In response to Kat’s twittering tale #132, to write a tale in 280 letters or less.
My car broke down, my phone was dead. Stranded in an area away from civilization, I started walking to find help. Suddenly spotted a payphone. I prayed and inserted a coin. Couldn’t believe my luck when I heard the dial tone. But darn…
I couldn’t remember a single number!
Letter count : 278
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True and this is what one feels when you are nervous and darn nothing works even the pay phones. Very nicely written with the picture, Radhika.
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Thanks Kamal
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Welcome Radhika.
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I remember moms memory for numbers, she used to have them at her finger tips…With the advent of mobiles, comes your story to say, we are all in the same boat as far as remembering numbers go 😀
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True Deepika. The generation before the advent of smart phones had a very sharp memory. Smart phones have ensured that we no longer remain smart 😀.
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Yes, very true 😀
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Ah, it’s a miserable reality.. Hats off to you for attempting to try out this challenge, radhika!!😇✨ It’s a good try
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Thank you Roshna. 🙂
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We all stopped remembering numbers since mobile phones came to existence 😁
Good one
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Yes, sadly so. Thanks Sumeet!
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You are welcome 😊
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Good one 🙂
I liked that vintage phone!
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Yes, me too! Very rare to spot them these days. Thanks Indira 🙂
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Hilarious and ironic.
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Yes…. thanks dear!
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you have portrayed the reality! Nicely written!!
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Many thanks Kranti 🙂
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Always my pleasure 😊
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Oh my! This makes me realize that I don’t remember a single contact number. Must memorize at least that of my family. This is what smartphones have done to us!
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Haha! Yes Shaloo. I remember only my husband’s number 😟
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I’m sure this will happen with me! I don’t even remember my own digits! 😉 😛
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😀😀
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Always an edge of the seat response
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😊🙏
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Lol… How beautifully you presented my story.. 👏🏼😄😜🤗😇👌🏼👌🏼
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Haha! We are all in the same boat Debika 😁
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🙌🏼😄😄😄💃
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🙌😊
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Brilliant!!!! Absolutely loved this story — kept me at the edge of my seat – and then the ending – FaBuLOuS! 🙂
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Thanks so much dear Krishnapriya 💗
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Breathtaking fiction and the twists and turn makes it one hell of a kind, Radhika.
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Thanks a lot Vishal ☺️
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🙏
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Reality, indeed!
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Yes, for many of us Indhu!
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So lovely and very true, our smart phones actually made us fools.
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Haha! Can’t agree more Meenakshi 😁
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Yes I do accept smartphone does so much of help. I said that due to one of my recent experience, otherwise technology is about how we use it.
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Yes of course. But I think it is largely responsible be for failing memory as the phone does everything for us.
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Sadly with the mobile phones around we stopped memorising the numbers …so this tale can very well be a reality!!
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I guess many have found themselves in such situations, unable to recall the numbers, which before the advent of mobilea they had it all memorised!
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Very true!! I myself remember very few important numbers now!! 😰
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I remember only 3 mobile numbers 😟
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Haha…i also tried to remember and my count also turned out to be 3 with one of it being my number (the other two of my mom and sis)!!! 😰 and I remember the other two because they are from the days when we still had landline phones!!!
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Same pinch….3 is including mine 😉
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Haha….😄😄😄…. have you watched that movie WALL-E? I think our condition one day will be like the humans shown in this movie….
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No, not yet. Now I am curious to find out. Will see if can watch it sometime 😀
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Yes do give it a watch…im sure you will like it.
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👍
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Thanks for the reminder…need to memorize a few!!! 😀
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😀😀👍
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All the other comments have already said it, but yes, we have become way too dependent on advanced technology. I also have to add this: Darn …
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😀. I think we would be totally lost without technology today!
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Haha, maybe
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OMG! What a pity!
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Yes indeed!
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This is so true!
I remembered every important phone number until we had landlines.Now don’t remember any🤦♀️
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Same here Yasmin. When we would manually dial, I guess it got stored in our memory!
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Yes
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Nice one, Radhika.
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Thanks Indira!
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