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Your Autobiography

Iainso's picture

Prompted by this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11109986

I hereby invite you lot to give us a title for your Autobiography, if or when you decide to write one.

I'll start: "Iain: Portrait of a Cereal Eater".

NEXT!!!!!

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'I was a teenage fudge packer'

with Maureen's of Brimfield, fudge fans

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clarker | 31 August 2010 - 12:16pm
Beezer | 31 August 2010 - 12:32pm

Well thats a coincidence, as.....

...I too am mildly afflicted with the old st-st-st-...speech thingy.

It was an absolute nightmare when I was younger, because the two phrases I really struggled with were my name, and my place of work!

I think maturity is helping. That and just telling people to fuck off a lot.

In all seriousness, it can be really debilitating, and my one fear is that my kids pick it up. OK so far, though!

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Iainso | 31 August 2010 - 3:09pm

Good Lord

Well I never.

I've posted here before on my younger travails so I shan't bore anyone again.

Debilitating. You're darn tootin' sir. Such an irony it's a minefield of syllables and a bastard to say.

Seriously, yes I too worry about my little girl picking up something similar from me. My Dad stammered too.

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Beezer | 31 August 2010 - 6:30pm

Ma Won't Shave Me,

Jesus Cant Save Me - Dog Faced Boy

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DogFacedBoy | 31 August 2010 - 12:50pm
el hombre malo | 31 August 2010 - 12:58pm

Do You Do Any Wings?

.

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skirky | 31 August 2010 - 1:23pm

"I've Been Bummed, Shag!" My

"I've Been Bummed, Shag!"

My colleague's first words to me at the factory where I spent my university summers, where 'shag' is a term of endearment and to be bummed is to be left a lot of work from the previous shift.

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JamesB | 31 August 2010 - 2:53pm

Me: Moir

Nobody can beat Vic Reeves's effort.

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Spartacus Mills | 31 August 2010 - 3:00pm

Peter Ustinov came close

his title was 'Dear Me'

My favourite comes from Auberon Waugh: 'Will This Do?'
(the editors among you will appreciate that one)

I'm writing a healthy-living guide at the moment. I'm going to call it '50 Ways To Love Your Liver'

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Nick Duvet | 31 August 2010 - 8:50pm

vorgongod's guide

To wanking for fun and profit.

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Vorgongod | 31 August 2010 - 3:40pm

Drakeygirl:

My Life In Cakes, or She Was A Massive Bird

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drakeygirl | 31 August 2010 - 3:41pm

In two words?

Beany:

Lucky Sod
Mad Hatter
Born Bonkers
Massive Mingler
Jammie Dodger
Stackridge Bore
Bolton Wanderer
Accountant? Never!

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Beany | 31 August 2010 - 3:51pm

And Will There Be Elephants?

.

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David Rothon | 31 August 2010 - 4:00pm

Mad as a Snake

Rum bugger
Boxing fanatic
Thatcher hater
Dry bastard
Loyal
Off for a pint.

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stevieblunder | 31 August 2010 - 4:03pm

My Life in the Bush of Fuckwits

Forty Years of Moaning About How Stuff Used To Be Better

By Captain Underpants

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Captain Underpants | 31 August 2010 - 4:04pm

Michael's Type

- a beautiful marriage of my given and Word names :-)

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Black Type | 31 August 2010 - 4:24pm

Elle Macpherson Stole My Body.

...which wouldn't be so bad if she hadn't left me her granny's reject.

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Helena Handcart | 31 August 2010 - 5:09pm

"My Dad Was An Ovalteenie"

Bizarrely, I was talking to my parents about old adverts this afternoon before I saw this OP, and my mum said 'Your Dad used to be an Ovalteenie', to which I replied : 'That will be the name of my autobiography', so ....

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Steven C | 31 August 2010 - 5:11pm

Confessions of a biscuit bandit.

or maybe...

There seems to have been some kind of mistake...

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Adman | 31 August 2010 - 5:11pm

Flabby Road.

Or possibly Parallel Chins.

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Bob | 31 August 2010 - 5:32pm

Born To Be Idle & Rich

The true story of how I got halfway there.

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wayfarer | 31 August 2010 - 5:34pm

Paris Hilton - My Life As A Coked Up Slut

It would improve sales, wouldn´t it?

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Ola Claesson | 31 August 2010 - 5:53pm

My autobiography? Ooh I don't know.

But the unauthorised biography will be:

Gauntlet: by those who laid her down.

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Gauntlet | 31 August 2010 - 5:59pm

Has it started yet?

Subtitle: It has? Oh bugger.

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Molesworth | 31 August 2010 - 6:06pm

"Deep Heat Gerbil"

.

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Patrick Crowther | 31 August 2010 - 6:24pm

Mine?

I came, I saw, I couldn't be arsed, so I went home. My life by Geacher.

