody things, the seven-random-facts meme. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

]]> By: Ken Armstrong http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Ken Armstrong Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:53:45 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-128 Okay, I've thought about this a bit... Six words, eh? "Scribbling my merry way towards decrepitude." :) Okay, I’ve thought about this a bit…

Six words, eh?

“Scribbling my merry way towards decrepitude.”

:)

]]> By: Ken Armstrong http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Ken Armstrong Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:24:38 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-127 Some words are marginally funnier than others - 'Hoover' just won out, in that instance :) Willy Clarke, in the movie/play 'The Sunshine Boys', has a good piece about funny/unfunny words: "...Pickle is funny, Chicken is funny, Alka-Seltzer is funny.." I think he favoured the hard 'k' sound, as many do. So there!! Some words are marginally funnier than others – ‘Hoover’ just won out, in that instance :)

Willy Clarke, in the movie/play ‘The Sunshine Boys’, has a good piece about funny/unfunny words:

“…Pickle is funny, Chicken is funny, Alka-Seltzer is funny..” I think he favoured the hard ‘k’ sound, as many do.

So there!!

]]> By: Catherine http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Catherine Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:50:37 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-126 Whichever you want, Ken! And @ Brady - interesting, but a bit generic, dontcha think? :) Whichever you want, Ken!

And @ Brady – interesting, but a bit generic, dontcha think? :)

]]> By: Ken Armstrong http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Ken Armstrong Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:21:02 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-125 Hiya Just realised you tagged me. Silly me, 'guess I should've known earlier. I'll give it a go. Do I post here or on my own page?? Hiya

Just realised you tagged me. Silly me, ‘guess I should’ve known earlier. I’ll give it a go. Do I post here or on my own page??

]]> By: clairec23 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-124 clairec23 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:40:19 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-124 This is going to take me ages - but I will do it so bear with me! This is going to take me ages – but I will do it so bear with me!

]]> By: brady http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-123 brady Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:14:27 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-123 Now see, if if had been me, I would have gone with: I lived. I died. Worms came. Now see, if if had been me, I would have gone with:
I lived. I died. Worms came.

]]> By: Laura http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Laura Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:49:31 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-117 I did this one too. Forget what I wrote now something about reading, writing and living. I did this one too. Forget what I wrote now something about reading, writing and living.

]]> By: Carolyn B. http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Carolyn B. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:58:25 +0000 http://www.sharp-words.co.uk/2008/03/six-word-memoir/#comment-116 Challenge accepted! :o) This was a fun one. <a href="http://www.dropsofblood.com/2008/03/11/my-life-in-six-words/" rel="nofollow">Here</a>'s my first stab at summarizing my approach to life in six words: Curious, laughing, appreciative exploration of life. I wasn't sure about the rest of it, but I *knew* that "curious" had to come first. :o) Challenge accepted! :o ) This was a fun one. Here’s my first stab at summarizing my approach to life in six words:

Curious, laughing, appreciative exploration of life.

I wasn’t sure about the rest of it, but I *knew* that “curious” had to come first. :o )

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