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My Life in 6 words Game

vincenzo1975 · 2008-10-27 08:51:42

This idea came from a new book I heard about on the Tom Dunne show on 106FM. Ernest Hemingway was once given a challenge in a bar to come up with a 6 word short story. His reply was: For sale, baby shoes, never used. This idea sparked a book of people giving a 6 word biography or story, with over 25000 people adding in…

27-10-2008 9:51am

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This idea came from a new book I heard about on the Tom Dunne show on 106FM.

Ernest Hemingway was once given a challenge in a bar to come up with a 6 word short story. His reply was:

For sale, baby shoes, never used.

This idea sparked a book of people giving a 6 word biography or story, with over 25000 people adding in their story
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Quite-What-Was-Planning/dp/0061374059

Anyway, maybe we can get this going and see what cool stuff comes up:)

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