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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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this actually gave me a lump in my cynical old throat

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:25, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
Confession time...
it was written by Ernest Hemmingway
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:26, Reply)
this stirred me a bit too.
plagiarismo
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:32, Reply)
It's from his book "The first 49 stories"
A friend bet him he couldnt write a story in 10 words or less. I guess he won the bet.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:37, Reply)
Best thing he EVER wrote
I quote this story to every group of students I have. Brilliant writing.
(I helped save b3ta! chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:33, Reply)
My favourite is his short story "After the storm"
about a fisherman who discovers an ocean liner sunk in shallow water.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:40, Reply)
Have you read 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
Just kill the fucking fish!
(I helped save b3ta! chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:58, Reply)
Sure have
I went through a phase of reading Hemmingway just after uni. I thought it would make me interesting and mysterious to women.

It didn't.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 15:00, Reply)
it's like a bit of Victoriana
ran across it a few years back
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:34, Reply)
aha
it is indeed goosebumps in about 10 words.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:38, Reply)
It's usually 6 words
For sale, baby shoes, never worn.
(I helped save b3ta! chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:43, Reply)

He tried to impress using anothers talent
She made him look like a right spanner
Crap
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:52, Reply)
;)

(I helped save b3ta! chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:57, Reply)

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