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Six-Word Memoirs

npr.org — A gallery of illustrated “six-word memoirs” by well-known writers.

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  • Emused, on 02/10/2008, -14/+2“Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!”
  • Hanniballo, on 02/10/2008, -4/+82I digg, I eat, I sleep.
  • jameshighmore, on 02/10/2008, -5/+77The best one I ever heard:

    For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.

    If it doesn't move you at first, read it a few more times and I guarantee it will.
    • monkeyboyhero, on 02/10/2008, -0/+32That's from Ernest Hemmingway - he was the inspiration for these memoirs I believe.
    • IntellEJent, on 02/10/2008, -16/+8Care to explain?
      • PhonicUK, on 02/10/2008, -0/+26Miscarriage...
        • jameshighmore, on 02/10/2008, -2/+3To me, it also implies that this was the couple's first try a having a child because they were "never worn", not even by another child when it was a baby. The fact that the shoes are being sold also suggests that either the couple is very poor and are thus selling the shoes straight after hearing the news, or that they want to get rid of anything that could remind them of the miscarriage as soon as possible. Lastly, the fact that baby SHOES are for sale could imply that they didn't even finish buying other baby items before they heard about the misscarriage.

          Don't do drugs, kids.
          • YoctoYotta, on 02/10/2008, -6/+2Kids, do drugs and never forget, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

            Nice analysis by the way.
          • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -5/+0fail
          • OrangeSoda31, on 02/10/2008, -2/+7What doesn't kill you can only mortally wound you.
        • StratoStreak, on 02/10/2008, -2/+1Or the couple bought shoes for their baby (or a friend bought them) and never used them.
        • cuntmate99, on 02/10/2008, -0/+15or the baby was born with no feet
  • octopi, on 02/10/2008, -3/+33Amazing. Six can mean so much.
  • deezeejoey, on 02/10/2008, -32/+5lame...
  • AndrewDB, on 02/10/2008, -3/+10Utterly fantastic. Worth a good read.
  • weirdwes, on 02/10/2008, -1/+34Had an Angel. Chased a Devil.
  • trusttimothy, on 02/10/2008, -1/+27damn, first one hit me. Sucks if you can relate to it.
    • nvisible, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2I had the same reaction. Didn't even realise I still did that after 4 years. Ouch.
  • Zcott, on 02/10/2008, -14/+5A six word memoir of digg:

    First! Fail. LMAO. Pwnd. WTF. Banned.
    • AndrewDB, on 02/10/2008, -4/+1So you've done step one, just did step two, and I just did step three and four, you're going to do step five, make some snide remark back, and get step six?
    • mrjit, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3You should have just done "Failed."
  • cuntmate99, on 02/10/2008, -8/+2found digg. life rating up 1.
    • cuntmate99, on 02/10/2008, -2/+1it's out of 10 for christ's sake, what more do you expect?

      greedy no good do-diggers
  • SirBrittanicus, on 02/10/2008, -11/+7This post is six words long!
  • wastelander, on 02/10/2008, -6/+6I feel ignorant.. I recognized almost none of those names.
    • UnWeave, on 02/10/2008, -1/+8They are not all well known writers, says on the last slide...
  • Hoogs, on 02/10/2008, -16/+1Lame.
    • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -1/+0you shouldn't talk about yourself that way...
  • mrjit, on 02/10/2008, -4/+28Dugg for "Sperm too potent, now have triplets."
    • SurrealDream, on 02/10/2008, -3/+2Not that I don't see the funny side of it, but surely the occurance of multiple births is due to multiple eggs in the female?
      • Akronos, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4Too much thinking, bad for you.
        • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2yea, that should be diggs slogan, lol
      • echotech, on 02/12/2008, -0/+2Wouldn't potent sperm fertilize more eggs?
    • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -0/+0yes, sperm being too potent wont make more babies, but it still sounds humorous
  • sofaKing812, on 02/10/2008, -4/+14The Mare139 (graffiti writer) one was great:
    "Wasn't noticed so I painted trains."
  • jdpalite, on 02/10/2008, -2/+7This is like postsecret minus the angst. Nothing against postsecret, but this is way cooler.
  • plundstedt, on 02/10/2008, -10/+1Some of those are really good, but most are crap that don't make sense.
  • majordanger, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4"Paid for the illusion of progress"
  • Netrilix, on 02/10/2008, -1/+12"I love to love my love" - Comment on the tendency of youth to be more caught up in the feeling of love than the actual person. I originally saw it in a book by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, not sure if it's older than that.
  • sriniraj70, on 02/10/2008, -3/+9I got my 6 word memoir published as well in that book. Not all of the folks are famous. It is a mix of famous ones and obscure folks like me :) It was part of a contest of sorts run by smith magazine. The most famous author in the book is Ernest Hemingway "For Sale, baby shoes, never worn"

