# Six word stories...show us your Hemingways **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715 "2009-01-30T14:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/61 "2009-01-31T22:58:29Z")
Hush little girl, it’s our secret. (what ?) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/62 "2009-01-31T23:02:15Z")
Stories like this are called poems. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/63 "2009-01-31T23:06:21Z")
Bah! Fire the Doomsday Weapon anyway! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/64 "2009-01-31T23:45:54Z")
The boxer rose to his feet. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/65 "2009-02-01T00:36:27Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Child is abused, get’s special reward. Look out! Here comes an ‘s’! Pants party. Party pooper? Poopy pants. Chittering things with tentacles for faces. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/66 "2009-02-01T00:40:08Z")
All knowledge collected: We view porn. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/67 "2009-02-01T00:47:43Z")
Last words of pre-teen: “Mommy, don’t!” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/68 "2009-02-01T00:52:05Z")
Everyone is pink on the inside. Spilled blood looks black by moonlight. Full moon makes us all wolves. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/69 "2009-02-01T01:00:12Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Epitaph: > > Told you I was sick. > > Regards, > Shodan That’s Eight, Sir. Ducks and Runs. Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Goddamn Koalas… ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/70 "2009-02-01T01:09:04Z")
And God said “Let there be …” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/71 "2009-02-01T01:11:15Z")
And God said “Pull My finger”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/72 "2009-02-01T01:31:42Z")
**50-foot woman atop Empire State Building The Alien’s Achilles Heel is Water? Oh, hi Odysseus! Didn’t expect you. Bouncing and in time forth back!** ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/73 "2009-02-01T01:47:36Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > I see what you did there. And not just him. You too. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/74 "2009-02-01T01:48:27Z")
New York style pizza=yum yum. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/75 "2009-02-01T02:58:14Z")
I thought, therefore I was. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/76 "2009-02-01T04:57:12Z")
God accidentally rescinded the Big Bang. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/77 "2009-02-01T04:59:41Z")
We have pigeon eggs . . . ad infinitum. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/78 "2009-02-01T06:34:15Z")
He just molested John Gotti’s daughter. Fred Phelps pickets Church of Scientology. Turns out you need your tonsils. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/79 "2009-02-01T10:15:39Z")
The tomb is empty. Amen Hallelujah! Fearing death, he died a hero. He fell, ring fell, Sauron’s end. Misled by witches, he committed sins. ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715/80 "2009-02-01T13:30:21Z")
> [@ianzin](#): > > Two tickets. Never used. Never discarded. > He was a lion tamer. Was. These two are both very good. My effort: Hard to express in just six . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-word-stories-show-us-your-hemingways/483715.md?page=5)