The Humour Club discussion

I'v just finished Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure.
Here are some examples from the book:

"Afraid of everything. Did it anyway." Ayse Erginer
"Became my mother. Please shoot me." Cynthia Kaplan
"Bespectacled, besneakered, read and ran around." Rachel Fershleiser

I decided the clever minds of The Humour Club should give some thought to their own legacies.

Describe your life in six words.

Here I sit, broken-hearted...

Not quite six words, but I've always liked Keats' epitaph: "Here lies one whose name was writ in water". Ooh, very dark, very gothic.

Then there was Spike Milligan: "I told you I was ill."

If I am being serious, I'd like my epitaph to be "Thank you for the days."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJcd...

Kirsty McColl, who left us far too soon. The Kinks' original is pretty good too.

If I'm being flippant: "Well that was fun. Cheers!"

Hey Ma! Here I am- ontopatheworld!

She came, she saw, she left.

Or Socrates: "A good hemlock...Not a great hemlock."

You want me to do what?

That sums up my life story!

Can I be rich next time?

Born, lived, died- ha!- only kidding!

Six words to fill. Hmmmmm, difficult...

Meet you on the other side.

Or is that some Jim Morrison lyric?

Oh yeah? Give it your best shot!

Meet you outside!

If I were a musician, say a famous composer, I'd be tempted to have a one word epitaph: "Decomposing".

That's a good one, Will! Great play on words.

I love it! You made me literally laugh out loud!!

Lisa wrote: "She came, she saw, she left."

Thanks, Veronica!

Did not understand a single thing

Thank you
for reading
my stone!

"How did I get so old?"

Some people reported having side effects!

You look tall from down here.

Where did all the time go?

What am I doing here anyway?

Women and beer, loved it, dear.

I always respected the rules

Amílcar wrote: "I always respected the rules"

LOL

Amílcar wrote: "I always respected the rules"

"Rules! We don't need no stinkin' rules!"
-Quote from the hit film, The Treasure of Sierra Snoggers.

Hope I went
out LMAO!

born. lived.died. Drat, too short.

If I tell you I'll have...

Knees, feet, back, shoulder, neck...ibuprofen.

Carolina wrote: "What am I doing here anyway?"

I cannot think of anything better than Carolina's. Summarizes the everyday bafflement of life. I want to join the club :-D The "whatamidoinghere" club I mean.

Oh, I got one for King Henry VIII--best mnemonic I ever learned: "Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived."

Whitney wrote: "I cannot think of anything better than Carolina's. ("What am I doing here anyway?") Summarizes the everyday bafflement of life. I want to join the club :-D The "whatamidoinghere" clu..."

Philosophically, I must disagree. Some of us are not baffled; we're just confused. |:-}

Blue. No, yellow. Wait, that's not–

Whitney wrote: "Carolina wrote: "What am I doing here anyway?"

I cannot think of anything better than Carolina's. Summarizes the everyday bafflement of life. I want to join the club :-D The "whatamidoinghere" clu..."

I knew someone would get the spirit intended, yay!

Whitney wrote: "Oh, I got one for King Henry VIII--best mnemonic I ever learned: "Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.""

Or:

Katherine, Anne, Joan. Anne, Katherine, Katherine!

Watch where you're pointing that thing!

The Chinese had "smoke long" novels. They were meant to be read in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette. Hemingway's 6 word novel could be read in the time it takes to down a shot of whiskey.

6 is a symbol of completeness and a perfect number. A perfect numbers is when all the number's divisors (excluding the number itself) are added, and the sum equals the number. 1+2+3=6

She was arrested for funicular manslaughter.

Where did polyester run away to?

His posture and clothes say kerfuffle.

Formula for apocalypse - idiots per billion.

He said Fibonacci on a date.

Stoked me. Stroked me. Thanks, Sophie!