“Two bullets. Two heads. Two dead.”
“House for sale: Divorced, discouraged, deleted.”
“Damn! Why are the walls moving?”
Captain: “Y’all ever flown upside down?”
“One sunrise left.”
“Looks like rain.”
“No Trespassing, and no warning shots.”
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*These are in response to a prompt using Hemingway’s supposed “shortest short story ever.” As the story goes, he wrote this on a napkin in a bar in response to a friend’s challenge: “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.”
Give it a try!
I wonder, as I wander here.
I need practice. Obviously.
I’ve always been envious of this six word ability. Yours are great.
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Thank you. Would you still say that if I told you I started these mid-September!😜
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Well, mid-September can lack inspiration. I mean, don’t you think? 🤔😄
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Or I’m just a plodder. But this is a hard exercise. And I made it harder by doing the alliteration and going for six. I did it for practice, and also just to see if I could. :-).
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Hard work pays off and the hours of enjoyment are priceless.
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“A knife, an apple; a bloody bite”
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“Half the bottle? Half the battle.”
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Yes!
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