19 heart-rendingly sad three-word British stories

Flash fiction is a genre of writing that involves telling a story in a very small amount of words. VeryBritishProblems took that to extremes with this challenge they set to Twitter/X users.

Write a sad British story in three words. I’ll go first…

Empty biscuit tin.

— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish) January 19, 2024

It may have been a tall order, but it didn’t stop these gems coming in.

1.

No more tea. https://t.co/QPx923Tz4N pic.twitter.com/XaMjgxkjKV

— Clare Dale, Ph.D. (@profhistorygeek) January 19, 2024

2.

Bank Holiday traffic

— DB (@dbdegn) January 19, 2024

3.

Forgot bin night https://t.co/jpWtiL0Tsi

— Angry People in Local Newspapers (@angrypiln) January 19, 2024

4.

Brexit is shite https://t.co/WXLRs1AT7v

— Ángela Tenerife ProEU (@AngelaCahill17) January 20, 2024

5.

A Conservative majority https://t.co/Ub4uYcQ6om

— Andy (@GibboAndy) January 19, 2024

6.

Forgotten My Clubcard.

— Flups (@TheRealFlups) January 20, 2024

7.

The toaster's knackered https://t.co/wogv5vBQvb

— Richard (@monteblan) January 20, 2024

8.

Tranmere Rovers nil https://t.co/j75pEGqTRZ

— Kev Ebbs (@kevebbs) January 20, 2024

9.

Last orders, please. https://t.co/66I78AYEKT

— Danté Banks (@Dante_Banks) January 20, 2024

10.

Ok, I'll take a shot at this…

It's Monday. Again. https://t.co/2lVoUbSkWL

— flowerbedgrl️‍ (@flowerbedgrl) January 19, 2024