Wednesday 1 August 2012

Salad # 3 : One-Liners

1984, 1985 and 1986 were prolific years. The reason wasn't hard to find - I'd just moved to Kolkata after 5 years on the trot in Mumbai, and was in the throes of a major culture shock. Here's another sample of the kind of stuff I turned out:


Mirror, mirror
An ego is to a man what a compact is to a woman

Altar ego
The normal male will occasional speak of his “flings”; but somewhere in a closet in a shrouded corner of his memory, you will find a skeleton: that is the story of his “flungs”

Turning pointYou know you’re at the crossroads of life when you try to cross a person on the sidewalk -  and he zigs when you zag

Self-pityHave you ever heard the night laughing at you ?

Apologies to LongfellowLives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives so base
And, departing, leave behind us
Egg all over someone’s face

1 comment:

  1. Turning Point and Self Pity... lines to look for.

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