    Enjoy

    Srini "Others collect coins, I collect diplomas"
  • SlowOnTheUptake, on 02/10/2008, -0/+9Wasted time reading Digg; can't stop.
  • korea, on 02/10/2008, -2/+24I wish I could count
    • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1you shouldnt, if you can then they expect you to math and stuff.
  • mcool119, on 02/10/2008, -6/+2The first one made me go "awww"
    • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2why did people bury his comment, lol, *diggified*
  • thisisthepope, on 02/10/2008, -0/+7Dunno if this was already dug but I read a much better list on Wired a few months ago. My favorite there has to be Alan Moore's.
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords. ...
  • amire80, on 02/10/2008, -10/+1Buried.

    Call me a stupid geek, but this site is made completely in Flash and people who, like me, do their best to use only Free Software cannot view it.

    For more information about freeing the Web from the atrocity called Flash see http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
    • orukabir, on 02/10/2008, -1/+6Adobe Flash Players (or extensions) are free, just google it.
    • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -1/+0stupid geek,

      maybe you should do your best to find it on google.
      • amire80, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1Adobe Flash player is not free software.

        Adobe Flash player is "free" as in "free beer", not "free speech". As a digg reader, you should know that.
  • rogerbly, on 02/10/2008, -2/+5"Asked to quite down; spoke louder." ;-)
    That was a fun way to start the day... got me out of bed to read it on the workstation since the iphone can't display flash.
    • thedaylights, on 02/10/2008, -3/+3That one pissed me off. She looks annoying.
  • Emperial, on 02/10/2008, -4/+1I don't get it!!!
    • Cymrubeats, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4pay more attention, then you understand.
  • sarashivers, on 02/10/2008, -2/+1the 4th author actually has a music cd out

    http://www.yourinfamousharp.com
  • themarq, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5Using a contraction isn't a cheat.
  • SoupNugget, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3I too had my six words published in this book. Its funny to see it linked via digg. My words were...
    Wealthy woman escapes with handsome mailman
  • thedaylights, on 02/10/2008, -1/+2Internet “wakes up?” Ridicu - no carrier.
    - Charles Stross

  • tritiumpie, on 02/10/2008, -0/+6Road less travelled: rough. Residential now.
  • coffeybean, on 02/10/2008, -2/+0I loved life. Life loved me.
  • mochaman, on 02/10/2008, -1/+2 searching for truth: offsprings, love, unfold.
  • Monbosa, on 02/10/2008, -4/+31. Word
    2. Word
    3. Word
    4. Word
    5. ????
    6. Profit!
    • OrangeSoda31, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2The numbers count, that makes 12.
  • cplusplus, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5My Memoir:
    Let you know when I'm done.
  • iDig2, on 02/10/2008, -0/+0That was really really really cool
  • konkushn, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2I made love with Harry Kim.
  • redsoxmb545, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Reminds me of Postsecret a little bit.
  • RhodesSkolar, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3I told you I was sick.
  • BarkingSheep, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1"Never really finished anything, except cake."-that's like my memoir...haha great post.
  • Rambro, on 02/10/2008, -0/+0The Last One Is The Best
  • ePlus, on 02/11/2008, -0/+2I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE
  • EricJD, on 02/11/2008, -2/+1The cake is a lie
    • Bamborzled, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1That lacks the six words required.
  • madcaps1980, on 02/11/2008, -0/+0"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR PREGNANT!!"
  • WhatsUpWithJack, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1Spending my days hiding from responsibility.
  • konkushn, on 02/11/2008, -0/+2All your base belong to me
  • SweetMercury, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1"Lazy Renaissance Man Settles for Dilettantism."

    Yeah, that's me.
  • dylangaine, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1i do not give a *****
  • frankgilroy, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1I was in the book as well. I'm working to create a registry of the contributors blogs at: http://frankgilroy.com/on-the-web/not-quite-what-i ...
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