6 Word Memoirs

I've been hearing about these little phrases made of six words that sum up a person's life--"not quite what I was planning"--is both an example and the title of a book by Larry Smith: Not Quite What I Was Planning; Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. I didn't realize that the phenomenon started with Smith Magazine (Everyone Has a Story. What's Yours?).

Here are a few examples from the magazine's web site. 

On Love and Heartbreak:

The laws are different in Nevada

Told you that wasn't a girl

She read between the pickup lines

Food:

Adequate intake from Scotch food group

Lost Mother's recipe for tuna casserole

He wants me to make bacontinis

Recent contest winners:

Enter left. Move center. Exit right.

Climbed Mount Everest. Also compulsive liar.