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Describe Your Life in Six Words

Stephen Colbert's contribution: 'Well, I thought it was funny."

On The Early Show on CBS, there was a segment about the book, "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." The book is a collection of six-word statements people made to sum up their lives. Here are some celebrity examples:

Joan Rivers wanted to do more than talk with hers: "Liars: hysterectomy didn't improve sex life."

And celebrity chef Mario Batali's was steamy: "Brought it to a boil, often."

After seeing this segment, I was inspired to come up with a six-word summary of my life, which is: Towel thrown in. God returned it.

Can you sum up your life in six words? If so, what are they?

Previous Comments

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117351
Comment

Honoring my past. Building my future.

Author
BuyJxn
Date
2008-02-26T12:22:25-06:00
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117352
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Wow. How interesting. This came to mind for me: "Life is too short for apathy." Or, perhaps more apropros: "Doing it my way. Damn it."

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DonnaLadd
Date
2008-02-26T12:30:42-06:00
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117353
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I am a Southern Miss grad!

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golden eagle
Date
2008-02-26T12:47:25-06:00
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117354
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Wow, those are good ones. It's not so hard once you start thinking about it.

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LatashaWillis
Date
2008-02-26T13:29:28-06:00
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117355
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Tripped and fell. Got back up.

Author
ellen
Date
2008-02-26T13:48:56-06:00
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117356
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ellen, I love that

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Izzy
Date
2008-02-26T13:49:43-06:00
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117357
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waiting to be used by god

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skipp
Date
2008-02-26T13:55:07-06:00
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117358
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Thanks, Izzy. Cool thread, L.W. :)

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ellen
Date
2008-02-26T13:57:49-06:00
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117359
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Nice, skipp. ;-)

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DonnaLadd
Date
2008-02-26T14:03:58-06:00
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117360
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Six? That's a lot. "You Missed. Nyah Nyah! So There!"

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Ironghost
Date
2008-02-26T14:08:34-06:00
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117361
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I've TRIED; I'm TIRED; I'm RESTING!

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justjess
Date
2008-02-26T14:17:49-06:00
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117362
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"It's a trick. Grab an axe."

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Rex
Date
2008-02-26T15:19:24-06:00
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117363
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Fine - F#$%ing Insane Neurotic and Emotional!

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pikersam
Date
2008-02-26T15:46:45-06:00
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117364
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Or on a more serious note... Thoroughly independent, humbly introspective and intelligent!

Author
pikersam
Date
2008-02-26T15:50:04-06:00
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117365
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I, me, mine... I, me, mine... LOL ;-) Everybody now...

Author
pikersam
Date
2008-02-26T15:54:28-06:00
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117366
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California girl loving life down South or It only gets better and better!

Author
fondrenfarms
Date
2008-02-26T16:04:46-06:00
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117367
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Sales, spreadsheets and computer troubles.

Author
Todd Stauffer
Date
2008-02-26T17:08:37-06:00
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117368
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Helping people to help themselves, everyday.

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Kacy
Date
2008-02-26T17:20:40-06:00
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117369
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You get one more word, iTodd. "Cats," perhaps?

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DonnaLadd
Date
2008-02-26T17:39:15-06:00
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117370
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God first, family second, job third.

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Lady Havoc
Date
2008-02-26T17:46:21-06:00
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117371
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Life's a B@#%h, then you die.

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BubbaT
Date
2008-02-26T18:12:19-06:00
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117372
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SafeCity way - let the rest burn!

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pikersam
Date
2008-02-27T00:23:14-06:00
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117373
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"Jamming in the name of the Lawd." Did anyone notice that William F. Buckley died today. Lucifer is washing and sharpening his eating utensils for the feast. Because I couldn't stand Buckley and do not wish to let hate cause me to join him in hell some day, I'll resist any glow or gladness about his departure. However, LW, doesn't the good book say we're supposed to be glad when people leave this world? No more troubles of this world!

Author
Ray Carter
Date
2008-02-27T11:14:33-06:00
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117374
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BubbaT said, "Life's a B@#%h, then you die." No. Life's a B@#%h, then you marry one. Whoops. That's seven words. :)

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Lady Havoc
Date
2008-02-27T12:04:26-06:00
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117375
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Lady Havoc Really it's Life's a B@#%h then you marry one then you die then they go an bury you by her.

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BubbaT
Date
2008-02-27T12:08:20-06:00
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117376
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Ooo. That's good. :)

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Lady Havoc
Date
2008-02-27T12:13:39-06:00
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117377
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"Jamming in the name of the Lawd." That's seven words, Ray. :-P Did anyone notice that William F. Buckley died today. Lucifer is washing and sharpening his eating utensils for the feast. Because I couldn't stand Buckley and do not wish to let hate cause me to join him in hell some day, I'll resist any glow or gladness about his departure. However, LW, doesn't the good book say we're supposed to be glad when people leave this world? No more troubles of this world! No, I didn't hear about him. Although I tend not to put people in hell since I don't have that kind of authority, I do believe that immortality can be better than mortality if you play your cards right. Now back to your regularly scheduled program. :-D

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LatashaWillis
Date
2008-02-27T13:34:26-06:00
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117378
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Jamming for the Lawd.

