I would like to present 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 and think other people might be interested in participating, please play along and post the complete challenge on your blog and leave a link in the comments section below. If you’d just like to take part yourself, please post the reply directly in the comments section. I will be posting all the replies together with links to the contributors in 10 days, i.e. the Saturday after next.
I love the mental exercise, I hope you do too!
This week’s phrase –
“It wasn’t my choice…..”
My attempt –
“….to be made to choose.”
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 
…., it was a fate decided long ago by fickle and petty gods.
http://elusivetrope.com/2016/04/05/destiny/
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 07/04/2016, 12:35 AM..to have the tooth extraction done without an anesthetic.
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Posted by tedgiffin | 06/04/2016, 8:17 PMOuch! That was no one’s choice, I’m sure! 😀
Thanks for joining in, Ted! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/04/2016, 6:33 AMIt wasn’t my choice but my daughter’s to keep the puppy and I’m glad I accepted it.
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Posted by Indira | 04/04/2016, 3:27 AMI so want that to be a true story! Thanks for participating, Indira! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/04/2016, 8:01 AMIt’s true and I learned a lot about dogs.
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Posted by Indira | 04/04/2016, 5:33 PMBut I never dreamed it would get me here!
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Posted by Taruna | 02/04/2016, 10:01 AM🙂
Thanks for playing along, Taruna!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 02/04/2016, 6:21 PMLove to play..anytime
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Posted by Taruna | 02/04/2016, 8:26 PM🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 02/04/2016, 9:12 PMHere’s mine!
https://crow.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/story-20160330/
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Posted by Crow | 01/04/2016, 7:54 AMThank you for participating, crow, and the Pokémon response! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 9:49 AM*giggle* Just thought of another one. I had no choice being violently pushed down the birth canal.
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Posted by AmyRose🌹 | 31/03/2016, 10:42 PM😀
No one does, at that!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:49 AMIt wasn’t my choice…to volunteer as shark dentist.
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Posted by LionAroundWriting | 31/03/2016, 9:44 PMIt would lead to financial ruin, what with sharks and their endlessly replaceable teeth, you’d have had no patients! 😀
Thanks for playing along, LAW!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:36 AMHaha, I forgot they replace them 🙂
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Posted by LionAroundWriting | 01/04/2016, 6:37 AMIt wasn’t my choice, said the cockroach to the butterfly, kicking away its empty skin.
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Posted by Jane Dougherty | 31/03/2016, 9:25 PMThat’s a very poignant one….thanks for that one Jane. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:32 AMGlad you approve 🙂
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Posted by Jane Dougherty | 01/04/2016, 1:01 PMWhy I did it is beyond me.
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Posted by Amy | 31/03/2016, 6:26 PMThat question often is….Thanks for playing along, Amy! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:29 AMThank you, Dr. Hb! I like how you put all the responses together. It’s fun to read and easoer for me to make a link on Thursday. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 01/04/2016, 6:33 AMThank you Amy! I realized I should acknowledge all the effort so many lovely people put in for this little game. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:50 AMIt wasn’t my choice to not choose choice. 🙂 *2 negatives = +*
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Posted by AmyRose🌹 | 31/03/2016, 5:24 PMand triple choices! 😀
Thanks for participating, Amy Rose!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:27 AMIt was fun!! 🙂
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Posted by AmyRose🌹 | 01/04/2016, 6:36 AMOr….It wasn’t my choice…”To bunk the class and go for a movie”..😊😀
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Posted by itsmeharshi | 31/03/2016, 2:25 PMI refuse to believe that! 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:26 AMHahaha….😊😊😀
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Posted by itsmeharshi | 01/04/2016, 9:31 AM“To let him go…forever”…..😢😟😩
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Posted by itsmeharshi | 31/03/2016, 2:22 PMThose choices never are…..Thanks for participating, Harshi. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:26 AMUr welcome😊
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Posted by itsmeharshi | 01/04/2016, 9:31 AMinitially, but once I got into the swing of things, I never looked back
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Posted by looneybitch | 31/03/2016, 11:50 AMThat sounds just like you! Thanks for participating Jackie! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:25 AMbut it was not bad! ; )
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Posted by williamleeone | 31/03/2016, 11:09 AMI’m glad for that. 😉
Thanks for joining in William! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:24 AMHave a good weekend, H ! ; )
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Posted by williamleeone | 01/04/2016, 7:36 AMIt wasn’t my choice that I ended up with no chance.
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Posted by neelwritesblog | 31/03/2016, 9:25 AMThat’s a nice start to a novel, Neel! Thanks for joining in! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:11 AMThanks for the leg up.
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Posted by neelwritesblog | 16/04/2016, 8:25 PMIt wasn’t my choice to call him.
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Posted by lorigreer | 31/03/2016, 9:10 AMAh!
Thanks for participating, Lori! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:10 AMThese are fun!
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Posted by lorigreer | 01/04/2016, 7:02 AM…but I’m glad I did it anyway!”
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Posted by jennymarie4 | 31/03/2016, 9:01 AMThose are some nice choices, that end this way!
Thanks for participating, Jenny! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:05 AMMy pleasure! 🙂
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Posted by jennymarie4 | 01/04/2016, 6:41 AM“…HE made me do it!”
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 31/03/2016, 8:35 AMWas this the guy who claimed Jesus made him kill? 😀
Thanks for joining in Victo!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:03 AMMaybe…. 😉
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 01/04/2016, 6:11 AM😀
Thanks for participating, and for the linkup!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 01/04/2016, 6:12 AMComment or link, and try to keep to a phrase are what I aim for participants to keep to, but you know I’m not a stickler! 😀
Thanks for the linkup, Aadhira!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/04/2016, 7:15 PMThanks for the linkup ET! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/04/2016, 8:08 AM