Keep it short and descriptive. Required.

March 2, 2008 9:36 AM

I thought the format was clever. I was reading in bed, though. You may not agree with me.
posted by mzurer (46 comments total)

I can write one in five...

no, wait...
posted by pearlybob at 9:42 AM on March 2

The flow could use some improvement.
posted by Malor at 9:45 AM on March 2 [2 favorites]

Hemingway did it better.
posted by tkolar at 9:47 AM on March 2

Too many colons.

Metafilter: too many colons

heh
posted by synaesthetichaze at 9:48 AM on March 2 [1 favorite]

pills and thrills and belly aches.

wait, someone already used that one.
posted by empath at 9:48 AM on March 2

Packed with information, irritating to read.
posted by orthogonality at 9:50 AM on March 2 [2 favorites]

Must have been fun to write. It's kind of a seductive rhythm. Wait, it's easier than it looks.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:50 AM on March 2 [3 favorites]

Haven't we done this once already?
posted by yhbc at 9:54 AM on March 2 [1 favorite]

I'm pretty sure it's a dupe.
posted by Bonzai at 9:56 AM on March 2 [1 favorite]

I know mine: "I had the best of intentions."
posted by Turtles all the way down at 9:57 AM on March 2 [3 favorites]

Didn't we already do this before?
posted by stbalbach at 9:57 AM on March 2

Different link, same concept. Duplicate? Perhaps.
posted by yhbc at 9:57 AM on March 2

who knew? you coulda fooled me!
posted by msconduct at 10:03 AM on March 2

Dang. Derivative work foils occasional poster.
posted by mzurer at 10:03 AM on March 2

Too many colons.

Metafilter: too many colons

heh

It's like a threesome by yourself.
posted by srboisvert at 10:03 AM on March 2

Clever, but really really choppy. The flow's murdered by constraint.
posted by flatluigi at 10:12 AM on March 2

not a dupe, it's a tripe
posted by subgear at 10:15 AM on March 2

(Oh my god, I totally read that last week without even realizing what she was up to! How embarrassing.)
posted by Ian A.T. at 10:16 AM on March 2

*Writes story about getting a life*
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:18 AM on March 2

Oh, man, I've totally got mine:

"It's kind of hard to explain."
posted by MrVisible at 10:20 AM on March 2 [3 favorites]

I came, I saw, I left.
posted by mosk at 10:20 AM on March 2 [2 favorites]

Your life story in six words.

Do good; be happy; live consciously.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 10:26 AM on March 2

A good life cannot be summarized.
posted by darkstar at 10:27 AM on March 2 [2 favorites]

Fun idea, but a painful read.
posted by maryh at 10:27 AM on March 2

I told you I was hardcore
posted by langedon at 10:28 AM on March 2

D'oh. bondcliff copied me retroactively in that previous thread.
posted by langedon at 10:31 AM on March 2

Saw Widdicombe, thought Ann, blanched.
posted by Abiezer at 10:31 AM on March 2

This could be worse than haikus.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:32 AM on March 2

Annoyed the shit out of me.
posted by SassHat at 10:44 AM on March 2

Would've been better as a sestina.
posted by OrangeDrink at 10:54 AM on March 2

Bookmarked in case thread is deleted.
posted by Flashman at 11:11 AM on March 2

Oh, don't K.I.S.S.
posted by ersatz at 11:13 AM on March 2

For sale: ball gag. Never worn.
posted by Flashman at 11:16 AM on March 2

I'm wondering if it all matters.
posted by grubi at 11:18 AM on March 2

Seems like we've done this already...
posted by kittens for breakfast at 11:20 AM on March 2

Gave Matt five; member of hive.
posted by Dizzy at 11:23 AM on March 2

Yogi: Deja vu all over again.
posted by Cranberry at 11:25 AM on March 2

As Calvin Coolidge said: "You Lose."
posted by absalom at 11:46 AM on March 2

FOUR WORDS ARE LOUDER!!!
posted by tehloki at 11:58 AM on March 2

This would be easier in German.
posted by milquetoast at 12:07 PM on March 2

What is this thing called, love?
posted by hal9k at 12:10 PM on March 2

The meaning of life is it.
posted by I Foody at 12:11 PM on March 2

I just say what the fuck metafilter.
posted by fourcheesemac at 12:25 PM on March 2

Minus the just.
posted by fourcheesemac at 12:25 PM on March 2

hal9k, you know that's a Benny Hill bit?
posted by fourcheesemac at 12:25 PM on March 2

Six words are not enough to
posted by dersins at 12:29 PM on March 2