Lives in six words

In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." He won the bet.

Smith, the American online magazine, invited their readers to write their life story in just six words, and the BBC's Today programme (Radio 4) has challenged its listeners to do the same. For the full list, go to Today's website (scroll down the right hand side for the link) but below are few of my favourites.

Try it. It's not easy. You don't have to write your entire autobiography - go back to Hemingway's example and create a complete, but short, story.

Dick Hadfield: Foetus, son, brother, husband, father, vegetable.
Neil Feldman: Bantam, Anglia, Midget, Alfa, Volvo Estate.
Clare Hobba: Unravelled career reknitted as baby blankets.
Heather Thomson: Head in books, feet in flowers.
Richard Merrington: Wasted my whole life getting comfortable.
Patric: Born London, lived elsewhere, died inside.
Robin Pickering: If only I had turned left.
Gillian Smellie: Ditched the map, found better route.