I would like to present a challenge, a word challenge. Thanks to Elusive Trope for encouraging me to get off my lazy ass and actually try to get more readers involved in this weekly game. I would never have attempted it if you had not pushed me ET!
The premise is simple. I provide one phrase every Thursday, an incomplete string of words, and it is up to you to complete it in your own, inimitable way. However you like, taking it in any direction you want.
If you like the concept, please play along and post the complete challenge on your blog and leave a link in the comments section below.
I love the mental exercise, I hope you do too!
This week’s phrase –
“His feet touched the icy floor……..”
My attempt
“……….but his hands held something icier still.”
Your turn!
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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 
…and remembered her embrace.
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Posted by tedgiffin | 24/02/2016, 5:09 AMAh the bitter-sweet irony of life!
Thanks for the beautiful mental image Ted!:)
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 24/02/2016, 6:18 AMI enjoy this series! It is fun. I usually type in the first thing that pops in my mind.
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Posted by tedgiffin | 25/02/2016, 7:22 AMI’m glad you like it. The first thing that pops into ones head was the initial idea! . 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 25/02/2016, 8:16 AMI will continue to visit.. It is so much fun to do that!
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Posted by tedgiffin | 25/02/2016, 7:43 PMReblogged and finished the sentence. Thanks to Elusive Trope! I may show up here more often.
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Posted by Alice | 22/02/2016, 3:26 AMThank you Alice, and I too hope you come here often. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 22/02/2016, 8:01 AMReblogged this on Boomerang Zone and commented:
This is an excellent writing exercise. Thanks to Elusive Trope for alerting me to this.
The Sentence to finish: “His feet touched the icy floor…”
and my ending: “and he wondered how long it would take before the chilling liquid would freeze his lungs.”
Your turn!
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Posted by Alice | 22/02/2016, 3:25 AMVery sci-fi of you, Alice! I’m thinking lab floor in a space-station….
Thanks for the linkup and for participating! I hope you continue to enjoy the challenge. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 22/02/2016, 8:00 AM“and so began the last of his sleepwalking jaunts.”
http://elusivetrope.com/2016/02/21/oh-the-places-he-will-go/
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 22/02/2016, 12:55 AMSpooky! Thanks for joining in ET, and for making me do it! 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 22/02/2016, 7:58 AMwhich was in total contrast to his fingers, which were burning after touching the sides of the wall
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Posted by looneybitch | 18/02/2016, 9:48 PMWhat kind of a sick,sick room was it? 😀
Thanks for participating, Jackie!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 19/02/2016, 6:18 AMHis feet touched the icy floor, he woke up instantaneous, but didn’t remember what he was waking up for. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 18/02/2016, 8:27 PMCold floors can do that to you! 😀
Thanks for taking part, Amy!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 19/02/2016, 6:16 AMThank you! Glad you like it, or you just say it. 😀
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Posted by Amy | 19/02/2016, 6:21 AMI do like it. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 19/02/2016, 8:18 AM“His feet touched the icy floor. It burned his skin.”
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Posted by Borderline Med | 18/02/2016, 7:34 PMVery scientific and metaphorical at the same time! 😀
Thanks for joining in,BM!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 19/02/2016, 6:15 AMReblogged this on Last cookie in the jar and commented:
What can i say, now I am a fan of two phrase stories
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Posted by Radha Parikh | 18/02/2016, 4:44 PMThank you for the link up Radha! I’m glad you enjoy this little challenge!:-)
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 4:51 PMoh you’re welcome, just keep going with these.
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Posted by Radha Parikh | 18/02/2016, 4:51 PMI intend to! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 4:52 PMnow he wished that they weren’t so sore
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Posted by Radha Parikh | 18/02/2016, 4:42 PMPainful!
Thank you for joining in Radha! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 4:50 PMhttp://finallyawriter.com/2016/02/18/two-phrase-story-29-new-challenge-from-hbhatnagar/
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Posted by Tessa | 18/02/2016, 2:03 PMThank you for the link up Tessa! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 2:29 PM…and immediately slipped out from under him, causing him to strike his head on a table and die. The End.
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Posted by charcamolson | 18/02/2016, 1:11 PM😀
Thanks for joining in Charcamolson!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 1:17 PM“His hopes and happiness were no more”….😢😥😥😩😢😢
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Posted by itsmeharshi | 18/02/2016, 11:28 AM….
Thanks for joining in Harshi.
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 11:52 AMHis feet touched the icy floor of the hotel refrigerator and he looked at the row of bodies in front of him, thinking who to cook.
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Posted by pecsbowen | 18/02/2016, 10:04 AMNot a thought from an empty stomach… 🙂
Thanks for joining in Pecsbowen!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 10:20 AM….and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he hoped the body in the morgue was not hers.
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Posted by thatmishmash | 18/02/2016, 9:33 AM🙂
Thanks for joining in TMM!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 18/02/2016, 9:40 AMThanks again, ET! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 22/02/2016, 7:55 AM