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geacher53 | 31 August 2010 - 6:29pm

My old man and the sea

Dad was in the merchant navy

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Glenbervie | 31 August 2010 - 6:30pm

The First 150 Years.

Sub-titled: From birth to adolescence. Well, a man's got to have hope, eh?

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Mark JF | 31 August 2010 - 6:52pm

Diary of a Non-Liver

The hardback edition of the book would come with an acorn embedded in the spine, along with instructions to read it fast, bury it deep, and leave a beautiful copse.

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backwards7 | 31 August 2010 - 7:04pm

I would have to revert to my given name

Being Green

or even

Green: Before It was Cool & Trendy

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Beany | 31 August 2010 - 7:23pm

Can I Start Again Please?

My Life and Other Missed Opportunities

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Dave Amitri | 31 August 2010 - 8:07pm

A few spring to mind...

I'd go with either:

"The Man Who Thought Too Much"

or

"You're A Nice Guy, But..."

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Reno Dakota | 31 August 2010 - 8:55pm

If Push Comes To Sheev

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Sheev | 31 August 2010 - 8:57pm

Nice one.

Have an up!

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Iainso | 31 August 2010 - 9:03pm

I was a teenage Hun

Looking at the Scottish market really.

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Lando Cakes | 31 August 2010 - 9:32pm

I'd jump ...

through Hoops for a copy.

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Helena Handcart | 3 September 2010 - 10:14pm

I think...

it would have to focus on my total obsession with music.

'O-CD'.

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Specs_Beard | 31 August 2010 - 9:50pm

A few more...

Oh Bollocks!
Shit, Is That The Time?
How Much?!
The Man Who Knew Too Little.
Music Was My First Love... And Cost Me A Packet.
Obscurity Beckoned.

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Adman | 31 August 2010 - 10:30pm

"A Northern Childhood"

..parts 1-25

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shane pacey | 31 August 2010 - 10:47pm

Couple of worries...

Let's say Ronan Keating's is called "Life is a Rollercoaster - My Autobiography". Is it right for the cover of the book to say
"MY Autobiography"? Most of them do - and it causes me no end of grief. I suppose the alternative is rather more aloof-sounding, "Life is a Rollercaster - the Autobiography of Ronan Keating".

(By the way, I have no idea whether that is the title of his book - but I bet it is.)

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Austin | 31 August 2010 - 10:54pm

Correct:

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Nick | 31 August 2010 - 11:55pm

Well how about that?!

Thanks Nick - that has made my day.

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Austin | 1 September 2010 - 1:35am

Surely "THE...

..Autobiography" is enough?
I hate the ubiquitous "My Autobiography" too.

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shane pacey | 31 August 2010 - 11:25pm

Unless

you're Katie Price.

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Lando Cakes | 4 September 2010 - 11:25pm

"You're Nick't, my son"

- though I suppose dad would have to write it.

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nicktf | 1 September 2010 - 5:35am

Or to quote John Cleese in LoB

(or originally Joe Orton - I always assumed it was a deliberate quote by Cleese) - You're F***ng NICK'T me old beauty

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FakeGeordie | 6 September 2010 - 11:24am

A Tight Squeeze.

Published in fifty monthly parts with a self-assembly action figure.A snip at only £3.50 a month.

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Pencilsqueezer | 1 September 2010 - 7:26am

A Bit of the Bard

As it's always considered a bit upmarket to have a quote from the Classics as your title (and pretend that you're clever and have read a lot), I have always thought that a bit of Shakespeare would be good for mine. In particular, from that famous speech of Macbeth's towards the end (Act V scene V), which also includes "All our Yesterdays" and "The Way to Dusty Death". So, here it is:

"A Tale Told by an Idiot"

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DavidG | 1 September 2010 - 9:34am

Actually writing one

as it happens and it's called Let's Be Other People. The rate I am rattling through it it should be on the shelves for 2063

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jimmyshoes01 | 1 September 2010 - 9:34am

You are Miles Hunt,

and I claim my five pounds!

Are you in any way influenced by this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hup_(album)

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Iainso | 1 September 2010 - 12:18pm

Without a doubt it would be...

"Needless to say, I had the last laugh!"

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Neil Dyson | 1 September 2010 - 9:37am

This is a bit rude

It's a phrase a friend told me had been hollered from behind a locked door of a friend of his at college. My friend wanted to go out for a drink. All he got was: "Fuck off, I'm having a wank!" I always thought that would make a great title for something, anything. A book? A song or album? An autobiography even?

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Rosbif | 1 September 2010 - 9:52am

Similarly

He does not know if he wants a shit or a haircut.

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Beany | 1 September 2010 - 10:06am

In a similar vein

this one, whilst possibly accurate, would never get past the censors:

My Shit Life So Far

Oh...

