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10 November 2006

"Though his was by no means a trained eye, Eamon knew the mortician was making a terrible mess of his corpse." →[More:]Opening line of your autobiographical novel: go!

post by: eamondaly at: 14:06 | 13 comments

You'd think it would be a comfort to know the exact moment in time that you made the one wrong decision which set the course for the rest of your life flowed; you'd be wrong.

posted by crush-onastick 10 November | 14:09

Oops, strike "flowed"!

posted by crush-onastick 10 November | 14:09

"I was born during a blizzard on the night of a full moon as Scorpio turned Sagitarrius; which, if you believe in such things, might explain why I am currently imprisoned."

posted by sciurus 10 November | 14:11

"It had all been an unfortunate mistake."

posted by Zack_Replica 10 November | 14:11

"Dropping out of medical school seemed like the logical thing to do at the time."

posted by gaspode 10 November | 15:35

"From infancy I was lead to believe that I was found under a rock; nothing in my childhood disabused me of this notion."

posted by deborah 10 November | 15:43

"If only he'd apply himself" - They should have made a stamp of this phrase at my birth, to save countless scribbled versions as my life progressed.

posted by richat 10 November | 15:55

And, although this may be abusing this thread slightly, I am going to take this liberty...Best opening lines I have ever read of a bio:

My line comes down from Queen Ada, the sister of Malcolm IV, descended from King Duff, the first king of Scotland.

The motto on my people's coat of arms was "Better Times Will Come" Their name was Caesche; with emigration in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it came to be spelled the way it was pronounced, C-A-S-H.

posted by richat 10 November | 16:06

"Dan knew the moment he died that his Wikipedia articles would fall apart under the joint onslaught of vandalism, trivia, and stupidity. It was the only reason he held on as long as he did."

posted by stilicho 10 November | 17:16

"There are people who lead interesting lives; unfortunately, mine is not one of them."

posted by Doohickie 10 November | 17:45

"Her laughter. No matter where in the world she was, no matter the situation, redvixen was always known for her laughter."

posted by redvixen 10 November | 20:16

"Just the thing for preserving an unexpected eyeball," said ikkyu2, as he took a healthy swig.

posted by ikkyu2 11 November | 00:07

Of paulsc, it was said that "Perverse were the circumstances of his birth, and in life he lurched from mistake to misfortune to crafted disaster; yet he had, for the most part, good lawyers and bad doctors, and the decency to recommend neither."

posted by paulsc 11 November | 01:21

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