There’s this story about a man who went on a tour with his wife to Amsterdam, and suddenly they found he was missing.
They searched all over and finally found him in a pornographic shop, looking through some erotic literature.
Where would people search if you were lost?
I had an uncle who passed away last year: Many years ago this uncle and my aunt took my brother and me out for lunch and some shopping to the busy Grant Road area in Mumbai. Suddenly we realized that uncle was lost.
“Don’t worry,” said an unperturbed aunt, “ You’ll find him outside a watch store!”
And good enough, we did, standing outside a shop selling watches, peering hungrily at the watches they had on display.
What would people say if you were lost?
“Charlie’s lost!”
“Lost?”
“Yeah, disappeared! Any idea where he’d be?”
“There’s a church nearby!”
“Not Charlie, he wouldn’t waste his time in a church, is there a super market?”
“Supermarket and my Charlie?” shouts his wife, “When was the last time he bought anything for the home from a supermarket!”
With that outburst from an angry, worried wife, his friends move in, “Maybe he’s gone to the loo!”
“Yes he did look uncomfortable!”
“Let’s check all the toilets!” The toilets around are checked though one or two friends are seen looking at each other a little uncomfortably, then whispering, “Is there anybody from the group missing?”
“Yeah I thought of that also, there’s that young youth leader, the buxom girl, she seems the
type Charles would have the glad eye for! Is she missing too?”
“No there she is with the others, but old Mrs John isn’t here!”
“I don’t think she’s Charlie’s type!”
Suddenly there’s a commotion and his friends look back to see a boy running after them, “There’s a fellow behind who’s slipped and fallen, is he one of yours? He seems a bit hurt!”
Of course it’s Charlie, and luckily with a glass of water and a hot cup of tea, he’s dusted and patted all around and joins the group none the worse
for wear.
“Didn’t you guys look for me?” asks Charles later to his wife and friends.
“We did!” they all say looking down at the ground shamefully. Have you asked yourself where your friends, relatives and others who know you would look? Would they search in the nearest shop selling erotic literature, or would they all rush with confidence to a religious place and find you praying?
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Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
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Editor : M. Shamsur Rahman
Published by the Editor on behalf of Independent Publications Limited at Media Printers, 446/H, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1215.
Editorial, News & Commercial Offices : Beximco Media Complex, 149-150 Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. GPO Box No. 934, Dhaka-1000.