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Black Type | 1 September 2010 - 11:12am

With my bad memory, perhaps

What I Might Have Been Doing The Day...Uh...That Big Event Took Place That Shook The World
or simply
What Are You Asking Me For ?

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Locust | 1 September 2010 - 10:59am

Rubbish puns galore!

Balancing the Brookes
Second-hand Brookes
Vintage Brookes

etc.

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Brookster | 1 September 2010 - 11:06am

Taking It From Behind

Richard Blakey's (ex Yorkshire Wicket Keeper) autobiography.

My wife went into Waterstones to get it. I suggested she ask for it at the counter if she couldn't find it and she spent some time making sure she found it!

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Pinmonkey | 1 September 2010 - 12:13pm

A Young Man's Passage

Julian Clary - obviously

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Nick Duvet | 1 September 2010 - 9:04pm

With my usual nickname of Uncle Monkey ....

..... and with a nod to everyones favourite air hostess botherer, I spose I'd have to name my autobiography : Finished Monkey Business

.... or maybes Superfreak, Superfreak : I'm Super Freaky!

BR
FT

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Freaky Trigger | 2 September 2010 - 7:23pm

My title

Harry Potter - The Final Chapter

Grab the first day receipts from the till and get the hell out of town before the backlash starts.

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chilly1963 | 3 September 2010 - 10:09pm

Epitaph

what I would like on my tombstone is "still surrounded by braindead cunts"

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chabsy | 5 September 2010 - 12:00am

Whereas your mates..

..will jump in at the last minute and change it to "Cheers up Chabsy, it's all over now..who gets your LPs?"

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shane pacey | 5 September 2010 - 2:34am

"Before sentencing

The defense would like the court to take into account the following..."

Only way I can imagine needing to write an autobiography.

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paulwright | 5 September 2010 - 8:22am

No title but

How about a sneaky peak at the highlights of the index:

Beer p86; 95-125; 200; 202-254
Cinema p45-56; 86-97; 100-149; 289
Civil Service p125-266; 299
Cooking School (washing up) p67-75
France p90-100
Gigs p87; 95-167; 200-289
Hull p100
Kids p150-235; 237; 239-299
Lens (Racing Club de) p90-100; 145; 203-276
Libraries p10-65; 70-80
London p110-167
Manchester p95-109
Mrs SPT p100-300
Nottingham p1-87
Nottingham forest p5-299
Parliament p130-150
Pies p55; 64; 80-82; 101-123; 145; 156; 200-243;275-289
Record shops p60-97; 101-275; 298
School 23-85
Sheffield 149-299
Whisky 145;250-267

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spt | 5 September 2010 - 8:56am

You've reminded me of JG Ballard's "The Index"

Brilliant in itself but which also inspired some great Spectator competition entries. e.g.

G.M. DAVIS:

Mandela, Nelson, surprisingly short when you meet him, 526; political errors of, 828
Miners’ strike, author’s resolution of, 917–8
Mosley, Max, ‘kindred spirit’, 42; ‘Nazi pervert’, 1620
Nabokov, Vladimir, aesthetic fallacies of, 301
New Statesman, author’s rejection of editorship, 559; sales slump, 560
Portillo, Michael, deaf to good counsel, 338
Price, Katie, seeks author’s advice on mammary enlargement/reduction, 844
Prince Charles, personal hygiene problem, 208; bares soul, 443
Principia Mathematica, discussion of with Allen Ginsberg, 71; author’s refutation of, 113

[...]

Self, Will, snoring of, 1757

from http://www.ballardian.com/indexed-out-of-existence

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SpaceBoy | 5 September 2010 - 11:04am

My Struggle by Ganglesprocket has a nice ring to it.

Has it been used before?

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ganglesprocket | 5 September 2010 - 11:07am

Oh, no.

Safe ground there, for sure.

Have an up for making me chortle.

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Bob | 5 September 2010 - 6:20pm

Once a Tosser,

always a Tosser - Stories of self abuse and incidents of embarrassing gaffes.

Would adequately sum up my life so far but would fall short the bestsellers list.

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Steve Turner | 5 September 2010 - 5:21pm

Autohagiography.

A marvelous description of Peter Mandelson's autobiography in today's Sunday Times.

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Pinmonkey | 5 September 2010 - 9:35pm

Already used

by Aleister Crowley. As I suspect they knew...

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Lando Cakes | 6 September 2010 - 6:54pm

More courage needed

Mine would doubtless turn into a "what might have been" story so I think I'd call it:
"If I'd Just Gone Round That Corner"

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JohnW | 6 September 2010 - 7:59pm

Point Blank

To quote the movie that is on as i read this thread

"Young, Dumb & Full Of Come"

That should cover the first volume then.

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carl adlam | 6 September 2010 - 8:12pm

My Life is

Based on a True Story

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On The Fence | 7 September 2010 - 8:33pm
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