A Story in 6 Words

17.01.2007

Isabella at Change Therapy tagged me to write a story in six words. Hemingway claimed he could write a story in six words. He followed through on his claim. “For sale. Baby shoes. Never used.”

I’m updating mine for 21st century sensibilities.

No breasts. Complete hystorectomy. Gender: Male.?.

Hmmm. Who shall I tag????

[Update: ~~Middle Zone Musings is sponsoring a contest for the best six word story. Go submit your stuff~~]

Update: 4:15 pm. Please do not submit your stuff to this blog. You’ll waste your breath. In a comment which I refused to approve one Mr. Robert Hruzek informed me that my submission would not be accepted because it wasn’t “G-rated.”

I so emailed him and basically asked him if was prejudiced. Here is his reponse:

did not mean to give offense; please accept my apologies for causing you any anguish.

But I stand by my decision.

In reality, this subject would be not be considered “G-rated” by any movie or TV rating agency, either. Please understand, I did not intend any reflection or judgement on you or anyone else; I merely reiterated the constraints set out at the beginning of the contest as gently as I could.

If you like, I will be happy to add this response as a comment on your post for your readers to see. In the meantime, please accept my invitation to try again; all entries within the constraints are welcome and appreciated.

Sincerely,

Robert Hruzek

So vegankid makes the all-too obvious question: What about the preteen intersex kid on Grey’s Anatomy? or the trans woman on Grey’s Anatomy?

Bob hasn’t gotten back to me yet. I did say in my response to him that I think he is a bigot hiding behind other people’s rules. His blog is at: middlezonemusings.blogspot.com I also have his two phones numbers but that is a bit much to put on a blog. And no, I won’t give them out, though I did entertain the notion for a moment…..

So, please, friends give Bob a g-rated smack down!