Recently I heard on The Today Programme a BBC Radio 4 production an item where they read out how people had summarised their lives in six words. I thought at the time how negative and down beat many of the submissions were.
I get a regular newsletter from a guy here in Poole Chris Croft and he agrees. Thank you Chris for the following list:
Foetus, son, brother, husband, father, vegetable.
Dick Hadfield
Conceived,implored, employed, adored, retired, ignored.
Joy MacKenzie
Beginning, gurgly. Middle, sombre. End, gurgly.
Roger Noble
Slow lane. Fast lane. Hard shoulder.
Alex Hansen Today.
Bantam, Anglia, Midget, Alfa, Volvo Estate.
Neil Feldman.
Womb, Play, Learn, Work, Decline, Tomb.
Jacquie Smith
Start – programme – error – control – alt. – delete.
Alan
Outside lavatory, worked hard, now flush.
Ashley Errington
Battered ball-bearing traversing pinball machine.
Nancy Connolly
Unravelled career reknitted as baby blankets.
Clare Hobba
Dot, two, six, three, one, wicket.
Tony Powell
Head in books, feet in flowers.
Heather Thomson
Trust me, I did my best.
Ray Kemp
An embroidered sampler, with some unpicking.
Sian Martin
Wrong era, Wrong Class, Wrong Gender.
Patsy Wheatcroft
Love Mountains both ups and downs.
Dennis Lee
Wasted my whole life getting comfortable.
Richard Merrington
Worry about tomorrow, rarely enjoy today!
Richard Rabone
Pass the bottle before clarity returns
Gail Edmans
I’m just happy to be here!
Graham Marsh
Not quite finished, tell you later.
Dave Nicholson
Hasn’t Been A Jane Austen Romance.
Alexandra Lackey
Bored, so bored, so very bored.
John Doyle
Run over twice, thankfully still alive.
Trudi Evans
Married childhood sweetheart. Two kids. Content.
Steve McMullen
Born London, lived elsewhere, died inside.
Patric
Some no-balls but several boundaries.
Di Attwood
Apple leads to eviction of two.
Una McMorran
Unfortunately I didn’t buy the t-shirt.
Caroline Ryan
My life? Six words? God knows.
Helen Underwood
Knight on white charger never showed.
Jane Kirk
No A Levels but a millionaire.
C North
Any chance I could start again?
Sunny Tailor
Lived, loved, laughed liberally and left.
Vince Horsman
Found it, Lost it, Found it.
Lucinda Lavelle
Worked all life still paying taxes.
John Ball
Born, bred. Work, wed. Dad, dead.
Colin Penfold
Aspirations compromised by procrastination, then children.
Harry Beighton
Started slowly, then dash to line.
Richard Draper.
Happy days, sad days, empty days.
Richard Smallbone
Too many sausages, not enough sex.
Andrew Wilson
Laughed out loud, cried in silence.
Lisa from Weston
Age crept up and mugged me
Bill Cowan
If only I had turned left.
Robin Pickering
Still searching around for the reins.
Jessica Kane
Blankets, books, bottles, books, blankets.
Margaret Melling
Ditched the map, found better route.
Gillian Smellie
and to add Chris Crofts
Burnt the candle at both ends.
Maybe the negative ones just have more bite and are therefore make better quotes.
I am going to modify one of the above for my own and I don’t care if you think it corny:
My life, two words, faith hope
Please add your six word ‘life byte’
