I provide the first phrase and you complete the sentence and we see in how many different directions one thought can be taken. I’d love to see how y’all treat one and the same string of words!
Today’s phrase
“Isn’t it funny, looking back”, he said
My attempt
“…which memories end up etched on stone?”
Your turn!
About hbhatnagar
I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
hbhatnagar 
“Isn’t it funny, looking back”, he said knowing by that look in her eyes, she wasn’t laughing.
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 05/02/2016, 8:37 AMThis rapidly turned into a scary story…. 😀
Thanks for joining in ET!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/02/2016, 8:58 AM“…and realizing I didn’t break from all the worries in this world.
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Posted by Jen | 04/02/2016, 7:38 PMSo, so true….though the jury is still out on that one in my case! 😀
Thanks for participating, Jen!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/02/2016, 6:28 AMHaha no problem!
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Posted by Jen | 05/02/2016, 7:59 AMIsn’t it funny, looking back… We had to buy stamps to mail our letters. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 04/02/2016, 7:30 PM😀
I don’t even remember when I last bought stamps! Thanks for joining in Amy!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/02/2016, 6:26 AMI don’t either… and when was the last I dialed the old fashion phone. 😕
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Posted by Amy | 05/02/2016, 6:29 AMI found one in a shop being sold as an antique! 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/02/2016, 6:44 AMI saw one in a hotel last fall. They used it as a table decoration in the hallway by the elevator. 😀
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Posted by Amy | 05/02/2016, 6:48 AMMy dad already displays our old VCR as a decoration! 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/02/2016, 8:06 AMHow we survived all the stupid things we did.
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Posted by Kathryne Miller | 04/02/2016, 6:42 PMTrue indeed! Thanks for participating Kathryne! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 6:55 PM“Isn’t it funny, looking back,” he said, “how we used to think dolphins were funny and cute? Why couldn’t we see that they were plotting our downfall all along?”
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Posted by charcamolson | 04/02/2016, 12:45 PMUsing porpoises as shields…. 😀
Thanks for joining in Charcamolson!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 1:26 PMIsn’t it funny, looking back to have salt thrown into your wounds?
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Posted by tedgiffin | 04/02/2016, 12:21 PMI know the feeling…
Thanks for joining in Ted!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 1:19 PMIsn’t it funny looking back … to see how we used to ‘communicate’ .. with telex machines and typewriters, and carbon copies and giant computers. And we still survived 🙂
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Posted by Rambling Rose | 04/02/2016, 10:52 AMNostalgic! Thanks for participating Rambling Rose! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 10:55 AMWe were updating the next generation on this at a family gathering yesterday. They could not believe how we survived without mobile phones … let alone home phones 🙂
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Posted by Rambling Rose | 04/02/2016, 10:57 AMI can imagine! Try telling them how clicking pictures was reserved for special occasions and see their jaws drop. 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 11:21 AMLOL that’s a good one 🙂
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Posted by Rambling Rose | 04/02/2016, 12:40 PM“Isn’t it funny, looking back, how you could see right through me?” He said more to himself than to me. I was silent but nodding vigorously in my head all along.
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Posted by Borderline Med | 04/02/2016, 9:53 AMOops, changed it up a bit! Oh well 🙂
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Posted by Borderline Med | 04/02/2016, 9:54 AMI’d like to read that novel this came from, if you do write it some day! Thanks for joining in BM! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 10:17 AM“Isn’t it funny, looking back and seeing those flashing lights in the rear view mirror?” she asked as she sped down the country highway.
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Posted by La Quemada | 04/02/2016, 9:40 AMWhy did that remind me of Cannonball Run? 😀
Thanks for joining in LQ!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 9:57 AM…he said from his wheelchair at the old folks home, not realizing no one was listening any longer.
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 04/02/2016, 9:38 AMActually, this happens in most homes. xo
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Posted by Sabiscuit | 04/02/2016, 9:42 AMTrue that!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 9:57 AMToo true.
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 04/02/2016, 10:09 AMWhat a sobering thought….. Thanks for that one Victo!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 9:56 AM“Isn’t it funny, looking back”, he said, yeah I used to be able to see my feet and I am not pregnant. Hee Hee!
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Posted by Tessa | 04/02/2016, 9:36 AMTessa, how adorable. xoxoxoxoxxo
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Posted by Sabiscuit | 04/02/2016, 9:42 AMI guess it is even funnier since I didnt’ change the sex to female LOL!
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Posted by Tessa | 04/02/2016, 9:45 AM:-D. Thanks for participating Tessa!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/02/2016, 9:55 AMThank you for the linkup Amy! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/02/2016, 6:29 AM