Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by crafting a six-word short story, that can make people cry. Here it is.

Jan 11, 2017 9:04 PM

resiliency

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I just saw my reflection blink

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I'll give you tree fiddy for'em

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Oven open, hands burned, pizza down.

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Protocol Three: Protect the Pilot.

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For sale : engagement ring. Bam four words

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"Got fat" Six for the zinger.

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...every time I read this, it hurts all over again.

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Don't you hate it when you buy the wrong size shoes for your baby...

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Tiny coffins weigh the most.

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Annnnnd now I'm sad. Wrong month to read this.

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Sorry friend.

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If only we caught it sooner

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Glove don't fit? You must acquit

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"Only daughter married. Now have two." Have a good day. :)

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Anal contusions found on dead father.

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One way trip to the vet.

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Nooooooooooooooooooooo

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Pet's last trip to the vet

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Puppy's first and last vet trip.

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God damn.

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the baby one is bearable, but making people think about their pet's mortality is pure evil

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This one got me

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(Do contractions count?) "She's my soulmate. I'm not hers."

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Yes. Well done.

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I found my soulmate. She didn't.

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"No more chemo. Thanks for trying..."

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Donald Trump won the presidential election.

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Dinner needed more time in microwave

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I waited.

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Oooo, 2 words. Brilliant!

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Yeah, she out grew them before she had a chance to wear them.

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Toast hit floor. Butter side down.

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The Death Cab for Cutie Song "Your New Twin Sized Bed" resulted from a competition among band members to find the saddest scene. (cont)

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The song was based on the runner-up. First place was an old woman sitting by herself at a restaurant eating a birthday cake with candles.

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So many feels... all of them sad

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what made me sad was the end to Farewell to Arms

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That's 7

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That's why I'm not Hemingway

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"He bottle-feeds his wife's killer."

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Thought you meant he beat his wife's murderer so badly that they were on a feeding tube. I watch too many crime shows.

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The baby killed the wife giving birth

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God damn.

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Holy shit I'm glad we don't have kids.

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?..... OH NOOOO

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Jesus +1 you creepy fucker.

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Oof

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Because the baby came out bigger and healthier than expected!!! Right?

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v

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Ha haaaaaaa. Nope

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Yep

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Absolutely. We're talking elephant feet here.

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Feet like white elephants.

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WRONG

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it had great feet and they decided to buy some designer sandals instead

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It's name was Baby Huey. Take THAT, young'uns!

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No...

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No, they were blue and it was a girl and girls don't wear blue.

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Definitely. Yes. I will go to bed accepting this explanation.

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Oh honey.....

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Yeah yeah...that's it right??

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Yes! The baby is very happy on a wonderful farm now. No we can't go visit it.

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Dropped my sandwich in the sink.

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*sobs uncontrollably*

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Toilet*

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'sink' is more evocative of the tragedy of everyday life. The word has a monosyllabic finality.

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So how about: "Dropped my phone in the toilet."

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Valid.

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