This Year's Just Six Words Long

December 29, 2011 8:27 PM

Inspired by SMITH magazine's six-word Memoir project and books (previously), Minnesota Public Radio asks, "In six words, how would you describe 2011?"
posted by ZeusHumms (93 comments total)

Two months per word? Barely doable.
posted by ZeusHumms at 8:30 PM on December 29, 2011

sadly, getting progressively sadder and sadder
posted by nathancaswell at 8:31 PM on December 29, 2011

Same as always, to a chicken.
posted by rmxwl at 8:34 PM on December 29, 2011 [3 favorites]

A world craving triumph got none.
posted by cell divide at 8:35 PM on December 29, 2011

"Are you going to finish that?"
posted by troika at 8:35 PM on December 29, 2011

Shit is fucked up and bullshit
posted by naju at 8:36 PM on December 29, 2011 [16 favorites]

Horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible.
posted by winna at 8:36 PM on December 29, 2011

TL; DR.
posted by rmxwl at 8:36 PM on December 29, 2011

[PLEASE INSERT SIX WORD JOKE HERE]
posted by vidur at 8:39 PM on December 29, 2011

who will get the most favorites?
posted by nathancaswell at 8:43 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

rick

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posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:46 PM on December 29, 2011 [7 favorites]

Eleven months suck, one is worse.
posted by eriko at 8:48 PM on December 29, 2011

A list of six swear words
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:48 PM on December 29, 2011

2012: Twelve months of suck, plus election.
posted by eriko at 8:49 PM on December 29, 2011

What the fuck, two thousand eleven?
posted by Strange Interlude at 8:49 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

For me personally?

Graduated, barista, unemployed, barista, unemployed, temp.

Oh, 2011. You catty bitch.
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:50 PM on December 29, 2011 [3 favorites]

It's finally almost over, thank Christ.
posted by gerryblog at 8:51 PM on December 29, 2011

Actually wasn't all that bad, comparatively
posted by Ad hominem at 8:51 PM on December 29, 2011

Has happened before, will happen again.
posted by SpacemanStix at 8:51 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

Baby shoes for sale: Citibank repossession.
posted by charlie don't surf at 8:52 PM on December 29, 2011 [8 favorites]

Nothing is new under the sun.
posted by SpacemanStix at 8:52 PM on December 29, 2011

Better than 2010 all around
posted by bleep at 8:52 PM on December 29, 2011

Osama killed, Economy almost was also.
posted by JoeXIII007 at 8:52 PM on December 29, 2011

Wish I had some pop-tarts though.
posted by Ad hominem at 8:53 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

Humans repeat patterns, time marches on.
posted by Salvor Hardin at 8:54 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

United States Congress Liked Being Dramatic
posted by JoeXIII007 at 8:57 PM on December 29, 2011

I ate maybe thirty five steaks
posted by nathancaswell at 8:58 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

Occupations, meltdowns, disasters but mostly weddings.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:59 PM on December 29, 2011

they got Osama, it didn't matter.
posted by device55 at 9:01 PM on December 29, 2011

The year damn near everybody died

.
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:07 PM on December 29, 2011

Get the reference in the title?
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:13 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

God forbid, could have been worse.
posted by random thoughts at 9:15 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

Took an arrow in the knee.
posted by cerulgalactus at 9:25 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

I got to go to Morocco!

(wait, are happy memories allowed here?)
posted by psoas at 9:26 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

God damm, should of drank more
posted by neversummer at 9:36 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

Oh, my fucking God! Really? Really!?!
posted by ob1quixote at 9:51 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo
posted by bottlebrushtree at 9:54 PM on December 29, 2011

There's the door, now fuck off.
posted by AD_ at 10:21 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

May you live in interesting times!
posted by jeffburdges at 10:31 PM on December 29, 2011 [4 favorites]

we are 99 percent. now what?
posted by ian1977 at 10:32 PM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]

Another year and too much pain.
posted by PROD_TPSL at 10:48 PM on December 29, 2011

Hey, NBC? Save Community, cancel Whitney.
posted by Knappster at 11:04 PM on December 29, 2011 [6 favorites]

The year that followed 2010, obediently.
posted by RoseyD at 11:09 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

There's no fucking rules, dude.
posted by Johann Georg Faust at 11:17 PM on December 29, 2011

Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.
posted by ambient2 at 11:24 PM on December 29, 2011 [4 favorites]

America got poorer and more pissed.
posted by escabeche at 11:27 PM on December 29, 2011

Guilty feet have got no rhythm.
posted by palomar at 11:30 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

...I think I did it wrong.
posted by palomar at 11:31 PM on December 29, 2011 [2 favorites]