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Ray Carter
Date
2008-02-27T14:29:35-06:00
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117379
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Four words, Ray. How about, "Jamming for the Lawd, WOO HOO"?

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LatashaWillis
Date
2008-02-27T14:57:04-06:00
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117380
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I haven't been able to count since John Garner taught me Algebra for 1 hour with me as the only student present. It occurred right before the X-mas Holidays. Everybody else had sense enough to leave college early but me. Like a fool, I showed up for class alone, and he obliged me for a whole mad as hell hour with teaching. I received the highest A in the class. I wanted to walk out but didn't have the boys to do it.

Author
Ray Carter
Date
2008-02-27T15:15:36-06:00
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117381
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"You are all worthless and weak" /s/ Douglas C. Niedermeyer

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bill_jackson
Date
2008-02-27T15:46:10-06:00
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117382
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poor people are in the way-g w bush

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skipp
Date
2008-02-27T16:14:04-06:00
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117383
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ill knock your damn house down -frankie baby

Author
skipp
Date
2008-02-27T16:15:43-06:00
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117384
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change is all i think about -barack obama

Author
skipp
Date
2008-02-27T16:17:47-06:00
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117385
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I am not going to Alabama. -- Alabama football coach Nick Saban

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Dr. S
Date
2008-02-27T16:24:24-06:00
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117386
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Six more words to describe me--I'm a whore for college football.

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golden eagle
Date
2008-02-27T16:36:28-06:00
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117387
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+peace, love, rock and roll forever+

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Bourree'
Date
2008-02-27T20:00:34-06:00
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117388
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"hell no I'm not telling her" /s/ Bill Clinton

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bill_jackson
Date
2008-02-27T20:15:35-06:00
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117389
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"Read my lips no new taxes" /s/ Bush 41

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bill_jackson
Date
2008-02-27T21:21:58-06:00
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117390
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"I'd apologize, but I'm still sober."

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Tom Head
Date
2008-02-27T21:23:36-06:00
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117391
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"no do not dry clean that" /s/ Linda Tripp

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bill_jackson
Date
2008-02-27T21:26:23-06:00
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117392
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And an apocryphal (six-word!) epitaph from a Georgia cemetery: "I told you I was sick!" I'm still mulling on my own, so the current version would be "Tom Head can't write six words." ;o)

Author
Tom Head
Date
2008-02-27T21:27:28-06:00
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117393
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Tom- I printed a photo of that epitaph years ago when I worked at a photolab- BTW- I'm the photog who did some photos for you a while back and have run into in Mcdades- small world

Author
bill_jackson
Date
2008-02-27T21:33:02-06:00
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117394
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Jeez--VERY small world! I'm still using that photo! How you been, man?

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Tom Head
Date
2008-02-27T21:34:29-06:00
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117395
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busy as always- we need to do lunch sometime

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bill_jackson
Date
2008-02-27T21:36:37-06:00
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117396
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We definitely do! And now that there's a Basil's around here, there's no good excuse not to. You tried their turkey on cream cheese with red peppers? Good stuff.

Author
Tom Head
Date
2008-02-27T23:55:25-06:00
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117397
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Hope I made my mama proud.

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GradyGriffin
Date
2008-02-28T15:19:26-06:00
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117398
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Still breathing unwilling to die today.

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Willezurmacht
Date
2008-02-28T15:21:27-06:00
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117399
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you did what, where, to who? -mr. lewinsky

Author
skipp
Date
2008-02-28T16:22:43-06:00
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117400
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Just thought of another one: Loved by God, tolerated by humans.

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LatashaWillis
Date
2008-02-28T23:04:10-06:00
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117401
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Awesomeness. And we could borrow a turn of phrase from Weird Al: "This memoir's just six words long."

Author
Tom Head
Date
2008-02-28T23:33:12-06:00
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117402
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--Times have changed, times are strange -- Ozzy Osbourne, Mama I'm Coming Home

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Bourree'
Date
2008-02-29T19:56:18-06:00
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117403
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Couldn't agree more, Bourree'.

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LatashaWillis
Date
2008-02-29T20:45:17-06:00
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117404
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Wit and silence cannot be faked.

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Belvedere
Date
2008-03-02T08:48:06-06:00
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117405
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"Grab a brew. Don't cost nothin'." - Bluto

Author
Rex
Date
2008-03-05T14:50:23-06:00
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117406
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"I'm averting my eyes, Oh Lord." -- King Arthur "Well don't ...Now knock it off!" -- God

Author
Rex
Date
2008-03-05T14:56:36-06:00
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117407
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I came, I saw, I ate.

Author
bryanms
Date
2008-03-05T15:25:24-06:00

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