The incident of the forgetful doctor

Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan
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Every gang has that one guy. Someone who is, by nature, forgetful. That one person who always leaves behind his wallet or keys and has to be reminded constantly by his friends.
This is the anecdote of one such friend... my batchmate, Dr A.

Now A was going through a particularly bad week, memory wise.
Monday, he had forgotten his keys at the college.
Wednesday, it was his wallet that stayed behind after work hours in the class.
Friday was no better as  he left behind his bone set ( we all have one in 1st year to study anatomy ) in the nearby restaurant... sufficed to say, the waiter never came to serve him again there, though the cook did try to seek his guidance on black magic potion making a few months later.

Anyway, after an eventful week, it was with a sigh of relief that he went for a movie on Saturday. Having watched the film, as he got on his bike, A did a mental check of all the things he'd brought to the cinema hall.
Keys ? Wallet ? Mobile ? Comb ? All there. He smiled, started his bike and headed back to his flat.

As he entered his room, his friends were waiting for him as they were yet to go out for dinner. After the usual "How was the movie ? How was the actor ? How was the action ?" bits, the usual ragging started.
"Did you leave your mobile in the cinema hall this time or was it the bike ?"
"Did you bring back your wallet ?"
"After taking your shoes off in the theatre, did you leave them there and drive back in your socks ?"

Dr A replied haughtily "Aye ! Chup Kar. Ek bar hua to sab mera mazaak udaa rahe he.. saale.  ( Shut up. Just because it happened once. everyone is making fun of me. ) I've checked everything before I came, okay. I haven't missed anything. Ab chal... dinner ke liye chalte hai. Bhook lagi hai re. ( Come on, let's go. I'm feeling really hungry. )"

After a few more moments of teasing, everyone slowly got up from their beds and headed towards the door. One of them nonchalantly asked A as he passed by him "Dr G is waiting downstairs or what ? "

Dr A stared at him dumbstruck for a few seconds. ".....Oh S**t !!"

You see, Dr A didn't forget his wallet, his keys, his watch or his shoes this time.
He did , however, forget our friend Dr G, who had accompanied him to the movie hall in the bike, sat beside him laughing and joking throughout the movie and was at that moment, still standing outside the movie hall in the rain, wondering where Dr A was !!





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  1. you are invited to follow my blog

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  2. I seriously hope he is not dat forgetful now also!!! As he is a doctor forgetting can serious implications!!!

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  3. OMG.. is this fact or fiction? :P
    I hope he takes Jyothishbrahmi now n save his patients ;)

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  4. Ayyooo....forgetfulness is the last thing we expect from a doctor!! Oh my God..could u tell us the name of Dr.A just 2 make sure? :D
    Super post!

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  5. ya bro itz high time .. we need to know there names ..out of the curiosity .. and siabeen looks beautiful ..

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  6. A simple yet funny post!!

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  7. Tuppence,Jaspreet... thanks.

    Rohan, Dhanya, Anita, Shine.. he's improved a lot.. he's now in one of the best speciality fields in the medical field and doing really well.

    Sorry, no names :)

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  8. Omg this is hilarious. Errr... what doctor is he?? I wouldn't want him operating me!! :P

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  9. This is a awesome post ! I couldn't stop myself from laughing.. what a Doctor Sirji..

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  10. Thank you Saravana.. all the best to you too.

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  11. lol! i feel pretty bad for Dr A! i have been in that situation of having so much on ur mind that ur just completely unaware of ur surroundings! lol!

    so how did he get over the forgetfulness?

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  12. that was really funny :D

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  13. Hilarious! Unexpected!

    An interesting read, you have a very good flow of writing :)

    All the best :)

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  14. Had a very strong feeling this would be the end result.

    I know of a uncle, when he was newly married, had gone shopping with his wife. On finishing all shopping for the evening, he walked to the scooter, and drove off before his newly wed wife sat on the scooter! He still has to bear the brunt of it to this day!

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  15. Sunshine, I "presume" he got over his forgetfulness... i dont know for sure.

    Arpita, Avi... thanks.

    Aathira.. sounds like my kinda guy :)

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  16. A forgetful dentist? Was imagining this after reading your post, he makes his patient lie on that already frightful chair, with all those poky funny machines in your mouth, n goes to receive a call! And as expected forgets about the poor patient.
    then what?

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  17. LOL hilarious... dat reminds me of another forgetful incident on mine.. http://mymindscollage.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-forgot-something.html

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  18. ROFL... cannot stop laughing...

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  19. Pooja, then you thank your stars you escaped from the "evil dentist's poking and prodding" and go have ice cream.. ta-daaaa !!

    Meety, have left a comment on the post itself .

    Sundeep.. thanks. Glad we docs can add a smile to your face occasionally :D

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  21. haha nice ! wel a bit of it reminded me of my 1st prof days ! the bone set et al...n v hd BDC accompany us too ! nice to know others in tis proffsn have a creative touch and take sum time off frm the busy schedule tat tis proffsn demands to do tis kinda stuff...keep up te gud work...! voting for u in te sleepy sunday contest....best of luck...

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  22. Ha haa !!! Forgetting a friend at the cinema is funny ! His prosepcts of good relationships are at stake if he's gonna be the same with his girl. But, beyond that - A forgetful doctor ? That's really dangerous..

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  23. JAPIMH, thanks a lot :) Its always fun to have a place to wind off after a hard days work.. mine's blogging, I guess.

    Purpleheart, naaa... we all have our forgetful moments.. he's a great guy

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  24. Very funny!!! Reminds me of a friend of mine who paid money for booze & sprite but came back only with only the sprite... Went back to the bar to find it closed... We kicked him out of the room for the night...

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  25. if he left the booze behind, he deserves that only !!! hahaha..

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  26. Dr A should never, ever get married!

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  27. Dr. Roshan,

    Good one! Before I forget the blog post, let me comment it..

    BTW, what am I commenting... what did I plan to comment?

    Forgot? Oops!!

    Regards,
    Renjith

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  28. Your post made me smile. This is what my Daddah was like when younger. We would go to the movies and he would leave Mom behind. It was so funny and he would actually be talking to her assuming she was sitting with him on the bike...all the way home.
    Thank you for refreshing the memories.
    All the best!
    Hiyaa
    http://www.thedefinitivemeltingpot.com

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  29. Awww.. Purba, let the poor guy live ya :)

    Renjith, thanks for..ummm, uh... the thing that you were meaning to comment on but couldn't remember :)

    Hiyaa, glad to refresh any fond memories anytime

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  30. i hope dr A hasnt taken up surgery..could be disastrous for the patient! ;)

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  31. nope.. that seems to be everyone's concern till now... so no, he isnt gonna be leaving his watch in the patient after the operation... relax everyone :)

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  32. Thulasy Mary ElizabethAugust 03, 2010

    Good one.Hope you don't made this up.......:)

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  33. oh believe me.. this is pretty real alright :)

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  34. My dad is also very forgetful. So, while reading your post I could relate my dad to Dr A.

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  35. Tan, hope they are good memories :)

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  36. Lol! Fell from the chair laughing... Difficult to believe anyone can be that forgetful.... You forget a moving - talking person!!!??? Hard... very hard to do that.... but, once done, it's hilarious!

    P.S. The word verification that I have to type to post this comment is "PERBATI". Gosh! still laughing...

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  37. Author's note.. imagine how that guy felt :) waiting there wondering where the hell this guy went to...

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  38. Yea.. that might put an end to the laughter!

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