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"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." is a six-word story, and one of the most famous examples of flash fiction. Versions of the story date back to the early 1900s, and it was being reproduced and expanded upon within a few years of its initial publication.

The story is popularly misattributed to Ernest Hemingway; this is implausible, as versions of the story first appeared in 1906, when Hemingway was 7 years old, and it was first attributed to him in 1991, 30 years after his death.

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[-] decended_being@midwest.social 108 points 2 days ago

Each panel with Hemingway speaking has him saying exactly 6 words.

[-] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 days ago

You sir are impressively detail oriented

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

You are noteworthy for your consistency.

[-] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Is it coincidence? I think so.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Transubstantiation remains a reprehensible pseudophilosophical topic.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Couldn't think of any lyrics
No, I never wrote the lyrics
So, I'll just sing any old lyrics
That come to mind, child

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This song is just
six
words
long
This song is just
six
words
long

I love that it's seven.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

What if snakes on a plane?

[-] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

When eaten, garlic thins your blood.

Thus making you easier to drink.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

His first name should have been chad

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

It was.

[-] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Chaddest Hemingway

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

was bird
had friend
he dead

this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024

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