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The Hemmingway Challenge. Can YOU create a six word story?

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#722 12-01-2013 09:00PM

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"CRASH!!" Robo-Hitler burst through the door...

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#723 12-01-2013 09:03PM

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Dafuq? Quick, click the "back" button.

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#724 12-01-2013 09:08PM

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They parted. Heads high. Hearts broken.

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#725 12-01-2013 09:13PM

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Omackeral wrote: »

I was reading some weekend magazine the other day out of sheer boredom and stumbled upon this little nugget. Apparently, famous author Ernest Hemmingway was challenged by some peers to write a short story that was both compelling and logical but could only contain six words. No more, no less. He left this as his piece.

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I think it's quite amazing personally! Can you rival it? Give it a go and let's see do we get anything really good?

The modern alternative:

Lying bastard, smelly shoes, bloody Internet. :cool::rolleyes::p;):confused::D

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#726 12-01-2013 10:19PM

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Forsale : Single beds, partially worn carpet.

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#727 12-01-2013 10:23PM

PG4000

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I've created a six word story

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#728 13-01-2013 11:45AM

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sure i'l give it a go.

a long story where nothing happens.

the rich live, the poor survive.

well the secret to life is

all things come to an end.

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#729 13-01-2013 11:47AM

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Make it look like an accident.

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#730 13-01-2013 12:33PM

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Got a horn, rubbed one out.

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#731 13-01-2013 12:48PM

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"I do", he said. She winced.

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#732 13-01-2013 01:05PM

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Fought for right to die. Lost.

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#733 13-01-2013 01:08PM

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Midget shortage.

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#734 13-01-2013 01:57PM

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You sold me an engagement ring!

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#735 13-01-2013 02:04PM

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Trapped in web, silently, she dies.

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#736 13-01-2013 02:17PM

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A tragedy? He made his choices.

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#737 13-01-2013 02:21PM

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"Any last words?"

"Not this time."

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#738 13-01-2013 02:24PM

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Hemingway should have burned that story.

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#739 13-01-2013 02:30PM

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We're all goin' to heaven, wheeeeyy.

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#740 13-01-2013 02:43PM

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Still reading crap thread from August

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#741 13-01-2013 03:02PM

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Arrive in monaghan, all hope gone

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#742 13-01-2013 03:18PM

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A boombox is not a toy

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#743 13-01-2013 03:34PM

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Hanging around in jocks, won't change!

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#744 13-01-2013 08:24PM

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I came, I saw. Came again.

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#745 13-01-2013 08:25PM

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So it's purple?
Mauve..
Purple!
Mauve!!

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#746 13-01-2013 08:37PM

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Yes I can, now fúck off.

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#747 13-01-2013 09:47PM

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Brevity has never been my strong...

Ah, bollocks.

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#748 13-01-2013 09:47PM

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Accepted the hemmingway challenge but failed?

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#749 13-01-2013 09:49PM

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i came, i fought, i conquered.

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#750 14-01-2013 04:06AM

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Never get it right the first time

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#751 14-01-2013 04:09AM

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Or the second one, arse

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