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:45 PM on December 29, 2011

Gin, vermouth, ice. Shake well, pour.
posted by jivadravya at 11:50 PM on December 29, 2011

One "two," one "zero," two "ones."
posted by chasing at 12:14 AM on December 30, 2011

Osama, Jobs, Gaddafi, Hitchens, Kim, Vigoda.
posted by Anything at 12:27 AM on December 30, 2011 [2 favorites]

Beat that two thousand and twelve.
posted by Anything at 12:33 AM on December 30, 2011

Now what the fuck comes next?
posted by Anything at 12:38 AM on December 30, 2011

First third was nondescript, but, Jeez...
posted by Anything at 12:47 AM on December 30, 2011

Actually, no; I had forgotten how early things got going in North Africa.
posted by Anything at 12:54 AM on December 30, 2011

First week was nondescript, but, Jeez...
posted by Anything at 12:56 AM on December 30, 2011

Dead parents and brother - it sucked mightily.
posted by JB71 at 12:57 AM on December 30, 2011

Crap. 7 words? It still sucked.
posted by JB71 at 12:58 AM on December 30, 2011

Anything: "[…]Vigoda."

www.isabevigodadead.com: As of 0359 EST, No, according to the Internet.
posted by ob1quixote at 12:59 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Old boss. Tahrir. New boss. Tahrir.
posted by Anything at 1:19 AM on December 30, 2011

Shitty, looking forward to next year.
posted by calamari kid at 1:22 AM on December 30, 2011

Few better mousetraps, many better idiots.
posted by feloniousmonk at 1:25 AM on December 30, 2011

Weird Al's in my brain! Great!
posted by gern at 1:31 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Jabruary, Mapril, Juny, Aupember, Nocember!
posted by Anything at 1:40 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

uh jesus wtf get back to bed
... Jabruary, Mapril, Mune, Jugust, Sectober, Nocember!
posted by Anything at 1:44 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Oh my, I am so old.
posted by Ayn Rand and God at 2:57 AM on December 30, 2011

Power washed away by massive waves.
posted by mariokrat at 3:24 AM on December 30, 2011

One year closer to Mayan end?
posted by kuanes at 3:51 AM on December 30, 2011

Death. Bring on the new year.
posted by DigDoug at 4:55 AM on December 30, 2011

Ball Drops - Fuck off Twenty Eleven.
posted by DigDoug at 4:56 AM on December 30, 2011

Endlessly whirling clouds of bored hornets.
posted by krinklyfig at 5:01 AM on December 30, 2011

Shit sandwich with a dill pickle.
posted by krinklyfig at 5:02 AM on December 30, 2011

Goddamn it, here we go again...
posted by krinklyfig at 5:04 AM on December 30, 2011

Egypt, Libya... Let's hatch this egg.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 5:18 AM on December 30, 2011

Muffin muffin muffin muffin muffin chutzpah.
posted by krinklyfig at 5:36 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

New job, old body, another drink.
posted by Decani at 5:48 AM on December 30, 2011

For sale: representative democracy, never used.
posted by nicepersonality at 6:05 AM on December 30, 2011

Did not pass the California Bar.
posted by bakerina at 6:21 AM on December 30, 2011

(wait, are happy memories allowed here?)

All memories allowed, unhappy or not.
posted by ZeusHumms at 6:32 AM on December 30, 2011

Didn't leave country this year. Bummer.

(two moves, new car, new job)
posted by Elly Vortex at 8:14 AM on December 30, 2011

Meh, it could have been worse.
posted by Mick at 8:31 AM on December 30, 2011

MELLOW OUT OR YOU WILL PAY
posted by elizardbits at 8:38 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

Nuke it. Only way to be sure.

(It's...weirdly comforting to know that other people had a horrid 2011.)
posted by zix at 8:39 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

I can't even count right. Should've gone with my first thought of "burn the body, salt the earth."
posted by zix at 8:41 AM on December 30, 2011

Rear view mirror, foot on gas.
posted by mochapickle at 8:43 AM on December 30, 2011

Steve Jobs died. STEVE JOBS DIED!
posted by hydrophonic at 9:11 AM on December 30, 2011

Damn. And I thought 2010 sucked.
posted by kinnakeet at 9:20 AM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

This is what democracy looks like. (Why yes, I live in Madison, WI, why do you ask?)
posted by gillyflower at 11:34 AM on December 30, 2011

More Arab Spring please, less tsunami.
posted by Loudmax at 12:58 PM on December 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

NASA grounds Shuttle, replacement always delayed.
posted by ZeusHumms at 2:31 PM on December 30, 2011

2011: a toilet that needs flushed.
posted by pecanpies at 3:59 PM on December 30, 2011

At least January's only thirty days.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 10:27 PM on January 1, 2012