Deep down inside...all of us have certain weird phobias.(jus that some of us have more weird ones than others!)No I'm not scared of cockroaches or lizards...(as a kid I loved holding a cockroach upside down with its antennae and scaring others!)I have a 'weirder' phobia...I'm scared of crossing roads...!so much so that everytime I cross a road I think of what my 'last words' would be if I didn't manage to get to the other side!(Afterall,most famous people die with famous last words...so why shouldn't I!)So there I go ...crossing tens of roads everyday and making up tens of 'last words' before I cross those tens of roads!It takes a great deal of courage to face what you fear the most everyday (yay! Am a brave gal!)...but you might ask what's the big deal in crossing a road ( I mean...after all its jus a road!) But ofcourse if it was jus another road,I wouldn't mind it much.What really scares the hell outta me is that everytime I see traffic on the road I keep imagining that I'm gonna get sandwiched between two humongous buses! (literally sandwiched) That picture flashes in my mind (with MI2 music playing in the background...don't ask me why!)everytime I'm about to cross a road.
I have done a detailed research on this subject and I came to the conclusion that people in general can be grouped into the following categories based on their styles of road-crossing
1) These are the traditional ones.They have learnt their lessons well in school and they apply what they have learnt...i.e,they look left,then right then left and then cross when the coast is clear.
2) People belonging to this category believe that they own the roads.They cross whenever,wherever they feel like regardless of traffic signals or the vehicles.They believe "All world's a stage...and their act is to cross roads at free will!"
3)These are "follow the leader" types.They lie in wait for their prey(i.e the leader!) and watch who's gonna cross the road and then they follow their "leader".
4)I belong to this last set.Eternally scared.Keep looking left-right-left-right-left ...until a friend who's probably already crossed the road gets tired of looking at me turn my head L-R-L-R-L (as if I was watching a tennis match!) comes back to the other side and takes my hand and takes me to the other side in a jiffy as if this arduous task of road-crossing was a piece of cake !
But then ofcourse,people cannot be strictly grouped into the 4 categories above.There are gray areas.Sometimes people who are generally careful tend to get careless (could be cos they are late for work,a date...various reasons!)But I believe in "better safe than sorry".So I just go on waiting and waiting...he he...
(But then that reminds me "ships are safe in the harbour...but thats not what ships are meant for!"On similar lines..."people are safe on one side of the road...but thats not what people are meant for...they are born to cross roads?!")
Someday I hope to belong to the 1st category ...
But before that ...
I have promises to keep
And tens of roads to cross before I sleep,
And tens of roads to cross before I sleep.
P.S Why did the chicken cross the road? (Atleast it wasn't scared of the traffic like me!)
And by the way,fear of crossing roads is called 'Dromophobia'
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fabulous post !! totally entertaining.. btw, u u dont like escalators too rite ? ( think most of my frens dont..! )
hmmm.. so wat category do i fall under ?.. i think i was a C1 who became a C3 in chennai... i need company to cross..
hmmm.. wunder where u got tat poem from..?? lol..
creatively changed tho.. have to give u tat.. !
hey mannu
im givin u a piece of advice to follow
run on d road side along the traffic movement...make sure ur speed equals the first moving vehicle(possible near signals n turnings)...now try to overtake the vehicle n cross d road by runnin sidewards n forward simultaneously...
(i do this daily to catch our gud old coll bus..he he)
hey nice post! well i've got no phobias! im the bravest person in the world ...until i see a dog!
very humourous blog.. the best one so far.. keep this style going child.
i so badly wanna mention that chicken... but you already did... i'm deeply saddened.
i dint know there was this lighter humouous side to you.
u dint say courtesy "me" for tat last addition..hehe.. ;-).. jus kidding..
this gets the "the most humorous post "award!!seriously how do u get so non-serious..esp wen writin blogs..n esp when u put stuff in the brackets!!(ace at bracketting huh..i mean words!!)
crossin chennai roads has become a night mare for everyone..considering the rate at which men r turnin into sandwiches..:-)
it takes a lot of imagination to turn a an act as simple as crossin a road into a really humorous blog!!hats off!!
manasvi..awesome post man..i think i belong somewhere between the first and second categories..i look left right left then walk across like i dont have a care in the world..its actually fun..it annopys the hell out of some drivers when u just cross in front of them..but there are the nice people too..;-)
Nice post. I was hit by a maniac scooterist once while crossing and couldn't get myself to cross roads for the next two weeks !!
As for famous last word(s), u may think all u want. But this is what will come out AIEEEEEEE!!
wat can i say. u hv proven ur mettle once again. n u hv actually inspired me 2 create a blogspot...i'll try n excel like my guru...
btw...that friend who gets tired of her n guides her thru is mostly me...i'll prob post a video of it next time...its hilarious...hard 2 keep ur concentration on the road
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