# Very Short stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927 "2006-10-26T01:27:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/1 "2006-10-26T01:27:30Z")
Cribbed guitlessly from Wired, via Slashdot: [http://blog.wired.com/sixwords/](http://blog.wired.com/sixwords/) Can YOU write a story in six words or less? “Alas, there wasn’t enough fuel. Damn.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/2 "2006-10-26T01:33:42Z")
“Blonde walks into bar; says ‘Ouch.’” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/3 "2006-10-26T01:34:01Z")
I’ll never eat a bicycle again. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/4 "2006-10-26T01:43:16Z")
He went back in time. Again. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/5 "2006-10-26T01:43:38Z")
She found Hansel _and_ Gretel delicious. Overconfidence was the hare’s undoing. He missed his old sled. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/6 "2006-10-26T01:43:39Z")
Without a doubt, crime was committed. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/7 "2006-10-26T01:46:31Z")
I’ll post the same one I did over on the Unaboard _Not even coffee and chocolate worked._ ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/8 "2006-10-26T01:49:36Z")
He smiled at her, she ran. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/9 "2006-10-26T01:51:40Z")
Winter comes, the grasshopper dies. The scientist’s creation runs amok. His suicide note was brief. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/10 "2006-10-26T01:55:33Z")
Buddhist story- birth, death, birth again. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/11 "2006-10-26T01:57:03Z")
I came, I saw, I conquered. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/12 "2006-10-26T02:02:29Z")
I came, I came, I came. The world ended. Nobody even noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/13 "2006-10-26T02:03:05Z")
Knock. Knock. “Dave?” “Dave’s not here.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/14 "2006-10-26T02:07:55Z")
Dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit dammit! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/15 "2006-10-26T02:12:03Z")
Eris did her job exceedingly well. Obituary-accomplished nothing. Mourned by nobody. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/16 "2006-10-26T02:23:01Z")
He had an unknown allergy: nippleclamps. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/17 "2006-10-26T02:27:06Z")
DOG you dyslexic motherfucker, NOT god. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/18 "2006-10-26T02:33:55Z")
The classic _Something_Positive\* very short rpg campaign: “Fuck it. Rocks fall. Everyone dies.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/19 "2006-10-26T03:15:55Z")
The last Earthman heard a cough. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-stories/377927/20 "2006-10-26T03:21:01Z")
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